Planning Officer
About the Role and our Ideal Candidate
The role involves the processing of all types of planning applications, appeals and pre-application enquiries. You will be given every opportunity to develop your career and deal with more complex applications, attend and present your cases at Planning Committee and appeals.You will be given plenty of support from your managers and will have the opportunity of further career development by assisting senior officers in complex major and strategic pre-application enquiries and appeals.
You will have a degree or similar qualification that gives eligibility to study for an appropriate qualification leading to membership of the RTPI. You will be a highly motivated individual, able to use your initiative and negotiating skills to achieve good outcomes for Sutton, putting customer care at the forefront of everything you do.You will be well organised and an excellent communicator of often complex information to a wide variety of audiences.
About Us
The Development Management team comprises two Area teams and an enforcement team supported by a business support and technical support team. Each area team comprises 5 members of staff and you would report to the Area Planning Manager.
Our approach is one of enabling development and early pre-application engagement to achieve good outcomes. The team regularly deals with all more than 90% of types of applications within statutory periods and we have a strong performance management ethic aligned to staff development through our annual appraisal process.We operate a flexible approach to hybrid working, with attendance required in person for site visits, team meetings, meetings with developers and Planning Committee.
We work very closely with our Strategic Planning and Building Control Teams which all fall under the management responsibilities of the Head of Service, and there are opportunities for collaborating on policy development.
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.