Planning Validation and Street Naming Officer - Braintree District Council

Planning Validation and Street Naming Officer - Braintree District Council

Braintree District Council

Permanent, Full Time

£30,313 - £34,612 per annum

Location: Braintree

Closing Date: 01/12/2024

Essex County Council (ECC) are delighted to be supporting Braintree Council to recruit this Planning Validation and Street Naming Officer

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The Opportunity:

Braintree District Council have an exciting opportunity for several Planning Validation and Street Naming & Numbering Officers to join their Development Management team based in Braintree, Essex.

Are you a Validation Officer, a Street Naming and Numbering Officer, or an Administration Officer working within a Planning team with suitable experience? If so, our Planning Validation and Street Naming and Numbering Officer role may be the new challenge you are looking for.

Braintree will be an area of significant growth over the coming years. We are looking to embrace this challenge to deliver well-designed new homes, create jobs and improve and develop infrastructure for the benefit of existing and new communities.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a several Planning Validation and Street Naming and Numbering Officers to our team.

The role is pivotal within the team, being responsible for a diverse range of work from validating planning applications to processing appeals and street naming and number applications in accordance with requirements and in a timely manner.

Experience:

Our ideal candidate would be someone with a strong work ethic, excellent communication and customer service skills, with knowledge or experience of working within a large team like a Development Management team, who can work efficiently and accurately.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic, ambitious, supportive, and friendly team. If you would like an informal chat about the above role please call James Fenemer, Admin and Validation Team Leader on (01376) 312776.

Accountabilities:

• Check planning applications for validity based on both national and local validation requirements and carry out necessary safeguarding checks.


• Check all tree related applications (TPO & TPOCON) and Hedgerow Removal Notifications for validity based on both national and local validation requirements and carry out necessary safeguarding checks.


• Notify Agents/Applicants of reasons for invalidity of all applications where applicable.


• Register planning applications and all tree related applications on bespoke database (Uniform system) and upload these and other material to the IDOX Document Management System.


• Deal with telephone enquiries and other administrative tasks required to support the planning administration function and to support the wider service as required.


• Process invoices, orders, application fees and fee refunds.


• Register Appeals for the Development Management, Planning Enforcement and Landscape Services teams on Uniform and upload all relevant documentation and correspondence on IDOX.


• Provide administrative support for appeals as required, including arranging venue and room hire, car parking, liaising with the relevant Officers, Consultants and Legal representation as required, and responding to all correspondence via the appeals inbox.


• Update the Council’s systems (Uniform/IDOX) when appeal decisions are received and undertake notifications to the wider teams and Members.


• Act as the Council’s first point of contact for all changes to the numbering and naming of properties and streets within the District.


• Assess all SN&N applications and ensure the naming of all new roads and numbering (and/or naming) of properties is carried out satisfactorily and in accordance with statutory regulations and the Council’s Street Naming and Numbering policy.


• Input new property information, including spatial information, and changes to existing property information to the Council’s LLPG system.


• Liaise with the relevant team(s) for erection of new street nameplates and maintenance of damaged street nameplates that have been reported to the Council.

Why choose Braintree District Council?

Braintree District Council is an ambitious and forward-thinking authority with a vision of creating a great place for our residents and businesses.

As a Council our role is as a guardian of the place and its people; where residents live well in healthy and resilient communities; a well-connected district with high-quality homes delivered with the infrastructure and a place which attracts and provides good employment opportunities.

We are becoming one of the fastest growing Districts in the East of England with three growing towns, London just 45 minutes away and the district located directly between the international transport centres of Stansted Airport and Harwich and Felixstowe International Ports. We have a deserved track record for delivering and a strong reputation within the business community and are committed.

Braintree District Council is a great place to work. We pride ourselves on our creative and innovative approach which is led by our staff. We are committed to having an engaged workforce who understand our strategy and how they can help deliver it. Some of the benefits of working for Braintree District Council are:

• Flexible working


• Free parking


• Local government pension scheme


• Learning and development for all staff


• Staff recognition schemes


• Extensive health and wellbeing programme including discounted gym membership.

To apply for this role please click here

Closing date for receipt of applications: Midnight on Sunday 1st December.

Please Note – Essex County Council is advertising this role on behalf of Braintree District Council and if successful you will be employed by Braintree District Council.