An exciting opportunity has become available to work as an Urban Design officer within the Council’s Strategic and Environmental Planning Team.
The Environmental Planning Team is a multi-disciplinary team of professionals within the Planning Department, providing specialist advice on landscape architecture, design, arboriculture, ecology, heritage, and local plans, with a mission to improve and protect the varied and high-quality environments of Cheshire East.

ABOUT YOU

You will:

• Have a degree level qualification within Architecture or Urban Design
• Be a member of the RIBA or similar
• Have Development Management experience from the public or private sector
• Have an understanding of master planning and architecture
• Be an effective team player with great communication skills
• Have a flexible approach to work
• Have a passion for the built environment and the role design plays within it

We’re looking for people who are excited about the built environment, who can deliver excellent customer care and who want to help us shape the environment of Cheshire East. The ability to travel throughout Cheshire East and a full UK driving license are required.
This job is offered on a full time (5 days per week) basis. If you would like to be part of our team and want to contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate and are willing to work as part of a team then we would like to hear from you for our current vacancy.

As an Urban Design Officer, you will have a core remit to secure the best design outcomes for development in the borough through managing a case load of planning consultations and appeals. The role provides the opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects including:

• Developing design guidance and policy for the Local Plan, including helping us prepare our new Design Code for the borough;
• Preparing and managing design consultations, including assessing design codes;
• Advising on urban design matters across a variety of projects, and managing implementation.

We’re looking for people who are excited by helping to shape our borough to showcase its beautiful and diverse character. So, if you’re a creative and enthusiastic team member, with a passion for design and architecture, then we want to hear from you.
These are exciting and interesting times for the team - the Council are preparing a new Local Plan, planning reform is generating new proposals across the borough, and regional collaboration plus the development of our Design Code means that there are multiple opportunities to help our team shape the built and natural environment of Cheshire East.
In this dynamic context, the department deals with a very diverse portfolio which means that with Cheshire East you will have opportunities to work on schemes taking in a range of issues from local heritage to national infrastructure and from town centre public realm to rural conversions. Due the scale of the borough and the variety in our built and natural character, no two applications (or weeks!) are the same and this is an exciting time for the service as we expand our capacity, and plan for the future of the borough.
To find out more about our essential and desirable criteria for the role, please view the ‘in this job you will need’ section within the attached Job Description and Person Specification (JDPS) document.