Planning Enforcement Internship Cirencester 2022

Do your bit to help protect the built and natural environments in the Cotswold District.

Planning Enforcement is a vital function of the planning system and can help support key decisions made by the Council. Breaches of planning control can have significant impacts upon the district’s historic and natural environments and the wellbeing of its residents, and the enforcement function gives Local Planning Authorities the powers to address harmful impacts of unauthorised development.

You will play a key role in helping the Council create an online Enforcement Register which will benefit customers as they will be able to better self-serve for information via our website.

About the role

An enforcement notice is a notice served against unauthorised development/breach of planning control.  The notice will explain the alleged breach of planning control, the reason for its issue, the steps required and the period within which they should be taken. You will be responsible for:

• Cross-referencing all notices issued to the planning enforcement module in our system database (Uniform) to ensure the register is complete
• Populate/create records with notice details as required in the Uniform database (training provided)
• Scan and index all notices via an electronic document management system (training provided)

This is a new placement role covering Cotswold District Council which is famed for its natural beauty and historic buildings.

You will need

• An interest in planning
• Excellent level of IT skills
• Ability to work with attention to detail
• Proactive/self-motivated with a sense of what is practical and achievable
• Ability to follow instructions and to challenge constructively, suggesting solutions to issues where appropriate
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

For more information about this role please see the Job Description/Person Specification.

You will be employed by Publica Group Ltd which was created by four partner Councils (Cotswold District Council, West Oxfordshire District Council, Cheltenham Borough Council and Forest of Dean District Council)  to deliver more efficient and improved services.

Publica is a unique place to work – we are a local government organisation with a twist! Publica wants to transform the way local services are delivered. To help do this we have started to fundamentally rethink the way we design our services in the digital era so that Publica is a customer-focused organisation driven by real user needs.

What can we do for you…

• Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working
• Flexible working arrangements (depending on the role)
• 26 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays and an extra two volunteering days off a year for you to support a charity of your choice
• Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
• Pension scheme with a good employer contribution of 5% of your earnings
• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with huge tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
• Access to digital financial advice (covering your pension scheme, mortgages and other finances)
• Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements
• Additional income protection, covering 50% of your salary for potentially a further five years if you are unable to work due to sickness or injury
• Life assurance, currently four times your annual salary