Planning Officer – AR

Planning Officer

Location: Barnet
Working Arrangement: Hybrid working (office attendance required on fixed days each week)
Service Area: Planning & Building Control

We are seeking an experienced Planning Officer to join the Council’s Planning & Building Control service. The successful candidate will support the delivery of an effective, high-quality planning service that aligns with the Council’s aims, objectives, and priorities.

This is a generic Planning Officer role, with the opportunity to work across different planning specialisms through a rotation programme. The post holder will be expected to take responsibility for allocated areas of work, ensuring tasks are delivered to agreed quality standards, performance targets, and within required timescales.

• Process and manage planning-related work, including assessing applications and providing professional planning advice.
• Prepare clear, accurate reports, recommendations, and correspondence relating to planning matters.
• Support the delivery of the Council’s planning objectives and ensure decisions are made in accordance with relevant legislation, policies, and guidance.
• Provide advice and guidance to applicants, residents, developers, and internal Council teams.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, external stakeholders, and consultees to support effective planning outcomes.
• Manage allocated workloads efficiently, ensuring performance targets and service standards are achieved.
• Contribute to different areas of the planning service as part of the rotation programme.
• Attend Council offices on designated hybrid working days and travel outside of the borough when required to deliver Council services.

• Experience working within a planning environment, ideally within a Local Authority setting.
• Experience managing planning applications or development management casework.
• Knowledge of planning legislation, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to produce professional planning reports and recommendations.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to liaise with residents, applicants, developers, and stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and deliver work to deadlines.

• Experience using planning systems such as Idox, Uniform, or similar.
• Understanding of Development Management processes within a Council environment.
• Experience working across different areas of planning services.

• Planning Officer
• Development Management Officer
• Development Control Officer
• Town Planner
• Assistant Planner
• Senior Planning Officer
  would be well suited to this position.