Senior Planning Enforcement Officer

Job Details

London Borough Of Havering are looking for a senior planning officer to be responsible for managing your own caseload (100+) of alleged breaches with the role including investigations, site visits, assessing matters against law and regulations and making recommendations.

 

  1. Responsible for a caseload of planning enforcement investigations to the required standard within statutory timeframes.
  2. Responsibility for a caseload of planning enforcement cases and to meet your own performance management and quality targets.
  3. Responsibility for ensuring planning fees and other sources of income are correctly calculated and processed for your caseload.
  4. Promote customer satisfaction when delivering Planning Enforcement services.
  5. Develop and maintain the full range of professional skills and knowledge to satisfy the requirements of the post.
  6. Evaluate and make sound recommendations on planning enforcement cases, the complexity of which will rise with progression through the career grade from simple to more complex proposals and projects including the drafting of enforcement and other notices, writing witness statements, preparing papers for prosecution and dealing with subsequent planning applications as directed.
  7. Carry out site visits in an effective and tactful manner, gathering the necessary evidence to enable cases to be resolved, the complexity of which will rise with progression through the career grade from simple to more complex cases.
  8. Defend the Council’s decisions at appeals to the Planning Inspectorate, the complexity of which will rise with progression through the career grade from simple to more complex proposals and projects.
  9. Be aware of the relevant statutory provisions and the Council’s constitution, processes and procedures.
  10. As a member of the Planning Enforcement team, take individual and collective professional responsibility for championing the council’s diversity agenda and proactively implementing initiatives which secure equality of access and outcomes and commit to continually developing personal understanding of diversity.
  11. Respond to member enquiries as directed.

Payrate: £35.00 umbrella