Job Description

Salary:

36,124 - 37,938

Hours per week:

37 hours

Fixed term:

12 months, Maternity cover

Interview date:

Monday 16 June 2025

Planning - Shaping Tomorrow's Communities Today

Our Planning Service is at the heart of Wiltshire's growth and development. We ensure that every decision we make promotes high-quality place-shaping, guided by policy and best practices in urban design. As a statutory and regulatory service, deliver housing and employment in line with our adopted

Local Plan

.


As a Planning Enforcement Officer, you'll oversee various enforcement cases, ensuring compliance with planning policies.


Our Enforcement Team plays a vital role in the planning process, ensuring high-quality, sustainable development in line with the Development Plan and other relevant considerations.


In this role, you will undertake 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 as and when required.

Skills, Knowledge & experience required

Educated to degree level in a relevant subject OR equivalent

experience of working in an investigative/regulatory, or enforcement role
ITQ 2 or equivalent skill Good knowledge of planning practice, procedures legislation, advice and policies OR

historic building and conservation practice, procedures legislation, advice and policies
Prepare concise reports and orally present evidence in hearings, Public Inquiry and occasionally Court in a concise, persuasive and convincing manner as a witness and expert witness
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 workplace with a 'One Council' ethos. That's why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right. As part of our agile and high-performing team, you'll enjoy:


Flexible working hours Competitive salary Local Government Pension Scheme Hybrid working arrangements with modern, open plan offices in our hubs at Trowbridge, Chippenham and Salisbury Career development opportunities Exciting and varied projects that make a real difference to our communities
Please download and read the

role description and person specifications

carefully before you apply as well as

Our 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.
For more details, please contact Darren Hobson, Planning Enforcement Manager, at

Darren.Hobson@wiltshire.gov.uk

, or call 017224 354624.

New to Wiltshire?

Wiltshire is a place where people love to live and work. One of England's largest unitary councils, it offers beautiful landscapes, diverse heritage and attractive towns and villages. Located on the eastern edge of the South West region, we border counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, and the combined West of England authority. Wiltshire enjoys strong sub-regional 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 our

statement of commitment to equality and inclusion

.

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