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Stroud District Council covers an area of 175 square miles and has an exceptionally diverse physical, historic and natural environment. Over 50% of the district is designated a National Landscape. It contains over 3000 listed building entries, 41 conservation areas, and internationally and nationally important wildlife sites.
Acting as Local Planning Authority, the council deals with around 2,600 planning applications per year. Our statutory development management function is split into three teams: a major and commercial team, and two area planning teams. This role would be based in one of the area planning teams. The area planning teams determine all non-major planning (and related) applications within their geographical area.

As Planning Officer you would manage your own caseload of planning applications, pre-application enquiries, planning appeals, and other related activities. Working in a diverse environment, you will have a varied caseload covering both rural areas and our market towns and villages, making recommendations to ensure development meets the requirements of our Local Plan.
A portion of your working time would be spent on site, meeting customers and undertaking site inspections. On occasion you may also have to attend planning committee.
You will liaise with colleagues within the service – such as our specialist arboricultural, biodiversity, enforcement, and heritage officers – to ensure we make reliable, high-quality decisions in line with local and national planning policy and guidance. You will provide support to our technical, business support, and customer services teams and help nurture junior staff in their professional development.