Principal Planning Officer - Maidstone, United Kingdom - Maidstone Borough Council

Maidstone Borough Council
Maidstone Borough Council
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Maidstone, United Kingdom

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Job reference

001803

Date posted

23/03/2023

Application closing date

16/04/2023

Location

Maidstone

Salary

Grade:
£46,711 to £51,042 plus £5000 Market Supplement and Car Allowance

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Job category/type

Planning

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Job description

  • About the Role:


The large, historic County Town offers a unique and diverse context and we're the first borough in Kent that falls outside the Metropolitan Green Belt, making us an attractive place for investment and future development.

We therefore work on a varied canvas - embracing growth and enabling infrastructure whilst maintaining our local heritage and identity.

Maidstone Borough's Local Plan was adopted in October 2017 and the Local Plan Review is well underway.

We have recently completed a public consultation on 'Scoping, Themes and Issues' and are now working towards preferred approaches, including meeting an increase in housing need of around 40%.

Careful management of competing pressures whilst shaping the place making agenda is therefore the primary task.

If you wish to work in a dynamic environment, we have an exciting role for you.

This is a key role within in the Development Management Team.

The Team is a very busy one with consistently one of the highest housing delivery rates in Kent and an ambitious programme for the delivery of 1000 affordable homes and two strategic 'garden settlements'.

The Major Projects Team are at the forefront of shaping these planned changes.


This is an exciting and challenging role which will appeal to planners with excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills with the ability to provide justifiable and timely advice early on in the process.

This is a great opportunity for an ambitious planner that wishes to accelerate their career in a busy and rewarding environment.


About You:


You will have a degree or post graduate diploma in Town Planning and be a member a of the Royal Town Planning Institute.


Additionally, you will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong negotiation skills as well as the ability to effectively manage your own time and workload as well as that of your team members.


Selection Process:

About Us:


Maidstone Borough Council is a confident organisation with ambition and aspirations to deliver high quality services to our residents and local businesses.

We strive to make the borough an attractive place for all and secure a successful economy.


We continue to build on our strengths - assets, knowledge and expertise and our track record for innovation and improvement to create a financially sustainable future so that we can continue with our undiminished plans.


We will only achieve the results we are aiming for through the talents and hard work of all our people.

You are encouraged to become part of our vision and in return you can expect support, training and fair reward from us.

We will give you the opportunity to develop the skills to do your job well and create a positive working environment where your ideas about improving how we do things are valued and we manage the changes needed for new ways of working well.


Our Offer:

A range of benefits including:

  • Invitations to staff events to celebrate success and support wellbeing that include holistic therapies and outdoor activities
  • Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential & independent information and access to councillors
  • Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
  • Life Assurance three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
  • Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy additional leave
  • Season Ticket Loan to help with the cost of your rail/ bus journey, to & from work
  • Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brandnew car. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.
  • A wide range of flexible working opportunities
  • Annual flu vaccine
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Staff benefits discounts on leisure, eating out, holidays and shopping
  • Excellent learning and career opportunities for committed individuals
  • A professional fee payment, if required for the role


Maidstone Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employee and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you would like to discuss this position, please contact Rob Jarman (Head of Development Management) on

Interview Date: 3 May 2023
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