Full-time

Planning Inspector (Local Plans)

Posted by Planning Inspectorate • , , United Kingdom, , , United Kingdom, United-Kingdom

📍 , , United Kingdom, , , United Kingdom 🕒 February 28, 2026

About the Role

Planning Inspector (Local Plans)

  • Multiple roles
  • Home-based, England (with travel, expenses paid)
  • Salary:Band 2 £63,859 | Band 3 £77,741
  • The Planning Inspectorate
  • Contract Type: Permanent / Full-time or Part-time
  • Flexible Working: Yes

Legal expertise, planning impact

Your career has been built on rigorous analysis, sound judgment and clear reasoning. These skills are essential to examining local plans that shape communities across England.

The Planning Inspectorate is recruiting Planning Inspectors for Local Plans– and legal professionals are central to this work.

Salary:Band 2 £63,859 | Band 3 £77,741

What the role involves:

  • Examining local plans for legal compliance and soundness
  • Assessing complex evidence from multiple parties
  • Conducting examination hearings with councils, developers and communities
  • Writing legal...

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