Senior Enforcement Officer
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Job Description
Salary:
Hours per week: 37 hours
Interview date:Monday 16 June 2025
Planning Shaping Tomorrows Communities Today
Our Planning Service is at the heart of Wiltshires growth and development. We ensure that every decision we make promotes highquality placeshaping guided by policy and best practices in urban design. As a statutory and regulatory service were responsible for delivering housing and employment in line with our adopted Local Plan.
Were on an exciting journey to elevate our planning services and were looking for passionate professionals to be part of this Enforcement Team plays a vital role in the planning process ensuring highquality sustainable development in line with the Development Plan and other relevant considerations.
As a Senior Planning Enforcement Officer youll oversee various enforcement cases ensuring compliance with planning policies. Youll lead investigations into alleged breaches of planning laws covering areas such as listed buildings advertisements and protected trees. Your role involves making decisions on appropriate actions from negotiated compliance to prosecution preparation while also assessing threats to public safety and protecting the environment. You will be expected to competently draft enforcement notices reports and witness statements and act as the Councils expert witness as and when required.
Skills Knowledge & experience required
- Degree in a related subject or significant experience in investigative regulatory or enforcement roles with knowledge of planning legislation and procedures.
- Indepth understanding of planning practice listed buildings and conservation legislation with experience preparing and interpreting appeal statements and representing at planning inquiries.
- Excellent communication negotiation and presentation skills; ability to manage complex planning cases lead discussions and secure community infrastructure contributions.
- Capable of managing workloads supervising others and making sound professional judgments within a complex policy framework.
This role may be subject to certain successful security checks; please see the role description for more information.
Benefits
Wiltshire Council is a friendly welcoming place to work with a One Council ethos. Thats why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right. As part of our agile and highperforming team youll enjoy:
- Flexible working hours
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Hybrid working arrangements with modern openplan offices in our hubs at Trowbridge Chippenham and Salisbury
- Career development opportunities
- Exciting and varied projects that make a real difference to our communities
Application Process
Please download and read the role description and person specificationcarefully before you apply as well asOur Identity.
- Please ensure that if you are submitting a CV then your cover letter includes how you meet the essential criteria of the role description why you are applying for the role and what skills you would bring to the role.
- Application process
- For more details please contact Darren Hobson Planning Enforcement Manager at or callext. 54624.
New to Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a place where people love to live and work. One of Englands largest unitary councils it offers beautiful landscapes diverse heritage and attractive towns and villages. Located on the eastern edge of the Southwest region we border counties of Dorset Somerset Hampshire Berkshire Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire and the combined West of England authority. Wiltshire enjoys strong subregional links and is within commutable distance of London Bristol Southampton and the South Coast.
We are firmly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children young people and vulnerable adults and to the principles of inclusion and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services. Read ourstatement of commitment to equality and inclusion.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
