Solicitor - Planning
Company: Denbighshire County Council
Job reference: PELL00015D1CWE
Salary: £50,908 to £53,051 a year
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: County Hall, Ruthin (LL15 1YN) with flexible working available
Working pattern: Hybrid - 4 days remote
Job type: Permanent
Closing date: 10/11/2026
We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Planning professional, with some commercial property experience to support the Council’s planning functions and wider corporate objectives.
You will contribute to the delivery of a comprehensive and high‑quality legal service, specialising in planning law.
Training and development will be provided in areas where the successful candidate may have less experience.
This vacancy is undoubtedly a great opportunity for an ambitious and motivated professional to flourish.
Appointment subject to satisfactory references.
Contact: Sally Henderson (01824 706155) or Kath Morris (01824 706199) to discuss the post.
We believe the hard work and commitment of our staff should be properly rewarded, so we offer a range of benefits to help our employees achieve a work/life balance, develop in their career, and we support them in our work.
Benefits
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 26 days (plus bank holidays) rising with length of service to a total of 32 days
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Focus on Employee Wellbeing and access to EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
- Lifestyle Savings via DCC Rewards Direct(high street shopping, holidays, days out etc)
- Car salary sacrifice scheme and car leasing scheme
- Family friendly policies
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.
Essential requirements
Law degree (or equivalent/higher)Qualified as a Solicitor or Barrister holding a current practising certificateExperience of working as a qualified lawyer advising on and undertaking at least oneof the following legal areas:(viii) procurement law work, including advising on procurements regulated by thePublic Contracts Regulations 2015and/or(ix) commercial property transactions and dealing with high value and complexdevelopmentsand/or(x) the drafting of Construction contracts -standard forms and amending the same(viii) Planning law practice and procedure
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