SHARED PLANNING LAWYER

Shared Planning Lawyer – Salary Up to £68,506 pa

We are looking for a focused, enthusiastic team player to join our shared Legal Service for Broxbourne Borough Council and East Herts District Council. In this role you will manage a varied planning law caseload across a wide range of town and country planning projects, from environmental sustainability to multimillion‑pound regeneration schemes.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert legal advice to the Planning Department, senior officers and elected members on all matters relating to Town and Country Planning and associated legislation.
• Identify and deliver innovative legal solutions to support colleagues in resolving complex planning issues and enabling effective decision making.
• Offer accurate, timely guidance to team members, client officers and members on the full range of planning law matters.
• Work collaboratively with the Litigation team on planning enforcement matters, contributing to robust and effective enforcement action.
• Attend and advise at council committees and panels, particularly Planning Committee meetings, ensuring clear, robust and practical legal support.

Qualifications and Experience

• Qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive with a solid understanding of local government.
• Experience negotiating and drafting agreements under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as well as other planning related agreements.
• Experience working within a local government environment is desirable but not essential.
• Conscientious, hard‑working, self‑motivated, with sound judgement and professionalism.

Key Competencies

• Ability to work effectively under pressure, using initiative and adopting a proactive, solutions‑focused approach to complex issues.
• Strong relationship‑building skills, enabling confident work with officers, elected members and external professionals.
• Capability to manage your own caseload to a high professional standard, responding quickly and accurately to urgent matters and consistently meeting deadlines.
• Fluent communication in English, with the ability to converse at ease with members of the public.

Benefits

• Generous leave entitlement.
• Full training and development programme.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Free membership to the Council’s local leisure centres, including access to gyms, swimming pools, fitness classes, racket sport sessions, a health suite and generous discounts across other leisure and culture services.
• Flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work–life balance.

Equal Opportunities

Broxbourne Council is an Equal Opportunities employer.

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