Job title: Principal Planning Officer
Grade: BR13
Salary: £46,952 - £50,867
Contract: Permanent / Full-time, 36 hours per week
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9–5
Location: Bromley Civic Centre
Working pattern: Hybrid – 2 days per week office attendance

This is an exciting opportunity to work in our busy Development Management service.

Bromley is the largest London Borough by area and is diverse in character, ranging from urban development in the north of the Borough to large areas of Green Belt to the south.

We are looking for a highly organised, self-motivated individual who is able to demonstrate experience of dealing with complex minors and major applications, preferably in a Local Authority environment. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to deal with a caseload of varied and challenging planning applications and pre-application enquiries, including residential, commercial and mixed use development proposals.

Applications will be assessed based on the criteria set out in the Job Description and Person Specification, which can be found here.

If you would like to speak to the Hiring Manager about the role, please contact Victoria.Wood@bromley.gov.uk or Andy.Lambert@bromley.gov.uk for a confidential discussion.

We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Bronze Award). We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and as a disability confident committed employer we encourage applications from people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we will consider reasonable adjustment to support disability employment.

We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work, Salary Sacrifice Lease Car, Technology Scheme, GymFlex and a wide range of local and national discounts.

Please note that we do not accept CV submissions from permanent recruitment agencies. If you are a candidate and would like to contact the Recruitment Team regarding the application process, please email Recruitment.Team@bromley.gov.uk. Please note we do not accept CV submissions emailed to us, please apply using the 'Apply now' button on our website.