Planning Officer

Harborough District Council has an excellent opportunity to join a successful Development Management team. We are recruiting to a career grading Planning Officer role.

Harborough District is situated in rural south Leicestershire and is one of the most prosperous and attractive areas of England and includes a wealth of heritage and substantial prospective growth areas.

Development Management are looking for an enthusiastic and able development management planner who is a good team member as well as being self-motivated and able to demonstrate initiative. The postholder will need to be able to deal with planning applications relating to varied development sites as well as dealing with a wide range of related tasks.

We offer excellent terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to:

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous Holdiay Entitlement
• Flexible and Agile working Policy
• Car mileage reimbursment

 The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 9am Monday 19^th May 2025  Interviews will be held on Wednesday 28^th May 2025

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date should we receive sufficient suitable applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Desirable criteria from the person specification may be used for sifting purposes.

If you think you would be a great fit for us, but don’t meet all the requirements of the role, please contact us as we’d love to discuss how we could be the next step in your career journey.

All applicants should be aware that any employee, who is at threat of redundancy at the time of a position being advertised, will have priority status.