Planning Officer

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• Directorate:
  Place | Service:
  Planning, Policy & Building Control
• Salary: £29,542 - £47,665 (career grade)
• Working Arrangements:
  Hybrid Working
• Hours per week: 37
• Contract type:
  Permanent
• Closing date: 27/11/2026 at 23:59
• This post requires a Basic Criminal Record Check
• Prospective employees will be required to give a reasonable account of any significant periods (6 months or more in the past 3 years) of time living abroad.

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At Barnsley Council you can start a career that makes a real difference to people’s lives, helping our council and residents to be the best they can be.

We’re an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.

There’s so much happening in our thriving borough, and now’s the perfect time to join our excellent Planning, Policy & Building Control team as we work to make Barnsley the place of possibilities.

• We’re an award-winning team and one of the biggest employers in the borough supporting around 243,000 people.
• Working at Barnsley Council means being part of a team that makes a real difference to people’s lives, where you can develop the skills you need to make change happen.
• If you join the team you’ll receive great pay alongside an excellent pension scheme. With flexible working we’ll also support your work/life balance, helping you to adjust your hours and take time off when you need it.
• We’ll help you to develop your career and grow your skills with opportunities for training and development.
• There’s so much happening in our thriving borough and your talent and skills will help us make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
• Key to our success is working with our residents, partners, businesses and organisations and building these partnerships to bring about change in Barnsley.

Help Shape the Future of Barnsley

Barnsley is a borough with ambition, confidence and a clear vision for the future. Across the borough, we’re delivering transformational regeneration projects, planning for new homes and communities, supporting investment and infrastructure, and creating places where people and businesses can thrive.

As we embark on preparing our next Local Plan under a changing national planning system, there has never been a more exciting time to join Barnsley's Planning Service.

We’re looking for talented planning professionals to join our welcoming, ambitious and highly respected Planning Policy team. Whether you’re developing your career or looking for your next challenge, we offer the opportunity to work on projects that will have a lasting impact on the future of the borough.

This is your chance to help shape how Barnsley grows over the coming decades, influencing strategic decisions on housing, employment, infrastructure, climate resilience, town centres and place-making, while contributing to a vision that will benefit communities for generations to come.

• Supporting the preparation, progression, implementation and monitoring of Barnsley's new Local Plan.
• Supporting the…