Planning Technician

Contract | Civic Recruitment Limited | United Kingdom

Posted On 03/03/2026

Work Experience 1-3 years

City Northampton

Province Northamptonshire

Postal Code NN1

3 months contract with local authority

The Planning Technician plays a crucial role in providing both technical and administrative support within the Planning Service. This includes areas such as Planning Policy, Development Management, Street Naming & Numbering, and Planning Enforcement. The position is essential for ensuring efficient operations, precise data management, and delivering excellent customer service.

• Manage shared inboxes and respond professionally to public inquiries.
• Assist in monitoring and addressing complaints and feedback from customers, MPs, and Councillors.
• Enter, maintain, and extract data from planning databases and mapping systems.
• Register, validate, and process planning applications.
• Calculate and process planning application fees and record payments.

• Ability to manage shared inboxes and handle public inquiries professionally.
• Experience in monitoring and addressing customer feedback and complaints.
• Proficiency in data entry, maintenance, and extraction from planning databases and mapping systems.
• Skills in registering, validating, and processing planning applications.
• Competence in calculating and processing planning application fees and recording payments.