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Please note, we do not accept CVs submitted without a fully completed online application form.



Do you have an interest in helping new development come forward in a sustainable way? Do you want to build a career in a busy and proactive planning team? Then this role is for you.
Who?
Wealden District Council is committed to delivering sustainable development and providing our communities with a 5 star planning service.
This is an opportunity for someone who has some planning experience and wants to further their career or for someone who is adept at dealing with householder, minor and other applications types but wants to do that in a district with a varied history and landscape.
You will be part of a team that helps to process around 3000 applications, applying planning law and policy and delivering positive outcomes for our communities and businesses.
What will you be doing?
<ul>
<li>Preparing planning reports on development proposals.</li>
<li>Providing advice and conducting negotiations with applicants to achieve the best possible outcomes and deliver 5-star customer service.</li>
<li>Liaising with various stakeholders, including residents, officers from other service sections, elected members, and external bodies to ensure material consideration are taken into account and that decision making is open and transparent.</li>
<li>Engaging in pre-application discussions, taking opportunities to front load planning considerations and make the formal planning application process run smoothly.</li>
</ul>
What do you need?
<ul>
<li>Experience in planning and the application of expert knowledge within a planning policy or development management context.</li>
<li>Customer service skills, being particularly adept at speaking with those who have conflicting demands and priorities.</li>
<li>Knowledge of relevant law, policy and guidance related to planning and related matters.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Communication and negotiation skills being able to discuss proposals in a positive, constructive, and professional manner to deliver positive planning outcomes.</li>
<li>A planning or relevant degree qualification or, as an alternative, considerable experience in planning matters.</li>
</ul>
What do we offer?
<ul>
<li>Competitive salary &amp; pension scheme.</li>
<li>Incremental progression subject to satisfactory performance.</li>
<li>A friendly, supportive team.</li>
<li>Opportunities for continuing professional development.</li>
<li>Hybrid working.</li>
</ul>
For more information
For more information and an informal chat about opportunities please contact Caitlin Boddy (<a href="mailto:caitlin.boddy@wealden.gov.uk" target="_blank">caitlin.boddy@wealden.gov.uk</a> / 01892 602539) or Stephanie Wood (<a href="mailto:stephanie.wood@wealden.gov.uk" target="_blank">stephanie.wood@wealden.gov.uk</a> / 01892 602474).
About Wealden
Wealden District Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to maintaining a diverse workforce and an inclusive work environment.&nbsp; We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities, and all applications will be treated on merit.
Ethical Use of AI in Applications
We welcome innovation and do not automatically exclude candidates who use AI tools during the application process. However, we assess each application to ensure the candidate genuinely understands the role and its requirements.
AI may be used ethically and responsibly, provided it supports, rather than compromises our core values of integrity, transparency, and fairness. During assessments and interviews, candidates must present their own skills and experience without assistance from others, external resources, or AI, unless explicitly instructed otherwise.

Assistant Planning Officer

<ul><li><a href="https://feeds.jgp.co.uk/public_data/VacancyDocuments/0077/6073/Job_application_guidance.doc" target="_blank">Job_application_guidance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://feeds.jgp.co.uk/public_data/VacancyDocuments/0077/6074/S106CIL_Monitoring_Officer_JD.docx" target="_blank">S106CIL_Monitoring_Officer_JD</a></li>
</ul>





CIL/s.106 Monitoring Officer&nbsp;
PTC/Perm&nbsp;(22.5&nbsp;hours per week)&nbsp;
OneTeam&nbsp;Band&nbsp;8&nbsp;£39,862&nbsp;- £44,075&nbsp;
(Starting salary dependent upon skills and qualifications, progression subject to satisfactory performance)&nbsp;
Closing Date for accepting applications: 15 February 2026&nbsp;
Brentwood Borough Council and Rochford District Council work in partnership and&nbsp;this role is to&nbsp;provide support to both organisations&nbsp;on s.106 negotiations&nbsp;and&nbsp;monitoring,&nbsp;including&nbsp;the&nbsp;Community Infrastructure Levy and its identified funded community projects for Brentwood Borough Council.&nbsp;
About the role:&nbsp;
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in managing and administering the governance of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) receipts and Section 106 (S106)&nbsp;obligations and funds. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team, ensuring compliance with legislation while delivering tangible benefits to the community.&nbsp;
You&nbsp;will support the delivery of policy,&nbsp;expenditure&nbsp;and&nbsp;governance processes for CIL receipts and strategic S106 funds. You&nbsp;will provide advice&nbsp;to&nbsp;developers, councillors, council officers, and third-party providers&nbsp;on CIL and S106 monitoring matters.&nbsp;
As our CIL and S106 Officer, you will be part of the Strategic Planning team, working across both Councils. &nbsp;
If&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;an experienced professional with an excellent understanding of CIL and S106,&nbsp;we want to hear from you.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Key responsibilities:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Manage,&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;and update databases and systems for tracking CIL and s106 agreements&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Monitor compliance with S.106 legal agreements through regular liaison with developers&nbsp;and&nbsp;case officers&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Tracking of financial contributions and obligations and enforcement for&nbsp;non payment.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Prepare the CIL spending plan and ensure funds are spent&nbsp;in accordance with&nbsp;the Council’s governance arrangements&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Prepare reports to senior leaders and members, including statutory reports (e.g., Infrastructure Funding Statements) on CIL and s106 income, expenditure, and project delivery.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Manage any appeals under the CIL Regulations&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Support Freedom of Information (FOI) requests&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Establish effective and professional relationships with stakeholders&nbsp;and partners&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Provide CIL and s106 guidance to officers and developers&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Deliver excellent customer service&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
We work in a hybrid way&nbsp;with&nbsp;office attendance&nbsp;varying between both Brentwood Borough and Rochford District Council,&nbsp;in addition to home working, and based on the needs of the service.&nbsp;&nbsp;
About the candidate:&nbsp;
We are looking for&nbsp;someone with experience in managing a system for&nbsp;monitoring&nbsp;financial figures,&nbsp;with a demonstrable understanding of s.106 agreements and Community Infrastructure Levy.&nbsp;&nbsp;A working knowledge of&nbsp;Exacom&nbsp;software would be an advantage.&nbsp;
A proven knowledge of the workings of local&nbsp;government and&nbsp;the wider public sector is a requirement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Experience of working in the planning system, in a political environment would be advantageous.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
You&nbsp;must&nbsp;possess&nbsp;the ability to interpret legal agreements, legislation, and policies accurately and able to communicate these in a concise way.&nbsp;&nbsp;You will be articulate both in your verbal and written communications and able to&nbsp;form strong professional relationships with all stakeholders and partners.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Our policies support our employees by enabling a positive work/life balance including flexible working where possible.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to this, the Council offers many excellent employee benefits which include, pension scheme, generous annual leave entitlement, health and wellbeing initiatives&nbsp;and&nbsp;employee&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;programme.&nbsp;
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact&nbsp;Jonathan Quilter&nbsp;by emailing&nbsp;<a href="mailto:jonathan.quilter@brentwood.rochford.gov.uk" target="_blank">jonathan.quilter@brentwood.rochford.gov.uk</a>&nbsp;with your availability for a call.&nbsp;
Brentwood Borough&nbsp;&amp; Rochford District&nbsp;Council&nbsp;are&nbsp;committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.&nbsp;&nbsp;People with disabilities will be offered an interview where they meet the Essential Criteria on the Person Specification.&nbsp;

Brentwood Borough Council

CIL/S106 Monitoring Officer

<ul><li><a href="https://feeds.jgp.co.uk/public_data/VacancyDocuments/0077/6026/Job_application_guidance.doc" target="_blank">Job_application_guidance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://feeds.jgp.co.uk/public_data/VacancyDocuments/0077/6038/S106CIL_Monitoring_Officer_JD.docx" target="_blank">S106CIL_Monitoring_Officer_JD</a></li>
</ul>





CIL/s.106 Monitoring Officer&nbsp;
PTC/Perm&nbsp;(22.5&nbsp;hours per week)&nbsp;
OneTeam&nbsp;Band&nbsp;8&nbsp;£39,862&nbsp;- £44,075&nbsp;
(Starting salary dependent upon skills and qualifications, progression subject to satisfactory performance)&nbsp;
Closing Date for accepting applications: 15 February 2026&nbsp;
Brentwood Borough Council and Rochford District Council work in partnership and&nbsp;this role is to&nbsp;provide support to both organisations&nbsp;on s.106 negotiations&nbsp;and&nbsp;monitoring,&nbsp;including&nbsp;the&nbsp;Community Infrastructure Levy and its identified funded community projects for Brentwood Borough Council.&nbsp;
About the role:&nbsp;
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in managing and administering the governance of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) receipts and Section 106 (S106)&nbsp;obligations and funds. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team, ensuring compliance with legislation while delivering tangible benefits to the community.&nbsp;
You&nbsp;will support the delivery of policy,&nbsp;expenditure&nbsp;and&nbsp;governance processes for CIL receipts and strategic S106 funds. You&nbsp;will provide advice&nbsp;to&nbsp;developers, councillors, council officers, and third-party providers&nbsp;on CIL and S106 monitoring matters.&nbsp;
As our CIL and S106 Officer, you will be part of the Strategic Planning team, working across both Councils. &nbsp;
If&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;an experienced professional with an excellent understanding of CIL and S106,&nbsp;we want to hear from you.&nbsp;
Key responsibilities:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Manage,&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;and update databases and systems for tracking CIL and s106 agreements&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Monitor compliance with S.106 legal agreements through regular liaison with developers&nbsp;and&nbsp;case officers&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Tracking of financial contributions and obligations and enforcement for&nbsp;non payment.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Prepare the CIL spending plan and ensure funds are spent&nbsp;in accordance with&nbsp;the Council’s governance arrangements&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Prepare reports to senior leaders and members, including statutory reports (e.g., Infrastructure Funding Statements) on CIL and s106 income, expenditure, and project delivery.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Manage any appeals under the CIL Regulations&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Support Freedom of Information (FOI) requests&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Establish effective and professional relationships with stakeholders&nbsp;and partners&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Provide CIL and s106 guidance to officers and developers&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Deliver excellent customer service&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
We work in a hybrid way&nbsp;with&nbsp;office attendance&nbsp;varying between both Brentwood Borough and Rochford District Council,&nbsp;in addition to home working, and based on the needs of the service.&nbsp;&nbsp;
About the candidate:&nbsp;
We are looking for&nbsp;someone with experience in managing a system for&nbsp;monitoring&nbsp;financial figures,&nbsp;with a demonstrable understanding of s.106 agreements and Community Infrastructure Levy.&nbsp;&nbsp;A working knowledge of&nbsp;Exacom&nbsp;software would be an advantage.&nbsp;
A proven knowledge of the workings of local&nbsp;government and&nbsp;the wider public sector is a requirement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Experience of working in the planning system, in a political environment would be advantageous.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
You&nbsp;must&nbsp;possess&nbsp;the ability to interpret legal agreements, legislation, and policies accurately and able to communicate these in a concise way.&nbsp;&nbsp;You will be articulate both in your verbal and written communications and able to&nbsp;form strong professional relationships with all stakeholders and partners.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Our policies support our employees by enabling a positive work/life balance including flexible working where possible.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to this, the Council offers many excellent employee benefits which include, pension scheme, generous annual leave entitlement, health and wellbeing initiatives&nbsp;and&nbsp;employee&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;programme.&nbsp;
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact&nbsp;Jonathan Quilter&nbsp;by emailing&nbsp;<a href="mailto:jonathan.quilter@brentwood.rochford.gov.uk" target="_blank">jonathan.quilter@brentwood.rochford.gov.uk</a>&nbsp;with your availability for a call.&nbsp;
Brentwood Borough&nbsp;&amp; Rochford District&nbsp;Council&nbsp;are&nbsp;committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.&nbsp;&nbsp;People with disabilities will be offered an interview where they meet the Essential Criteria on the Person Specification.&nbsp;

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