Head of Strategic Planning and Housing

CAPTION: Job details

• Posting date: 26 March 2025


• Salary: £56,080 to £59,525 per year


• Additional salary information: plus 7.5% lease car contribution


• Hours: Full time


• Closing date: 22 April 2025


• Location: Clitheroe, Lancashire


• Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week


• Company: Ribble Valley Borough Council


• Job type: Permanent


• Job reference: EDP102

Summary

Planning Policy Team Opportunities
Council Offices - Clitheroe

The Ribble Valley planning policy team is critical to delivering our vision to create a Borough with unrivalled quality of place, which respects the unique natural, social and built heritage of the area. Ribble Valley is an area with an exceptional environment and quality of life for all; sustained by our vital and vibrant market towns and villages acting as thriving service centres. It is an area where people want to live, work and visit.

As we develop our new Local Plan, we are looking for talented people to help us turn that vision into a reality. It's an exciting time to join our policy team as the new Local Plan takes shape and we progress towards submission in 2026. Whether you are interested in housing, infrastructure provision, the environment, economy, heritage or design, joining the new Policy Team will allow you to develop a wide range of skills and help to shape the future of the borough.

• Reference: EDP102 Head of Strategic Planning and Housing


• Salary: £56,080 to £59,525 per annum plus 7.5% lease car contribution


• Reference: EDP103 Principal Planning Officer (Policy)


• Salary: £41,511 to £44,711 per annum

Join us to receive a host of benefits such as flexible working hours (flexitime scheme in operation with no core hours), generous leave entitlement, occupational pension scheme and training/development opportunities.

• Closing date: Tuesday 22 April 2025


• Interview date: Tuesday 29 April 2025

Reasonable adjustments: For any part of the recruitment process, please email us or provide further information on your application form.

Right to close early: We reserve the right to close job vacancies before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

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Council Offices - Clitheroe

The Ribble Valley planning policy team is critical to delivering our vision to create a Borough with unrivalled quality of place, which respects the unique natural, social and built heritage of the area. Ribble Valley is an area with an exceptional environment and quality of life for all; sustained by our vital and vibrant market towns and villages acting as thriving service centres. It is an area where people want to live, work and visit.

As we develop our new Local Plan, we are looking for talented people to help us turn that vision into a reality. It's an exciting time to join our policy team as the new Local Plan takes shape and we progress towards submission in 2026. Whether you are interested in housing, infrastructure provision, the environment, economy, heritage or design, joining the new Policy Team will allow you to develop a wide range of skills and help to shape the future of the borough.