Assistant Planning Policy Officer
Listing ref 5438a10a1d
- WhereSouth West
- Posted7 April 2026
As an Assistant Planning Policy Officer, you will play a key role in helping to deliver our Planning activities and support our role as the Planning Authority for Dartmoor National Park.
Specifically, you will support the work of the Spatial Planning Directorate in the preparation and delivery of our Partnership Plan, as well as statutory planning functions related to the Local Plan.
You will also ensure that we foster the socio-economic wellbeing of the communities throughout the National Park and have a role in planning how we, as an organisation and as a National Park, mitigate and adapt to climate change.
You will monitor Local Plan policies and actions, supporting the review, governance and implementation of the Partnership Plan, co-ordinate the evidence base for policy development in the National Park and assist in monitoring and action setting in relation to climate change objectives.
What this role involves
General background for local government officer roles. This listing’s own employer, location, pay and hours are shown above.
- Manage and evaluate projects
- Keep records, write reports and prepare briefing papers
- Answer enquiries over the phone, online, in writing or in person
- Typical pay (UK)
- £24,000 starting · £38,000 experienced
- Typical hours
- 37 to 39 a week
Career background: National Careers Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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