Job Description

Principal Planning Officer - South West

A local authority in the South West of England is looking for a Principal Planning Officer to join their team on an initial 6 month basis with a view to extend.

About The Role

A local authority is looking for a Principal Planning Officer to assist with major projects and mentoring junior planners within the team.

The client is looking for a candidate to come in and hit the ground running to deal with a caseload of majors as well as mentoring a group of Planning Officers within the Development Management team. They will be working with a team of planners with fantastic team culture and reporting directly to the Development Management Manager. There is some office presence required and the candidate may be required to have a driver’s licence to conduct site visits more easily.

The role will be split between the office and home working and the role would require a balance of the two.  

About The Candidate

The ideal candidate will be chartered by RTPI, or an equivalent qualification and experience at a Principal or Managerial level or experience of managing a Planning team.

When

The client is looking to interview and proceed with the right candidate as soon as possible.

Interested?

If this role is of interest to you, please contact myself Sohan on 0204 524 5227 or alternatively, send me an email of your up to date CV on emma@stonehouserg.com.

If you are interested in Town Planning positions at other levels of seniority or you do not feel this role is for you but still would like to speak about other roles, please do make contact.