Carrington West are assisting their local authority client based in East Anglia in the search for a Planning Support Officer for an initial 3-month contract (Then rolling). The post will be offered on a fully remote basis.
The successful candidate must have experience of working within a planning admin team.
Experience and skills:
- Previous experience of providing Admin support to a Development Management Team
- Experience of Validating Planning Applications
- Experience of using Uniform Software
- Good Customer Service skills
Activities will include:
Development Management
- Registration of Planning applications (Postal/ Planning Portal/ electronic)
- Assessing valid/ invalid applications
- Admin processing of consultation responses/ letters of representation
- Supporting Planning Committee process (issuing letters/ uploading reports etc)
- Admin process to support appeals
- Dealing with customer enquires
- Electronic document indexing
- Preparation and submission of statistical returns
- Retrieval of files
Building Control
- Registering applications
- Registering & Validating Initial Notices
- Making appointments for Inspections
- Dealing with payments and invoicing
Street Naming & Numbering
- Dealing with applications for new/changes to properties and street names
Carrington West Pay Rate - Flexible (DOE)
Job Ref - 26172
Please call Cameron de Wit on 02393 876014 for a confidential discussion on this role, or email the below to highlight your interest:
cameron.dewit@carringtonwest.com
planning@carringtonwest.com
Carrington West's dedicated Town Planning Recruitment Team supply clients UK wide on both a permanent and contract basis and all levels of seniority. If this role is too senior, too junior or in a location that is unsuitable, but you are keen on options, please still feel free to apply and we can discuss other, often unadvertised roles with you.