Principal Planning Officer

Purpose and Function of Post

• To be responsible to the Planning Service Lead for the management and delivery of an efficient, effective and quality driven Planning Department.
• Responsible to the Planning Service Lead in fulfilling the Council’s statutory duties.
• Responsible to the Planning Service Lead of assigned staff and supervision of core activities within the Planning Department.

The Council may retain a list of reserve candidates arising from this recruitment campaign, for any vacancies which may arise which are the same or similar and are of an equal grade of pay. This list will be valid for 12 months. “Another similar vacancy” is defined as a post with a similar job description and person specification and on the same salary scale, which may be in a different department or duration to the vacancy initially advertised. Another similar vacancy does not include posts where the similarity relates solely to the salary scale.