Welcome and thank you for showing interest in working for the Strategic Planning and Development Management team. There are exciting times ahead and we would love new dynamic members to join us on the journey going forwards.
We are a newly formed, dynamic team that brings together both Development Management and Strategic Planning. Our team works on a wide variety of exciting and diverse projects that shape the future of the district.
Over the past year, we’ve played a key role in Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP), including the Sunnica Project, as well as contributing to the development of small, medium, and large-scale housing projects. Our work also spans other developments typical of a rural district, with a mix of small towns and one city, offering us a unique and varied set of challenges and opportunities.
Your work will directly influence the shape of the district's future growth, making sure that it is in line with national and regional policy, while meeting the needs of our residents and businesses. You, with respect to all of these roles, will also have the opportunity to take on different responsibilities that will help shape the district and ensure that it is a thriving place for our residents to live in.
Recent successes have been a redeveloped working environment for our planning team, creating collaborative working spaces, an uncluttered environment with officers retaining their own desks.
The team is performing at a high level with our performance in the upper quartile in respect to the government targets, with caseloads remaining at sensible levels. These roles are to complement the existing team and to assist on our journey to deliver excellence.
We are delivering on large scale developments with the recent committee resolutions to grant permission at Soham for the Eastern Gateway development, and the ongoing North Ely and Littleport urban expansions where the next phases are currently in the pipeline. This coupled with exciting projects such as Bens Yard rural shopping village, Wicken Fen, The Yard in Ely shows the wide range of work you could potentially be involved in.
We have a number of vacancies due to the recently created team, these are at a variety of levels. We are committed to developing our own staff and operate a career grade with a training and development programme to ensure that staff are able to grow, progress and develop according to their own needs and strengths.
Officers are encouraged to grow and take on responsibilities to widen their experience and knowledge in a supporting environment.
| Vacancy | Closing date | Salary |
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To lead and direct a team of Planning Officer within Planning (Development Management) and oversee the delivery of high-quality development and the timely throughput of the caseload of those Officers. |
4 July 2025 | £50,788 to £57,837 |
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To investigate and manage complaints of unauthorised works; monitor new developments and planning permissions and organise and deliver the Planning Enforcement Service. |
4 July 2025 | £36,124 to £41,511 |
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To lead on S106 Agreement negotiations, monitoring and spend for the council, ensuring spend supports the council's requirements. |
4 July 2025 | £32,654 to £37,035 |
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To provide a planning service supporting the Team Leader Planning and the Strategic Planning and Development Control Manager in all aspects of development control and related planning functions. |
4 July 2025 | £40,476 to £45,715 |
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Planning Performance and Monitoring Officer To lead on the management of information held and produced by the Strategic Planning and Development Management section in relation to housebuilding, brownfield sites, planning applications, performance and other planning subjects. |
4 July 2025 | £32,654 to £37,035 |
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Planning Service Development and Technical Support Team Leader To lead, plan and be responsible for service development, the technical support |
4 July 2025 | £40,476 to £45,718 |
''There are a wide range of opportunities available and I would encourage anyone who is interested to discuss these with myself and I truly look forwards to hopefully working with you in the near future.''
David Morren, Strategic Planning and Development Management Manager
Contact: David Morren, Strategic Planning and Development Management Manager
Email: david.morren@eastcambs.gov.uk
Telephone: 01353 665555