Planning Officer

**Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils - Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX**:

- **£30,559 - £42,708 per annum (pro rata for part time)**:

- **Full Time, 37 hours per week**:

- **Permanent**

**Full time, part time and job share opportunities will be considered.**

**What we are looking for**

We are looking for a **Planning Officer** **or Senior Planning Officer (Career Grade Role)** to join our team in **Development Management**. To be successful, you will share our **values**, commitment, and motivation to make a difference for our residents, clients, and communities.

**Planning Officer**
Grade 4 - £30,559 - £35,235 per annum (pro rata for part time)

**Senior Planning Officer**
Grade 5 - £36,124 - £42,708* per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Plus potential for Market Forces Supplement.

**About the role**

Whether an entry-level planner, or a more experienced Planning Officer seeking a fresh challenge, with opportunities for continued development and progression, you will be motivated to help us positively shape our environment through fostering sustainable growth and the delivery of the right homes and jobs, in the right places.

A team player with initiative, you will be solutions-focused with an appetite for effective collaboration with our key stakeholders in implementing our spatial vision for the Districts as we deliver our Strategic Joint Local Plan policies and develop our detailed topics, allocations and supplementary guidance to bring our vision for development into reality.

You will be highly attuned to the need to work with our communities as they bring forward neighbourhood plans and look to implement them and deliver on community expectations for growth.

This is a Career Grade Role, therefore offering fantastic opportunities to develop your career within planning.

**About you**

You will need to demonstrate that you can:

- implement development management and planning decision-making, reflecting the nature of the districts and how they function, in accordance with the councils’ strategies and policies for securing sustainable development
- pro-actively and proportionately enable the making of clear and timely planning decisions, considering the needs of the community, and holding an awareness of the need to uphold the reputation of both councils at all times through delivering excellent customer service
- provide expert advice on all planning and associated matters in committee and appeal settings and represent both councils at a parish and town council level on the implementation of spatial planning decision-making and development management

You will need to have access to a vehicle, and a full, valid UK driving licence.

**About us**

Working together across our Councils and with our partners in the public, private and voluntary sectors, we provide excellent services to our 190,000 residents across Babergh and Mid Suffolk.

We are proud of the role we play in creating the environment, economy, and communities for our districts. We believe that the heart of Suffolk is an incredibly special place to live and work. With picturesque market towns, 60 conservation areas and with two National Landscapes within our districts, it is little wonder that we are consistently within the top 50 places to live in the UK.

**Benefits**
- Great opportunities for learning and development.
- Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 26 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays).
- Competitive Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Wellbeing Support Programme.
- Employee Assist Programme.
- Health Care Options.

For more information, please **visit our Employee Benefits page (suffolkjobsdirect,org)**.

**Our ways of working**

Work is what we do, not where we go We are committed to working in a more Hybrid way, with a mix of office, home, and remote based working (Business needs permitting). This has worked well for us and is something we will be continuing with.

We are committed to supporting equality and diversity, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils provide opportunity and ambition for all, supporting and enabling our people to deliver the best possible service for our residents.

**For more information**

**Closing date: 5pm, 14 July 2025.**

**When applying, please ensure**:

- your statement indicates how you meet each of the criteria in the ‘Person Profile’ section of the Job Description/Person Specification.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.