Senior Planner

Senior Planner
£45 umbrella £32.45 PAYE
3 Month rolling contract Remote with work at various locations (Shrewsbury / Oswestry).

Attendance at planning committees as relevant. At least 1 day per month at the Guildhall. A chartered town planner with experience of complex and major planning applications. Experience of presenting planning applications to committee and working in a complex rural environment without a five year housing land supply.
MRTPI (relevant degree and probable post graduate degree)
MUST HAVE DRIVERS LICENSE

Overview of your roleThe Development Management Team at Shropshire Council is committed to delivering an efficient, effective and consistent planning service across the county as a whole.  The number of planning and associated applications is over 5000 each year, ranging in size from large urban extensions to small scale agricultural buildings and domestic extensions. The team also provides a paid for pre-application advice service, aimed at ensuring the submission of proposals that are likely to be supported. The geographic area of the county is huge and the range of more local environments and demographics within it reflect this.  The challenge for the team moving forward is to continue to perform whilst also constantly looking at ways to improve and evolve, and the postholder will play an important role in this ambition.

What will you be doing?

• Assessing planning and associated applications submitted to the Council with a focus on complex or major applications in accordance with national, local and Council policies; reporting, making recommendations and presenting to the Committees on these applications and dealing with any subsequent appeals that might arise from these decisions.
• Providing planning advice in accordance with Council policy and to liaise with other services in order to provide an integrated development management service to applicants.
• Liaising with all stakeholders and consultees to manage the delivery of complex or technical planning applications in accordance with adopted policies guidance, national and local performance measures.
• Attending site liaison and other meetings as required and positively managing relationships with customers and other stakeholders particularly where issues are complex or wide ranging.
• Respond to enquiries from service users and other stakeholders, dealing positively with agents, elected Members and the public.
• Attendance at meetings outside of office hours will be expected occasionally.

 
What we expect of you:

• adopt a customer focused approach when delivering your service, ensuring engagement with service users and maintenance of an appropriate personal profile,
• act as an advocate for your service and work collaboratively with colleagues across the whole Council to meet the needs of the people of Shropshire,
• meet individual, service and personal development targets agreed through the Personal Development Review Process, learn from experience and are committed to continuous improvement individually and as an employee of the Council.
• work with colleagues to meet your team’s key performance indicators, support a culture of team working and ensure the team functions successfully in support of the Council’s corporate and service objectives.

• meet the behaviours and competencies adopted by the Council in the way in which they achieve their objectives and carry out their work.
• A priority for the Council is the protection of vulnerable people, ensuring they are able to live as independently as possible. The post-holder will promote and engage with Council’s responsibility to safeguard the welfare of children, young people and adults, and protect their right to be safe from harm.
• Expected to undertake all relevant training requirements specifically to the role including formal Hearing / Investigating Officer training relating to Disciplinary / Grievance policies and procedures where applicable.