Principal Planning Officer Grade 14 (£47,805 - £49,890) plus a Market Supplement of £6971 per annum
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As one of London’s largest and most diverse boroughs, Croydon is a fantastic place to live, work and spend time, with all the benefits of close proximity to the rest of London and the southeast.
Over the past decade we have seen huge investment, regeneration, and growth in our Borough. Croydon remains an attractive and important part of London for ongoing growth and investment – growth from which we want to see all our communities’ benefit.
However, we must keep up to date and continually adapt and change to focus on the needs our residents are facing today, while making sure we are a financially sustainable council by 2024. This brings opportunities for those who want to work in a fast-moving environment, focused on improvement and delivering better services. Croydon is an exciting place to work.
We have a great planning management team, who lead, inspire, and believe in Croydon. If you want a challenge with great job satisfaction, there is no better opportunity than Croydon.
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We have an opportunity for a Principal Planning Officer within our Development Management Team. The role is varied and you will have a key role in further enhancing service delivery for our customers and to focus specifically on the realisation of sustainable growth, firmly embedded in high standards of design and the maximisation of social, economic and environmental benefits.
You will work in a vibrant and busy Development Management Service. The post holders will focus on project managing some of the largest and complex developments that Croydon has to offer from pre application, to planning applications and through to post decision matters. Dealing with schemes which are high profile, sensitive and complex in nature. You will also have the opportunity to directly line manage, have delegated decision making powers and be involved in identifying and implementing service improvements.
Croydon is a varied Borough and Officers have the opportunity to we deal with a whole spectrum of Planning Applications from green belt proposals to large mixed use urban developments. On a day to day basis you will be responsible for managing your own case load of planning applications, pre applications and appeals whilst providing support to the officers you manage. The successful candidate will need to be a talented, politically astute, enthusiastic, motivated, experienced and knowledgeable individual who demonstrates practical experience of comprehensively assessing all aspects of development proposals with a sound understanding of planning policy and legislation. Moreover, you will need to be solution focussed and resilient in a pressurised environment and will need to be exceptionally skilled in the various negotiation and communication techniques (across all mediums).
Closing Date: 9 October 2023 (11:59pm)
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Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.
Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
We run regular training and development sessions on a wide range of planning and development matters, bringing in external speakers as well as in house experts and we encourage staff to take part in the organisation and topic selection. Each and every one of our staff play a vital role in delivering a planning service, if you enjoy making a difference, being part of a team and love planning, we would like to hear from you.
Principal Planning Officer £47,805 - £49,890 (plus a Market Supplement of £6971) per annum
We are proud of the diversity of our borough. We have been working hard to provide a workplace that is strong and fair where no community is held back. The Council has in the region of 40 planners in the Development Management Team, roughly 22% of our team are from a Global Majority background which is a high percentage when compared to the Royal Town Planning Institute data that shows only 8% of their members under 40 are from Global Majority communities.
Principal Planning Officer Grade 14 (£47,805 - £49,890) Plus A Market Supplement Of £6971 Per Annum
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