Planning Enforcement Officer
It will be your responsibility to investigate complaints regarding alleged breaches of planning control and to monitor the implementation of planning permissions.
In this investigative role, you will establish the relevant site history and planning constraints, carry out site visits to take evidence, and undertake interviews with complainants, alleged offenders, and other interested parties.
It will be key for you to gather available evidence and analyze investigations in planning terms, assessing the facts of the case and compliance with the planning system.
Communicating with a range of internal and external individuals, you will represent the Planning Enforcement Service and South Gloucestershire Council, delivering a high-quality service and demonstrating the council's core values.
You will have experience working within planning or undertaking investigations. Ideally, you will understand planning enforcement legislation and policy, have used scaled drawings and maps, and be a confident user of computer systems.
You must have strong communication skills, both in conversation and in writing, and can use diplomacy and decisiveness during difficult situations.
We require you to be organized, as you will have an assigned workload with the ability to achieve set deadlines.
It is vital that you have the confidence and are competent to carry out lone-working site visits.
Additional Requirements
You will be expected to travel throughout the authority and surrounding areas, so you must have a full, valid driving license with regular access to a vehicle or an alternative means of travel.
This role is hybrid, with a mixture of working at our office in Yate, working in the community, and working from home.
On occasion, you will be required to work outside normal hours to investigate breaches of planning control.
As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro-rata), employee wellbeing support, and access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping, and leisure activities.
We recognize that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people makes us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted, and developed based on their merits and abilities.
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work, and learn here. We are building and shaping communities of which people are proud. We are planning for the future by building and improving roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses. We provide essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well-maintained. We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to continue making a difference.
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