https://jobs.co.uk/job/principal-planning-officer-carrington-west--a6267fc7-3376-49ed-b913-b5fe5d472dad RSS feed for Principal Planning Officer at Carrington West. en-gb Mon, 17 Aug 2026 02:57:45 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/principal-planning-officer-carrington-west--a6267fc7-3376-49ed-b913-b5fe5d472dad https://jobs.co.uk/job/principal-planning-officer-carrington-west--a6267fc7-3376-49ed-b913-b5fe5d472dad Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT Location: Essex | Salary: £55.00 - £60.00/hour | Type: Contract | Carrington West are assisting their local authority client based in the East of England in the search for an Interim Principal Planning Officer to join their Development Management team on an initial 6-month contract.   This role requires a planning professional who has previous experience of working on major planning applications and who can manage a varied workload. This role is being offered on a hybrid working basis with an expectation of 1 day a week in the office/on-site.   Key responsibilities: ·Manage a broad range of more complex cases and pre-applications with particular emphasis on larger developments including negotiating S106 agreements, Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs) and providing resilience and flexibility within the service (Applications including residential schemes of 1000+ dwellings) ·Manage complex and/or contentious planning applications, processes and compliance, regulations and legislation, acting as the single point of contact for customers on those cases and attending appeals hearings and public inquiries as appropriate. ·Working collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation, as well as Members and managing key relationships... Contract