Carrington West are assisting their local authority client based in the Midlands in their search for a Tree Officer fo join the Town Planning department on an initial 6 month contract.
Do not pass up this chance, apply quickly if your experience and skills match what is in the following description.
We are looking for an experienced Tree Officer with practical experience within a Local Authority. The key purpose of the role is to assist the authority with a caseload of Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) and support the council with clearing their backlog. In this role you will ensure all development management decisions relating to tree and landscape issues comply with relevant legislation, the Development Plan, and other Council plans, policies and guidelines.
Key Activities:
·To provide a professional Arboricultural service to Council Officers, advising on all matters relating to the protection of trees within the council, including trees covered by tree preservation orders.
·To exercise the Council's statutory duties, inspecting, creating, serving, confirming & defending all new Tree Preservation Orders under agreement with the relevant delegated authority.
·To carry out detailed appraisals of applications & notifications made under protected tree legislation providing recommendation on decisions to your line manager.
·To hold an excellent understanding of all matters pertaining to vegetation induced subsidence so as to correctly assess and advise on tree application decision notices, planning applications and the defence of the Council's position on both.
·To have an excellent understanding of tree health and associated problems along with the ability to diagnose and assess the condition of a tree and advise a solution in accordance with best industry practices.
·To monitor compliance with arboricultural and landscape related conditions attached to planning permissions / legal agreements and manage the resolution of non-compliance.
·To raise public awareness of trees, tree legislation and best practice by providing advise to council officers, councillors and other community groups and updating external communications such as the council website. xgikmsk
·To investigate reports of unauthorised tree felling, and to manage enforcement action thereafter.
Although not mandatory, it would be beneficial to hold a membership or have eligibility for membership to a recognised related professional body (e.g. Landscape Institute / Arboricultural...
Tree Officer - Town Planning in Newton employer: Carrington West
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