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Lambeth, Greater London | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Category : Planning
Location : Lambeth Civic Centre, London Borough of Lambeth
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £16.63

Will be working in an area team – AGENCIES MUST READ JD AND SPECIFICATION TO ENSURE THEY PUT FORWARD A QUALIFIED PLANNER WITH RELEVANT EXPERIENCE FOR THE LEVEL OF PLANNER

Main purpose of post

To assist in providing a high quality, customer-focused service by dealing efficiently and effectively with planning applications and planning inquiries and by making a positive contribution toward the achievement of a high performance and cost effective service.
Key Unit Accountabilities

1. To deal with a range of planning applications including shopfront, householder, crossover, advert and lawful development applications, beginning with adverts, simple householder extensions and Lawful Development Certificates for proposed development, plus minor changes of use and conversions, listed building consent accompanying planning applications, and cases within conservation areas.
2. To deal with a range of development control issues, undertaking negotiations with applicants/prospective developers and representatives of other parts of the Council, as required.
3. To write reports for committees and other reports and papers, as required.
4. To draft statements of evidence for written representation planning appeals.
5. To undertake appropriate public participation exercises on planning applications and development projects and to analyse the results thereof.
6. To provide advice to applicants and the public on planning applications and development proposals under the supervision of a more senior officer.
7. To provide advice, as required, on all aspects of the planning process on the telephone, in writing, by email and face to face with visiting customers.
8. To attend public meetings and site visits and represent the Council appropriately.
9. To maintain a current knowledge of relevant law, policies, working practices and procedures.
10. To plan, programme and prioritise own work in order to meet deadlines, targets and timetables.
11. To work flexibly in undertaking the duties and responsibilities of this job, and participate as required in multi-disciplinary and cross-organisational groups and task teams.
12. To take responsibility, relevant to the post, for ensuring that Council statutes and government legislation is upheld. This includes, amongst others; Management Compliance Charter, Environmental Policy, Data Protection Act, Race Equality Action
    Plan, Quality Assurance Plan, Health & Safety, Sustainable Construction and Recycling.
13. To take responsibility, appropriate to the post for tackling racism and promoting good race, ethnic and community relations.
    Additional duties for SO2 grade
14. To deal with larger, more complex changes of use and conversions, and modest new build schemes, including negotiation of associated S106 agreements.
15. To prepare statements of evidence for appeals up to and including informal hearings, and present evidence to informal hearings on behalf of the Council.
    Additional duties for PO1 grade
16. To prepare and present statements and evidence for appeals including public inquiries and informal hearings for ‘minor’ applications and in court.

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