Planning Enforcement and Compliance Officer

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job reference  Date posted 26/08/2026 Final date to receive applications 04/10/2026 Working Pattern Full time Salary Grade H £38,510 - £41,177 a year Contractual hours Blank Basis Blank Job category/type Planning & Building Control Attachments Blank

Salary: £38,510 - £41,177 a year

Location:
Hybrid - The Council House/Home working

Hours: 37 hours a week

Contract Type:
Permanent

Closing Date: 04th October 2026

• The post is for a Planning Enforcement & Compliance Officer within Derby City Council’s busy Development Management Team to deal with breaches of planning control, with a specific emphasis on the city centre and listed building issues and contraventions.
• The service is based on an ethos of pro-active and proportionate responses to breaches of planning control, and the successful candidate will be a proven communicator and negotiator with established people skills.

• The post-holder will be able to effectively co-ordinate and communicate all complaints with colleagues from across the Council and beyond.
• The post-holder will be conversant with raising and serving enforcement notices, stop notices, breach of conditions notices, injunctions, and summonses.

• The post demands an enthusiastic motivated person with sound organisational skills and the ability to work effectively with all service users.

At Derby City Council, we're proud to deliver over 250 essential services that support our residents, communities and businesses. Guided by our vision to create an Inclusive, Green, Growing and Vibrant City, we put people at the heart of everything we do.

Our values shape how we work every day. We believe in Great People, One Team, we're Bold in embracing change, Strong in delivering for our communities, and We Care about making a positive difference.

Join us and you'll be part of an ambitious, collaborative organisation where you can develop your career while helping to shape Derby's future.

Why join Derby City Council?

At Derby City Council, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference while building a rewarding career in an organisation that values, supports and invests in its people.

• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) – a secure, defined benefit pension with life cover
• Team Derby Rewards – discounts across a wide range of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme – a salary sacrifice scheme for leasing a brand-new, fully maintained and insured vehicle

• Generous annual leave, starting at 27 days and rising to 32 days after five years' service (plus bank holidays, depending on your contract)
• The option to purchase additional annual leave
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements for many roles
• Flexible retirement options, where eligible
• Support for colleagues with caring responsibilities

• Learning and development opportunities, with regular career conversations to support your growth
• Leadership and management development programmes, mentoring and professional qualifications
• Modern work spaces designed to support collaboration, productivity and wellbeing

• Employee Assistance Programme, wellbeing support and a year-round wellbeing calendar
• Free annual flu vaccinations
• Cycle2
  
  Work Scheme and free cycle training

• Up to 15 hours of volunteering leave each year
• Recognition through initiatives including the Here for Derby Awards and Long Service Awards
• The opportunity to join one of our Employee Networks, including LGBTQ+, Disabled Employees and Carers, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Employees, and Neurodiversity

At Derby City Council, we believe our people are our greatest strength. Whatever stage you're at in your career, you'll be joining an inclusive organisation where you'll be supported to develop, feel valued and make a meaningful difference to the communities we serve.

Some benefits are dependent on your role, contract or length of service.