Senior Planning Officer

Senior Planning Officer

Vacancy Type: Permanent/Full Time

Hours Per Week: 37

Length of Contract: Permanent

Salary Range: £37,293 - £41,173 per annum

Location: Boston

Application Deadline: 1st of August 2025

Our client is looking for a motivated and skilled planning professional to join their Council Planning Service as a Senior Planning Officer.

Their Planning Team is committed to creating sustainable, vibrant communities with a key focus on people and place. If you are looking for a role where you will play a key part in providing a high-quality planning service that delivers economic growth, regeneration and housing, contributing to the vision for our client and the Partnership, they want to hear from you.

As a Senior Planning Officer, you will play a key role in providing a high-quality planning service that delivers economic growth, regeneration and housing, contributing to the vision for our client and the Partnership. You will work closely with the Principal Planning Officer and Development Management Lead to contribute to a positive, high performing planning service.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Manage a range of planning applications, including minor and major developments.
• Providing planning advice to internal stakeholders, developers, members and residents.
• Attend and present at planning committee as necessary.
• Work collaboratively at all levels to provide an effective and efficient delivery of service.

Previous experience of a development management environment is a requirement of this role.

This position is a shared role within the Councils Partnership and forms part of the S113 agreement between the participating Partnership Councils in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement 1st October 2021.

Benefits

They offer excellent terms and conditions of employment including:

• Local Government Pension Scheme, 23.6% employer contribution
• Generous annual leave scheme +option to buy more
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Benefits Platform including retail, holiday, and leisure discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flu Jabs
• Free Eye Test Voucher
• Flexible Working Policy
• Agile Working Policy
• Long service recognition
• Excellent career progression and training opportunities

Certain restrictions may apply.

They also offer a wide range of family friendly policies designed to enable you to balance your work and home life, manage your personal responsibilities and support you in times of difficulty.

About Our Client

Our client and two other councils have formed the Councils Partnership. The largest Council Partnership in the country. Since October 2021, the Partnership Councils have been working closely to deliver improved services to the communities in the sub-region and already there have been many positive outcomes.

Over time, it is envisaged that services will become formally shared across the three Councils creating the opportunity for colleagues to be involved in new and innovate areas of work.

The Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer. They are committed to ensuring all recruitment processes are non-discriminatory and that no potential or current employee is treated unfairly.

The Council reserves the right to change the closing date, depending on application numbers. Interviews may be arranged virtually/in person when suitable candidates apply, which may be prior to the closing date.