Principal Planner

Job Details

Royal Borough of Kingston are looking for a Principal planner To undertake all necessary consultations, site visits, appraisal of proposals and negotiations with applicants and objectors on planning
and other applications.

 

  •  To prepare written evidence in respect of planning and enforcement appeals and other related matters and to present evidence at public
    inquires, informal hearings and court hearings as required.
  • To monitor breaches of planning control, planning obligations and agreements, and planning conditions.
  • To investigate reported breaches of planning control, including changes of land use, gypsy incursions, works to protect trees, works to
    listed buildings, and breaches of advertising regulations having regard to agreed priorities.
  •  To obtain evidence and prepare statements for prosecutions, mindful of the provisions of relevant areas of law.
  • To respond to complainants, lawyers, agents, Councillors and land owners regarding apparent breaches of planning control
  • To assist with the preparation of the Local Plan and other planning policy documents dealing with specific areas, topics or
    Neighbourhoods.
  • Contribute to topic papers, planning briefs and other material required as part of corporate policy development.
  • To contribute to the necessary programme of survey, analysis, and policy generation associated with the preparation of planning
    policies.
  • To assist with public participation exercises.
  • To contribute to monitoring of the development of the Borough and Neighbourhoods and prepare related statistics.
    To give advice on the policy implications of planning applications.
  • To process applications for planning permission and listed building applications, and applications for consent to display advertisements.
  • To undertake all necessary consultations, site visits, appraisal of proposals and negotiations with applicants and objectors on planning and other applications.
  • To prepare reports on planning and other applications.
  • To undertake investigation of complaints about alleged planning contraventions.To prepare statements for Written Representation Appeals (Planning and Enforcement) and to assist or undertake the preparation and presentation of evidence at Public Inquiries and Hearings

 

Payrtae: £40.47 umbrella