Landscape Officer
Are you passionate about landscape architecture and design? If so, we want to hear from you.
An exciting opportunity has become available to work as a Landscape Officer within the Council's Environmental Planning Team, in the Planning Department.
The Environmental Planning Team is a multi-disciplinary team of professionals within the Planning Department, providing specialist advice on landscape architecture, design, arboriculture, ecology and heritage with a mission to improve and protect the varied and high quality environments of Cheshire East.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Landscape Officer, you will help shape development to secure the best landscape outcomes by managing a case load of planning consultations and appeals. The role provides the opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects including:
1. Preparing and managing landscape planning consultations, including visual and landscape assessment advice;
2. Advising on landscape design matters across a variety of projects, and managing implementation; and
3. Developing landscape guidance and policy for the Local Plan.
Cheshire East is a large and busy Planning Authority with a wealth of landscape quality ranging from the Peak Park fringe to the Cheshire plain. This gives us a really diverse portfolio of work and great challenges to respond to. We're a dedicated team and are committed to see you succeed through supporting your development within a really varied work load from proposals for agricultural buildings to large urban extensions, and everything in between.