Enforcement Officer - Planning and Development

Overview

37 hours per week. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Enforcement Officer within the Development Control/Management Section of the Local Planning Authority.

We are looking for a highly motivated person with experience of the development management and/or planning enforcement processes and practices in Wales. You will be an enthusiastic and proactive individual with the ability to work both individually and as part of a team.

• Assist the Local Planning Authority's two Senior Enforcement Officers in processing a large and varied caseload of Enforcement complaints and other contraventions of Planning control in an efficient, professional and timely manner in line with statutory timelines.
• Proactively ensure compliance with conditions attached to planning permissions and process a small caseload of Enforcement complaints related to matters such as advertisements, etc.
• Help prepare appeal statements.
• Help ensure the service contributes to the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of Bridgend County Borough and maintains the Local Planning Authority's reputation for Planning excellence.
• Proactively deal with breaches of planning control and unauthorised development across the Borough.

The successful candidate will be based at the Civic Offices, Bridgend, with hybrid working and flexible agile arrangements.

• Experience of development management and/or planning enforcement processes and practices in Wales.
• The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.

• Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
• The council's Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post, providing a framework for how you will undertake working hours between home and the office.
• Contact for informal discussion:
  Rhodri Davies, Development and Building Control Manager, on
• Closing Date: 11 February 2026
• Shortlisting Date: 12 February 2026
• Interview Date: 23 February 2026

Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council and the Job Description & Person Specification are available.