Technical Support Officer

Posting date:	04 February 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Competitive
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	06 March 2026
Location:	Bury, BL9 0EJ
Company:	inploi
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	75783125

Summary

Career Graded Post within Bury Council's Town Planning Team

The Team and About the role

The posts is an exciting career graded post within the Development Management Planning Team and we are searching for a Planning Technical Support Officer.

The post is Career Graded (from Grade 4 to 8) experience depending, and this team is mainly responsible for the receipt, validation and issuing decisions relating to planning applications. The team also provides key support to the Planning Officers, Enforcement Officers and the Head of Service in carrying out their duties to deliver the objectives of its adopted Development Plan and LETs Strategy. In considering planning applications, we look to ensure that development does the best that it can for the Borough's economic, environmental and social development by providing opportunities to make Bury a great place to live, learn, enterprise and grow.

The team is an extremely busy one and the Service is a Nationally and Regionally recognised as an award winning Team by the Royal Town Planning Institute.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

In detail, the Development Management Team is responsible for considering and dealing with planning applications, Planning Enforcement, Conservation matters and Listed Buildings and protected Tree works. The team works at pace and under pressure and maintains a high degree of professionalism.

The job will involve registering new applications, investigating site histories, preparing evidence for case officers, produce one-off plans and documents for case assessment, produce statistical reports relating to cases, maintain case files and carry out other duties to support the team in processing planning applications, appeals and working with customers and professionals.

This role would be interesting to people looking to start a career in planning and keen on career progression in town planning or anyone having graduated. Starting at an introductory level, there are ample opportunities to progress through different levels of graded work streams to be an experienced Technical support Officer supporting the planning service.

We use Microsoft IT packages, a specific back office system and GIS systems.

You will be required to keep abreast of changes in relevant legislation, policy and procedure relating to this area of planning work. You will also support planning officers by receiving, inputting information on the planning databases, where it becomes web published and generating communications to the public, Councillors and businesses. Being able to read and understand plans would be an advantage and having interest in the development process.

Accuracy, dedication and team work are vital qualities that we look for and this has been the key to our success over the years.

If you feel that you communicate well with people, can concentrate for prolonged periods of time, fit well into a team base but can take ownership of your own work with pressured deadlines, these posts would be ideal.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and whether there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit Bury - Home | greater.jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact:

Head of Service - David Marno on 0161 253 5291 or Team Leader - Helen Leach on 0161 253 5322; or

email: development.control@bury.gov.uk

Interviews will be held in March 2026. Date to be confirmed.

Supporting Documents

↗ Privacy Notice
↗ JDPS

Calculate your take home pay. Use this service to estimate how much Income Tax and National Insurance you should pay for the current tax year.

Employment could affect your benefits, find out more here. Turn2us Benefits Calculator.