The Planning Service is part of City Development Department of the City of Edinburgh Council. The Planning and Strategy Service is charged with setting the vision for the physical development of the city and managing current developments through the statutory planning service. It is also responsible for a range of departmental management services and for some Council-wide data and information management tasks.

The Planning Service has recently undergone a re-structure which addresses the needs of the new Planning Act and the Council’s own corporate improvement programme. There are two groups within the service:

Development Management process planning applications, carry out planning enforcement duties and give advice to developers and the community. It handles one of the largest casework loads of any local planning authority in the UK with around 5,500 planning applications and 750 enforcement cases per year.

Development Planning provide the Council with planning policy services. These include preparing, implementing, monitoring and reviewing the statutory guidance for developers It also provides specialist advice on conservation, design, landscape, natural heritage, biodiversity and urban forestry, as well as a planning and research information service.

Training and Development Highlights

• Personal development plans
• Team training plans
• Staff development group
• Graduate scheme

Main Address

Waverley Court

4 East Market Street

Edinburgh

EH8 8BG

Telephone: 0131 200 2000

Website: www.edinburgh.gov.uk

Contact by Email

Contact for recruitment enquiries

Louise Milliken, Senior HR Adviser

Tel: 0131 469 3705

Author:

Jacqui Ward

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

14-Nov-07

Categories:

Learning Partnerships 

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