Planning Policy Officer
| Posting date: | 16 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £30.00 to £37.76 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 July 2025 |
| Location: | Northamptonshire, East Midlands |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Raynet Recruitment Ltd |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | RQ1501850 |
Summary
Purpose of the job
This role works across the Planning Policy functions. The postholder will fulfil allocated tasks and duties to meet the operational demands of the Planning Policy Service.
Policy: Effectively lead on projects, workstreams and effectively project manage key evidence documents to inform and support policy development. Support the delivery of Council’s planning policy function, ensuring guidance is up to date by planning and participating in projects and work streams including researching and writing policy, consultation and engagement exercises and assisting in taking those projects and work streams through the milestones to external examination where necessary. Assisting in implementing and delivering policies and guidance in practice, preparing appeal statements, appearing at hearings and answering enquiries from applicants, their agents and other customers in relation to planning matters, advising other departments as required.
Policy:
1. Assisting in developing policy, and other planning and design guidance, based upon appropriate evidence, involving stakeholders and the public in policy development and taking draft policy through formal adoption processes, including preparing for Key Decisions and Examinations in Public as necessary
2. Undertaking research to provide a sound and up to date evidence base for policy development for both North Northamptonshire as a whole, and for specified places as a key element of place shaping.
3. Participating in projects to deliver local plan objectives, in relation to a topic or a spatial area.
4. Maintaining a broad knowledge of the policy issues across North Northamptonshire and developing specialist knowledge in certain aspects according to business needs, preparing briefings for senior officers, managers and Councillors.
5. Providing guidance and support for communities considering or preparing neighbourhood plans.
6. Facilitating at public events as part of community engagement
7. Assisting in maintaining databases and monitoring systems. Analysing evidence and drawing out trends, patterns and characteristics for both the unitary area as a whole and specified places in need of policy development.
This role works across the Planning Policy functions. The postholder will fulfil allocated tasks and duties to meet the operational demands of the Planning Policy Service.
Policy: Effectively lead on projects, workstreams and effectively project manage key evidence documents to inform and support policy development. Support the delivery of Council’s planning policy function, ensuring guidance is up to date by planning and participating in projects and work streams including researching and writing policy, consultation and engagement exercises and assisting in taking those projects and work streams through the milestones to external examination where necessary. Assisting in implementing and delivering policies and guidance in practice, preparing appeal statements, appearing at hearings and answering enquiries from applicants, their agents and other customers in relation to planning matters, advising other departments as required.
Policy:
1. Assisting in developing policy, and other planning and design guidance, based upon appropriate evidence, involving stakeholders and the public in policy development and taking draft policy through formal adoption processes, including preparing for Key Decisions and Examinations in Public as necessary
2. Undertaking research to provide a sound and up to date evidence base for policy development for both North Northamptonshire as a whole, and for specified places as a key element of place shaping.
3. Participating in projects to deliver local plan objectives, in relation to a topic or a spatial area.
4. Maintaining a broad knowledge of the policy issues across North Northamptonshire and developing specialist knowledge in certain aspects according to business needs, preparing briefings for senior officers, managers and Councillors.
5. Providing guidance and support for communities considering or preparing neighbourhood plans.
6. Facilitating at public events as part of community engagement
7. Assisting in maintaining databases and monitoring systems. Analysing evidence and drawing out trends, patterns and characteristics for both the unitary area as a whole and specified places in need of policy development.