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Town Planning Officers

Town planning officers direct or undertake the planning of the layout and the co-ordination of plans for the development of urban and rural areas.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 19,616
£ 34,937
£ 58,170

New workers start around £19,616. Normal pay is £34,937 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £58,170.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 20,272 vacancies for this type of job

2.19%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Liaises with national and local government and other bodies to advise on urban and regional planning issues.

  • Examines and evaluates development proposals submitted and recommends acceptance, modification or rejection.

  • Drafts and presents graphic and narrative plans affecting the use of public and private land, housing and transport facilities.

  • Consults statutory bodies and other interested parties to ensure that local interests are catered for and to evaluate competing development proposals.

  • Analyses information to establish the nature, extent, growth rate and likely development requirements of the area.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Project Management

  • Primavera (Software)

  • Enterprise Planning Systems

  • Environmental Issue

  • Project Planning

  • Planning Permission

  • Microsoft Project

  • Project Schedules

  • Project Controls

  • Earned Value Management

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Planning

  • Communications

  • Management

  • Influencing Skills

  • Time Management

  • Scheduling

  • Teamwork

  • Coordinating

  • Customer Service

  • Problem Solving

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