Arboricultural Officer
| Posting date: | 16 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £27.00 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 July 2025 |
| Location: | Isle Of Wight, South East England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | WP Recruitment & HR Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
Arboricultural Officer (Planning)
Industry: Local Authority
Location: Isle of Wight
Hours: 15 hours per week during office hours
Days: Monday - Friday
Duration: approx. 12 weeks
Duties:
To determine requests for work to trees and woods protected by Tree Preservation Orders, or in Conservation Areas, or protected by planning conditions, and the appeal process as it relates to TPOs
2. To comment on pre-applications and planning applications that affect, or have the potential to affect, trees.
3. To assess requests for new TPOs, assist with making new orders where appropriate and assist with or undertake TPO reviews.
4. To respond to reports of unauthorised works to protected trees and assist with investigations and any subsequent enforcement action when appropriate.
5. To assist in High Hedge complaints made under the Anti-social Behaviour Act, serve remedial notices as appropriate and investigate and make recommendations to the councils legal services on breaches of remedial notices.
6. To assist in the process of village green applications, including assessment of evidence and preparation of reports for the determination of village green applications.
7. To assist to other service-related activities and associated disciplines/workstreams as may be required by the Planning Leadership team.
Experience:
Must have previous experience of working for a local planning authority (LPA) as a tree officer determining applications, or as a tree surgeon submitting applications to an LPA.
Must have good communication skills both verbally and in writing and the ability to work well on own initiative.
Must have excellent attention to detail, organisational skills and the ability to work to deadlines.
Must have own transport, due to the duties of the role and a good level of computer literacy.
Salary: £27.00 per hour worked
By submitting your CV to WP Recruitment & HR Ltd, you imply consent to our agency processing your personal data, please see our GDPR webpage for further information: https://www.wprecruitment.co.uk/candidate-info/gdpr/
If we think we can assist you, we will invite you to register with our agency, WP Recruitment & HR Ltd., in order to be considered for vacancies.
If you are already registered with our agency, please contact our office directly on 01983 822615 for further details.
Industry: Local Authority
Location: Isle of Wight
Hours: 15 hours per week during office hours
Days: Monday - Friday
Duration: approx. 12 weeks
Duties:
To determine requests for work to trees and woods protected by Tree Preservation Orders, or in Conservation Areas, or protected by planning conditions, and the appeal process as it relates to TPOs
2. To comment on pre-applications and planning applications that affect, or have the potential to affect, trees.
3. To assess requests for new TPOs, assist with making new orders where appropriate and assist with or undertake TPO reviews.
4. To respond to reports of unauthorised works to protected trees and assist with investigations and any subsequent enforcement action when appropriate.
5. To assist in High Hedge complaints made under the Anti-social Behaviour Act, serve remedial notices as appropriate and investigate and make recommendations to the councils legal services on breaches of remedial notices.
6. To assist in the process of village green applications, including assessment of evidence and preparation of reports for the determination of village green applications.
7. To assist to other service-related activities and associated disciplines/workstreams as may be required by the Planning Leadership team.
Experience:
Must have previous experience of working for a local planning authority (LPA) as a tree officer determining applications, or as a tree surgeon submitting applications to an LPA.
Must have good communication skills both verbally and in writing and the ability to work well on own initiative.
Must have excellent attention to detail, organisational skills and the ability to work to deadlines.
Must have own transport, due to the duties of the role and a good level of computer literacy.
Salary: £27.00 per hour worked
By submitting your CV to WP Recruitment & HR Ltd, you imply consent to our agency processing your personal data, please see our GDPR webpage for further information: https://www.wprecruitment.co.uk/candidate-info/gdpr/
If we think we can assist you, we will invite you to register with our agency, WP Recruitment & HR Ltd., in order to be considered for vacancies.
If you are already registered with our agency, please contact our office directly on 01983 822615 for further details.
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