Principal Planning Officers - Full Time

: Job Details Enfield is a diverse north London borough with excellent links to the city and central areas. Situated along the strategically important London - Stansted corridor, we are committed to enhancing the borough's fine urban environment and green areas while maximizing its many development opportunities. This includes significant investment in Meridian Water where upwards of 5000 new homes and 3000 jobs will be created. With renewed confidence in the development sector and increased development activity, we have experienced a significant rise in planning enquiries. With the Council's own ambitious agenda for regeneration, it is important we are able to maintain our commitment to proactive engagement to achieve sustainable development of the highest standard. The Development Management Service is being strengthened to achieve these challenges with the creation of a Special projects team to deliver certain key projects. This will ensure well designed sustainable developments which make a positive contribution to the Borough, its people and environment are delivered. Excellent integrated services on-line is also a major priority and we are currently enhancing the accessibility of our service through a range of IT improvements. These enable the Council to provide efficient customer focused services for the community and the role will reinforce this approach through its day to day interaction with developers and residents. If you are interested in meeting this challenge, we have a number of positions available for you to join a friendly and hardworking team who have delivered excellent performance in recent years. These will be rewarding roles which are key to the performance of the Service and the successful regeneration of the Borough with emphasis placed on the delivery of high quality outcomes through a coordinated approach to the assessment of development proposals. These are full time positions. You will deal with major and more complex development proposals initially focused key regeneration projects. You will also play a key role in supporting the Planning Managers in managing the day-to-day performance, quality and output of the team together with support for junior staff. Substantial professional experience is needed with a sound knowledge of development control and enforcement. In addition you will have a degree in Town Country Planning and will have worked in development management at a local authority in the UK over a sustained period of time. An equal opportunity employer, Enfield Council offers a wide range of benefits to all employees including a final salary pension scheme. Full details of the benefits offered are available on our website Enfield Council offers free Internet access at local libraries to assist you in applying for council vacancies.