Help us create a Cheshire East where people can thrive

Ever thought about working in beautiful Cheshire? We are significantly investing in our Planning Service and have a range of roles available across development management, strategic planning, enforcement, ecology, heritage, landscape, urban design and support services.

Exciting new opportunities are available to help deliver our ambitious plans for the future, protect our environment and shape our towns and villages for generations to come.

Our Place Directorate

Our Place Directorate is on a mission to secure a coordinated approach to place-making and deliver the best development for Cheshire East.

Through our local plan we are bringing forward high quality schemes that deliver homes for families, create public spaces that improve outcomes for residents and businesses and provide the essential infrastructure the borough needs.

Our vision is to deliver the highest-quality places, designed by and for our communities, putting Cheshire East residents at the centre of place making. With a key focus on long-term improvement, Cheshire East are delivering on multiple ambitions. In Crewe for example, one of our investment priorities, our Place Directorate is shaping infrastructure delivery to support our communities to thrive.

Find a role

We are currently recruiting to multiple roles from Principal Officers to career grade assistants, plus multiple support and technical roles. For further information, full job descriptions, and application details please follow the links for each of our current roles:

Principal Planning Officer – Starting salary: £46,581

Senior Urban Design Officer – Starting salary: £37,938

Heritage Officer – Starting salary: £34,314

Planning Officers – Starting salary: £34,314

Strategic Planning Assistant / Career Grade – Starting salary: £27,711

Heritage Assistant / Career Grade – Starting salary: £27,711

Planning Enforcement Officer – Starting Salary £34,314

Design & Landscape Assistant / career grade – Starting salary: £27,711

Planning Assistants / Career Grade – Starting salary: £30,559

Ecology Assistant / Career Grade – Starting salary: £27,711

Planning Service and Technical Support Roles

We welcome applications from a range of career experience, offer flexible, hybrid working as standard, and for the right candidates from non-planning backgrounds we also offer the opportunity to train into the profession.

Applly for any of the roles above by clicking on the 'apply button'