Senior Planning Officer (part-time)
Please apply online via the link provided.
Closing date: 10 October 2025
Interview date: 20 October 2025
Salary: £19,576 - £22,037 per annum (£39,152 to £44,075 full time equivalent)
Please apply online via Winchester City Council's jobs website.
We are lucky enough to work in one of the most beautiful districts in the country so why not come and join us?
Winchester is a beautiful, historic city, and the wider district which has stunning rural countryside (including part of the South Down’s National Park) and bustling market towns. This post will support the planning functions we deliver on behalf of the South Downs National Park Authority.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced planner who can effectively manage a varied caseload of planning applications including pre-application enquiries, complex planning applications, appeals and post application work and occasionally some planning enforcement. You must be a motivated and well organised worker with a positive outlook who is able to deliver good performance and high standards of customer care. Experience of Planning Committee and Appeals is required, and the candidate will be a member of the RTPI or eligible for membership.
A full clean driving licence is essential.
What Winchester Offers
Our offices are based in the heart of Winchester’s Historic Cathedral City. Winchester and our market towns have a wealth of beautiful historic and contemporary developments, and we have a reputation for facilitating high quality planning outcomes in this context by working collaboratively with stakeholders and the community.
The successful candidate will benefit from free parking and paid Membership fees to the RTPI (if applicable), along with a range of other benefits including:
- Employer paid health cash plan
- Cycle to Work and Car Benefit salary sacrifice schemes
- Competitive annual leave
- Flexible working arrangements
- 13 days additional flexi leave per year (subject to operational requirements)
- Option to buy up to 5 days additional annual leave
- Free parking
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Discounted membership at the two leisure centres in the district
- Confidential Employee Advice and Support Programme
- Employee retail and shopping discounts
- Season Ticket Loans
- Excellent working environment
- Support for continuous professional development
For further information about this post please contact Lisa Booth, South Downs Team Leader on 01962 848244 or via email at lbooth@winchester.gov.uk or Sarah Armstrong, Service Lead Built Environment on 01962 848063 or via email at sarmstrong@winchester.gov.uk.
Salary range
- £19,576 - £22,037 per year