Team: CDS - Minerals & WasteJob Family: Enabaling - CBG12Salary: £42,630 - £47,582 per annum pro rata + MRS £3,000 per annum pro rataHours: 37 hours per weekLocation: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month.Contract Type: Hybrid - PermanentClosing Date: 29th May 2024Interview Date: TBCAbout the role:There's more than one reason why we believe Central Bedfordshire is a great place to live and work. Our attractive market towns and beautiful villages surrounded by stunning countryside, all boosted by a prime location, great transport links and a high performing economy are all part of what makes us great.In our Minerals and Waste team, we work hard to enable Central Bedfordshire to grow and thrive in a sustainable way. We want to make our area a great place to live and work, and somewhere companies choose to invest. Working in a Unitary Authority environment, we work closely with mainstream planning officers and as a shared service, provide specialist advice to both Bedford and Luton Borough Councils.As a Senior Planning Officer, you will play a big part in achieving this vision. With businesses and communities depending on your skills, you will find your greatness using your professional expertise in liaising with planning applicants and agents to deliver positive planning outcomes across authority areas.As a Senior Planning Officer you will find the position a varied, challenging role and therefore you'll be a confident communicator, able to engage with a range of different stakeholders regarding Minerals and Waste planning matters.Your work will predominately focus on development management and the processing of minerals and waste planning applications within Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough, you will also have the opportunity to act as case officer for minerals and waste sites across Central Bedfordshire playing a key role with colleagues on both site monitoring and enforcement. Communication, team working, personal organisation and the ability to bring together technical advice and wider consultation responses in your decision making will therefore be key attributes needed for the role.You will ideally have a degree (or equivalent qualification or experience) in Town Planning, be a member of the Royal Town Planning institute and ideally have planning experience working on mineral and waste planning matters in a local authority. If you have experience within mainstream town and country planning or private practice then we would also welcome the opportunity to hear more about what you could bring to the team.With good political and commercial awareness, and strong communication skills, you will have a gift for influencing others and as a natural leader you will be committed to evidence-based decision making.Our OfferWe have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit ourOur aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this .Our are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Bryn Walters at or call 0300 300 6302To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.If you require assistance to apply for our roles, help with writing your CV, interview techniques or careers advice please contact our team of careers advisors at Our service is confidential, impartial and free for all.
