Planning Enforcement Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker, with a mix of office‑based working at Loxley House, site visits and remote working, depending on service needs.

Salary: Starting Salary is £46,142 (Level one) rising to £49,282 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) (Pay award pending)

Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

We are recruiting a Planning Enforcement Manager to lead Nottingham City Council’s Planning Enforcement service. This is a senior operational role with responsibility for managing a specialist enforcement team, setting priorities and ensuring timely, proportionate and legally robust action on breaches of planning control.

You will provide expert advice on complex and sensitive cases, including listed buildings, unauthorised uses and high‑profile developments, working closely with Legal Services, elected Members and partner agencies. The role combines strong leadership, sound professional judgement and a balanced approach that secures compliance while maintaining public confidence in the planning system.

You’ll play a key role in protecting Nottingham’s historic environment, supporting regeneration and ensuring development is carried out responsibly across a diverse and growing city. This is a challenging but rewarding role for an experienced professional who enjoys exercising judgement, leading people and making a visible difference.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• A relevant qualification: A degree (or equivalent professional experience) in town planning, urban planning, law or a related discipline, with evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Significant planning enforcement experience: Substantial experience dealing with planning enforcement matters, including complex or sensitive cases, and exercising sound professional judgement on expediency, harm and proportionality.
• Strong leadership and people management capability: Proven experience of managing or leading staff, setting priorities, allocating workloads and driving performance and service improvement within a regulatory or public‑facing environment.
• Excellent knowledge of planning enforcement law and practice: In‑depth knowledge of relevant planning legislation, policy and case law, and the effective use of formal enforcement powers to achieve lawful and proportionate outcomes.
• High‑quality investigation and decision‑making skills: Strong investigative, analytical and problem‑solving skills, with experience of preparing robust evidence, reports and formal notices, and working confidently with legal advisers.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills: The ability to communicate clearly and professionally with a wide range of audiences, including Members, colleagues, partners, developers and members of the public, both in writing and verbally.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Gillian Bradbury, Planning Services Manager, by telephone on 0115 8765261 or by email at gillian.bradbury@nottinghamcity.gov.uk .

Closing Date: 25th May 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will likely be held: w/c 8th June 2026

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