Senior Principal Planning Officers

at  Swindon Borough Council

At Swindon Borough Council, we want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision in the new Swindon Plan is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because that’s who we’re doing it for – the communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council, you’ll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. It’s all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.
You will provide senior level planning expertise to deliver the council’s planning functions in a customer focused and solutions led way creating the right conditions for accelerating high-quality development and supporting sustainable growth in Swindon.

As an experienced Development Management Planner, you will build trust and be visible to key development partners, major housebuilders and residents ensuring that planning services provide early confidence to inward investment and growth opportunities which actively support the delivery of the council’s inclusive economy & sustainability priorities.
Leading a key Development Management team, you will support the Chief Planning Officer to unlock planning barriers to support key regeneration projects, transform the town centre and support the council’s emerging new ways of localities working.
You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act “for the effective performance of a customer-facing role”).