Surrey Heath Borough Council
Internal Job Vacancies
Principal Planning Officer
- Employer: Surrey Heath Borough Council
- Salary: £48,343 - £54,010 pa (Plus £1,239 pa Car Allowance)
- Location: Surrey Heath House, Camberley, Hybrid Working
- Contract: Permanent
- Working Pattern: Flexible Hours/Full Time
- Hours: 37 hours per week.
- DBS Check: No
- Closing Date: 24/07/2026 at 12:00
- Reference: BER/26/341201
Grade SH07
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced planner. This role will include dealing with a variety of planning applications, comprising a mix of delegated and committee applications. The successful candidate will be expected to deal with applications for major developments, which may require extensive pre-application discussions and hard negotiation on complex issues, and will be expected to represent the Council on appeals.
The successful applicant will:
- Possess good technical knowledge of development management.
- Have demonstrable experience working on a wide range of planning applications.
- Have experience of working on major developments.
- Have experience of presenting at committee.
- Be a highly motivated person, possessing ambition and drive.
- Be able to positively influence outcomes by working effectively with developers and applicants.
- Be able to handle pressure and competing interests.
Closing date: Midday Friday 24th July 2026
Interview date: W/c 27th July 2026
Contact details
For an informal discussion, please contact Jon Partington, Development Manager on 01276 707296, jonathan.partington@surreyheath.gov.uk
Equal Opportunities
Surrey Heath Borough Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
How to apply
Please apply online via the link provided.
Surrey Heath Borough Council is committed to safer recruitment and equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. If you are unable to apply online for reasons of disability, please call 01276 707126 to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be made to accommodate your individual requirements.
Please note:
All successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks in line with BPSS guidelines, which includes standard identification, referencing and unspent conviction checks. Surrey Heath Borough Council undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of conviction or other information revealed.
For the best chance of successful application, please read the Job Description and Personal Specification fully before applying for this vacancy as it contains information you will need to refer to when applying. We do not accept CV’s submitted without a fully completed application form. To reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. If you choose to submit your CV with your application form we request that you remove all your personal details before uploading your CV. This will ensure that Managers cannot see your personal details when completing their shortlist. If you have not heard from the council within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful. All unsuccessful applications will be removed and confidentially disposed of 6 months after the closing date.
If you have any further enquiries please email recruitment@surreyheath.gov.uk or telephone 01276 707126.
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