Validations Officer - Town Planning

Posted 20 February 2026
Salary £30 - 35 per hour
LocationGreater London
Job type Contract - Full Time
Job duration6 Months
Discipline Town Planning
ReferenceJO0000064531

Job description

Carrington West are assisting their local authority client based in London in the search for a Planning Validations Officer to join their Town Planning department on an initial 6 month basis
 
Main responsibilities of the role will include:
·Register planning applications in accordance with the Local Validation List and ensure data is accurately uploaded/labelled on relevant systems.
·Undertake all necessary consultation for planning applications within required timeframes (neighbour letter, site notice, press advert, electronic notification etc.)
·Register public consultation responses to planning applications, ensuring comments are uploaded onto the website in accordance with GDPR requirements.
·Issue planning decisions, tree work decisions and planning pre-application advice letters within required timeframes.
·Register pre application advice requests ensuring that the applicable fee and necessary information has been received.
·Register planning enforcement complaints ensuring that all necessary information has been recorded onto applicable systems.
·Register tree work applications ensuring that all necessary information has been recorded onto applicable systems.
·Under supervision assist in the preparation of committee packs for planning committees.
 
Our client is looking for someone to start almost immediately, so if you are interested in going forward for the role then please don't hold back. Weekly office presence is required.
 
Carrington West Pay Rate - £30 to £35per/hour (Subject to experience)
Job Ref - 64531
 
Please call Cameron de Wit on 02393 876014 for a confidential discussion on this role, or email myself or our planning team if you are short of time to chat:
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.