Principal Planning Enforcement Officer

Trowbridge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Job Description

Salary: £43,421 - £45,441

Hours per week: 37

Rolling advert: We're continuously reviewing and interviewing applicants weekly for this job posting. We will stop accepting applications when sufficient applications have been received.

Planning - Shaping Tomorrow's Communities Today

Our Planning Service is at the heart of Wiltshire's growth and development. We ensure that every decision we make promotes high-quality place-shaping, guided by policy and best practices in urban design. As a statutory and regulatory service, we're responsible for delivering housing and employment in line with our adopted Local Plan.

We're on an exciting journey to elevate our planning services, and we're looking for passionate professionals to be part of this transformation. 

Last spring, our Director of Planning invited the Planning Advisory Service for a Peer Review. This has set the stage for an ambitious transformation programme launched at the end of last year. To support this initiative, we're investing £1 million in additional staffing, creating new opportunities across all service areas. 

Our Enforcement Team plays a vital role in the planning process, ensuring high-quality, sustainable development in line with the Development Plan and other relevant considerations. 

This is a new role created as part of our drive to improve our planning service. As a Principal Enforcement Officer, you'll handle the more complex enforcement investigations of alleged breaches of planning control and support the team in dealing with appeals and prosecutions. Reporting to a Planning Manager, your main responsibility is to make sure that unacceptable breaches of planning control are remedied in a timely manner and in accordance with Wiltshire’s planning enforcement strategy. 

Whilst you won’t have any direct management responsibilities, you will be responsible for mentoring less experienced staff in the enforcement team, offering guidance and supervision and supporting their professional development.

Why us?

Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. That’s why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right. Explore more benefits here!

Please download and read the role description and person specification carefully before you apply as well as Our Identity.

For more details, contact Chris Horan, Planning Enforcement Manager, at chris.horan@wiltshire.gov.uk, or call 01225 716 748.

This role may be subject to certain successful security checks; please see the role description for more information.

We are firmly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to the principles of inclusion and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services. Read our statement of commitment to equality and inclusion.

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Application process

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