Development Planning Officer

What you’ll be responsible for

The Development Planning Team’s interaction with Local Planning Authorities and developer customers for your designated areas. You will process pre planning enquiries, planning applications, planning conditions, planning appeals, SuDS Approval Body applications and S106 planning agreements ensuring all are answered and delivered within statutory deadlines/KPI’s. This will include:
 

• Safeguarding the integrity of Welsh Water’s water supply and sewerage assets and mitigate impact of new development on customers and the environment (including impact from CSOs & WwTW on river water quality).
• Contribute towards the company’s objectives to deliver high performance in relation to D-Mex Levels of Service and as a Statutory Consultee in the planning process.
• Co-ordinate the completion and issuing of Developer Impact Assessments (DIA) and Hydraulic Modelling Assessments (HMAs) to facilitate development whilst mitigating the impact on Welsh Water’s infrastructure.
• Managing interactions with external stakeholders i.e. Local Planning Authority (LPA) and developer customers, promoting a more proactive and informed planning function.
• Maintaining good working relations and supporting other functions in Welsh Water in delivering their legislative, environmental and customer requirements, including Wastewater Assets, Asset Strategy, Waste and Water Operational teams, Smart Hub, Capital Delivery, Legal and Estates.
   

Who you’ll work with

Internal

• Developer Service Team
• Clean and Wastewater Operations
• Waste & Water Asset Teams

External

• Customers (Private, Business Customers, Retailers, Developers, Solicitors, Design Consultancies)
• Local Authorities (Planning, Building Control, etc.)
• SAB
• Contractors, Land Agents, Consultants etc.
   

About you

Knowledge, Skills & Experience
 

• Educated to degree level or equivalent 
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of Town and Country Planning process. 
• Experience in planning, water industry and / or environmental role is desirable
• Line management experience and good communication skills – both verbal and written
• Ability to work to tight regulatory and project deadlines
   

Good to know

This is a hybrid role and you will be required to visit the office around 2 days a week or more depending on the business needs/requirements. This can be based in our Cardiff Linea office or Kinmel Rhyl office.

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days  annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:
 

• Variable pay schemes (your salary will always stay the same, but depending on the performance of the company you could receive a yearly bonus)
• Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
• Reduction on gym memberships and high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car-leasing scheme
• Health CashBack scheme
• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment.
 

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.
 

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision.  This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them.  The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.
 

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work. 
 

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.
 

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.