Salary
£41,145 to £45,498 per annum
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Permanent - Full Time
Date posted
10/09/2025
Job reference
BREQ0407
We have a great opportunity for a Landscape Architect to join our Landscape Services team within the Council's Planning Service.
This is an exciting time to work for Braintree. The District will grow significantly in the coming decades, and we are looking to embrace this challenge to deliver well-designed new homes, jobs and the infrastructure required to support this growth, whilst being careful to preserve its character and quality.
About the Role:
As part of a multidisciplinary team within the Planning Service, the successful candidate will work alongside our Ecologist and Arboricultural Officers to provide specialist advice on planning proposals to positively shape new developments across the District. This will include providing advice in relation to Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA), Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), landscaping schemes, public realm, and wider landscape design matters.
In addition, the successful candidate will be required to prepare and give evidence at planning appeals and support the Council's Planning Enforcement team with the monitoring of conditional requirements of planning and development consents in relation to landscaping schemes and replacement planting.
This is a critical role within the team and working alongside the Planning team you will help positively steer planning proposals at the pre-application stage, which are subject to a Planning Performance Agreement, and at the post-decision stage.
In addition, there will also be the opportunity to contribute to the production of the Council's new Design Code, Tree Strategy and other guidance.
What we're looking for:
The successful candidate will have experience of providing advice on a range of more complex planning applications or policy based projects. You will have a strong proactive work ethic, with excellent communication, report writing, and customer service skills, as well as the ability to work to tight deadlines.
Experience of giving evidence at planning appeals and working in a Local Authority and presenting reports and recommendations to Planning Committee is also desirable.
You will need to have a relevant degree qualification in Landscape Architecture and be a member of a relevant professional body, such as the Landscape Institute.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic and ambitious Planning Service and with a strong and supportive management behind you, you'll play a key part in helping us achieve our aims and assist in driving forward our vision to shape the District.
Why choose Braintree District Council?
Braintree is a beautiful District with thriving villages and towns, rich heritage, and picturesque countryside. The Council has an ambitious agenda in preserving the character and quality of the District, while embracing and managing growth.
The Braintree District lies in the heart of rural Essex, between the key regional centres of Cambridge, Colchester, and Chelmsford. Braintree is the second largest District by area in Essex.
This is an exciting time to work for Braintree and as part of our Landscape Services team you will help play a critical role with responsibility for managing the Council's own tree stock through proactive tree inspections and protecting and helping shape new places by working alongside the Council's planning team and providing specialist Arboricultural advice collaboratively with ecology, and landscape advice provided by colleagues in the same team.
Braintree District Council is a great place to work. We pride ourselves on our creative and innovative approach, which is led by our employees, and are committed to having an engaged workforce who understand our strategy and how they can help deliver it. Our people see the difference they make and how the work they do actively contributes to and encourages positive change in the local community.
We also offer some great benefits, including:
* Flexible working
* Local government pension scheme
* Learning and development for all employees
* Employee discounts at local businesses
* Employee recognition schemes
* Extensive health and wellbeing programmes, including discounted gym membership
So, if you think you have what is required and you are ready for a challenging, yet stimulating, varied and rewarding role with a fantastic team then please apply now.
If you would like an informal chat about this opportunity, please call Christopher Paggi, Planning Development Manager, on
For more information, please see the Job Profile.
To apply, click Apply online.
Guidance on the application process and helpful hints can be found here: Application Guidance.
Closing Date: Midnight on Sunday 5th October 2025.
Interviews will be held during the w/c 13th October 2025.