Senior Planning Officer

Overview

Cheshire West and Chester Council brings a fresh and energetic approach to providing top quality services for its many customers and communities. Our busy and friendly planning team is looking to welcome a motivated, skilled and experienced colleague to work on a wide variety of planning applications and help us deliver sustainable development across the borough.

We are a progressive employer offering a range of employee benefits and the opportunity to work on a range of interesting and challenging projects in a supportive environment.

About the Borough

Our borough features a rich and varied landscape, with a wide range of urban and rural communities including the main centres of Chester, Ellesmere Port, Northwich and Winsford. We are a large, friendly, supportive and innovative planning team dealing with around 3000 planning applications each year, offering the opportunity to get involved in a great variety of proposals such as major housing developments, large commercial/industrial sites, energy projects and rural diversification schemes, whilst protecting the countryside and Green Belt and preserving and enhancing our distinct heritage-including the beautiful walled city of Chester with its concentration of listed buildings and Area of Archaeological Importance.

Key Responsibilities

Your main responsibility will be to manage and determine more complex planning applications. From time to time you will also help our planning enforcement and planning policy teams.

You will demonstrate the ability to work as part of our friendly and committed team of planners and support staff, have extensive experience of dealing with a variety of complex planning issues (preferably in a local authority environment), be an excellent communicator and show a clear commitment to providing outstanding customer service. In return, our innovative way of working offers high levels of trust and autonomy to make decisions and manage your own workload.

Working Conditions

This is a hybrid worker role, meaning that your working time will be split between home and our modern offices in Ellesmere Port. We are committed to flexible working practices and promoting a healthy work/life balance.

To carry out site visits and attend remote meetings, you will need a full UK Driving Licence and access to a car.

Contact

Interested to find out more? If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what's involved, please contact Nick Smith, Planning Team Manager, at