Description:
The role of the Planning Department is to guide and shape the future development of County Louth. The Department is committed to realising our vision for a county where people will choose to live, work, visit and invest, both socially and economically for the benefit of the county, region, and the country as a whole.
The Assistant Planner is responsible for working as part of a multi-disciplinary team implementing programmes of work in the Planning Department and for providing a range of planning and related services.
Assistant Planner positions are multi-faceted and may include some or all of the following areas:
- Forward Planning
- Development Management
- Planning Enforcement
- Public Realm/Strategic Projects
The Assistant Planner role and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Assessment and making of recommendations on a wide and varied planning application caseload of both urban and rural developments, including Strategic Housing Developments (SHD), as required in line with all relevant national, regional and local plans/policies, and in accordance with the appropriate legislation and guidelines as required.
- Conducting of pre-application consultations and provision of planning advice to member of the public, internal departments and to the elected member in an efficient and flexible manner.
- Prepare County Development Plan, local area plans, planning schemes and other planning policy related reports as required.
- Analyse spatial and demographic information to discern trends in population, land-use
Employment, etc., to inform policy development.
- Monitoring and reporting on implementation progress, including gathering/analysis of development and market activity.
- Liaising and working with neighbouring planning authorities and other public authorities on all aspects of implementation.
- Preparation of policy and reports as required on a wide variety of planning matters.
- Input to inter-disciplinary projects dealing with land-use, transport, environment, etc.,
- Represent the Council at meetings with staff, elected members, community/general interest groups, business and residents, as required,
- Any other associated duties as may be assigned from time to time.