Job Description
Job DescriptionSalary: £55,967 - £59,524 per annum Hours per week: 37 hours Interview date: To be confirmed following shortlistingLegal - Shaping our Communities Future Join our supportive in-house Legal team as a Principal Planning Solicitor. This is a key leadership role where you'll guide a small team and provide expert legal support on planning matters that directly impact our communities. As a Principal Solicitor, you will lead and manage the delivery of high-quality planning legal advice and act as legal advisor at planning committees.
You will provide legal advice on planning permissions and on a range of routine, complex planning, and highways-related issues, including transactions and agreements. You will support the ongoing local plan review for Wiltshire and other areas of significant planning policy and work on a diverse range of exciting legal cases, such as supporting the planning teams on major infrastructure developments and complex legal agreement cases. Why Join Us?
You'll work on high-impact cases that make a real impact on communities across Wiltshire, including: Old Sarum Airfield - We advised the Council on an appeal against Wiltshire Council's refusal of a 315-home and mixed-use development at Old Sarum Airfield, near a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Conservation Area. The Council is now legally challenging the Inspector's approval, as a key Grade II* listed WWI aircraft hangar was...