Planning Enforcement Officer
| Posting date: | 03 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £29,651 to £31,482 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 July 2025 |
| Location: | Maldon, Essex |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Maldon District Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | MDC001870 |
Summary
Maldon District Council is seeking a professional to join our busy and dynamic Planning Department within the Enforcement Service on a permanent, full-time basis.
You should have some knowledge of Town Planning legislation with some practical experience of site inspections, including the writing of notes and photographs and dealing with customers.
This is a great opportunity to start your professional development in planning enforcement.
Working at the Council enables you to be part of an organisation which is proud to deliver high quality, customer focused services. Our success comes from us being commercially astute and business-like. Continuous improvement is also vital, and we challenge ourselves to develop new and innovative ways to improve the services that make a real difference to people’s lives.
This role forms part of our positive hybrid ways of working and therefore offers some opportunity to work between home and the office. The role also enables the post holder to visit attractive areas around the Maldon District whilst carrying out site visits as part of the responsibilities of the role.
About this role
To carry out site visits on planning enforcement cases. Taking comprehensive notes and photographs and uploading them onto the Council internal management systems.
To have an understanding of the permitted development rights for development.
To carry out site visits for S106 legal clause discharge and housing development monitoring and reporting back to the Planning Policy Section on site visit findings.
To liaise with the other officers in the Enforcement Team, reporting back on site visits, accompanying them on more complex site visits.
To assist with basic customer correspondence for sites which after visiting do not require planning permission.
For an informal discussion about this position
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Anne Shorland on 01621 732679 or email anne.shorland@maldon.gov.uk and read and download the job description.
To apply
If you would like to be considered for this role, we would love to hear from you. Please complete the online application form found here. We are unable to accept CVs.
You should have some knowledge of Town Planning legislation with some practical experience of site inspections, including the writing of notes and photographs and dealing with customers.
This is a great opportunity to start your professional development in planning enforcement.
Working at the Council enables you to be part of an organisation which is proud to deliver high quality, customer focused services. Our success comes from us being commercially astute and business-like. Continuous improvement is also vital, and we challenge ourselves to develop new and innovative ways to improve the services that make a real difference to people’s lives.
This role forms part of our positive hybrid ways of working and therefore offers some opportunity to work between home and the office. The role also enables the post holder to visit attractive areas around the Maldon District whilst carrying out site visits as part of the responsibilities of the role.
About this role
To carry out site visits on planning enforcement cases. Taking comprehensive notes and photographs and uploading them onto the Council internal management systems.
To have an understanding of the permitted development rights for development.
To carry out site visits for S106 legal clause discharge and housing development monitoring and reporting back to the Planning Policy Section on site visit findings.
To liaise with the other officers in the Enforcement Team, reporting back on site visits, accompanying them on more complex site visits.
To assist with basic customer correspondence for sites which after visiting do not require planning permission.
For an informal discussion about this position
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Anne Shorland on 01621 732679 or email anne.shorland@maldon.gov.uk and read and download the job description.
To apply
If you would like to be considered for this role, we would love to hear from you. Please complete the online application form found here. We are unable to accept CVs.
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