Liverpool City Council is looking for a Compliance Officer to join the team.

As a Compliance Officer you will co-ordinate and provide expert advice in relation to the enforcement of planning control. Conserve the City’s heritage whilst enabling appropriate development across the City to provide a modern, customer focussed, business friendly service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist and direct the statutory powers of enforcement and planning control, including the investigating of complaints, the monitoring of development and liaison with other Regulatory bodies.
• The investigation of complaints, the accurate recording of facts and the preparation of reports concerning alleged breaches of planning control received from councillors, council officers, interest groups and members of the public.
• To assist the Planning Enforcement Manager in providing advice and guidance to Development Management as required
• Advising complainant and persons responsible for breach of control of actions to be pursued/necessary in relation to any unauthorised development.
• The collection of evidence, the preparation of statements and the presentation of the Council’s case in respect of prosecutions in the Magistrates or Crown Court.
• Giving expert advice on the enforcement of planning control, including whether there has been a breach of control, the appropriate remedial action and the most expedient action in the event of non compliance with legal notices etc.
• The monitoring of sites to ensure that development is proceeding in accordance with conditions attached to a planning permission and/or listed building consent, in liaison with the development control and field control teams. The taking of the most appropriate remedy and expedient action to put right any breach of condition/unauthorised development.

If you would like to talk to a member of the team about the role or have an informal discussion, please contact Jill McCluskey at jill.mccluskey@liverpool.gov.uk.