Senior Planning Officer – Permanent
£45,393 - £57,477 (plus £ 7,000 market factor supplement – subject to review)
All MFS's are reviewed annually
Working as part of the Planning Decisions Team you will lead a range of development schemes, maintaining and improving planning performance and provide an excellent customer experience. This is a key role and offers an opportunity to develop your planning knowledge and experience in a busy planning environment. You will deal with a range of planning applications, including industrial, retail, business, residential, green belt and heritage reflecting the diverse composition and varied development opportunities the borough offers. An understanding of development management and associated planning legislation will be essential but further training opportunities will be available to enhance your skills and experience. You will have excellent customer focus and be able to demonstrate confidence in dealing with applicants and their agents, Councillors and residents.
Enfield is a dynamic and progressive London Borough with excellent links to the city and central areas as well as Hertfordshire and Essex. We benefit from vast green open spaces, vibrant town centres, diverse character and excellent transport links. This brings with it a range of significant development opportunities. We want your skills and vision to help realise their potential.
Headlining our ambitious growth agenda is the Borough’s largest residential led mixed use development at Meridian Water. The new Meridian Water railway stationed opened in summer 2019 and Phase 1 is well underway, with the first residents moving into the first new homes back in 2023. However there is much more yet to come, including new housing and employment floor space, new public open spaces, shops and community facilities.
Our ambitions don’t end there as there are several estate regeneration and regeneration schemes across the Borough that contribute to our ambitious housing targets to deliver new high-quality mixed use residential led development which meet the modern housing and employment needs of our residents.
Our new Local Plan is currently undergoing examination. The plan is ambitious in its aspirations for growth and offers exciting opportunities to help us deliver our priorities for the borough:
1. More and better homes
2. Strong, healthy and safe communities
3. Clean and green spaces
4. Thriving children and young people
5. An economy that works for everyone
We need you to help us achieve this vision across a wide range of development proposals. This is a fantastic opportunity for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to gain exceptional experience and make a real difference to the delivery of new homes and jobs and the future lives of our residents.
To help you help us, we can offer opportunities for personal development including flexible working or compressed hours, home working opportunities, generous annual leave, training opportunities and a friendly working environment.
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If you would like to know more about these roles, please contact Claire Williams or Joseph Aggar for an informal discussion: