Planning and Consenting Solicitor

Overview

Provide legal advice on planning consents and statutory approvals for water infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

• planning advice
• highway law
• environmental permits
• consenting strategy
• dco applications
• compulsory acquisition

Tasks

-Provide a practical and flexible approach to business challenges -Advising on all aspects of required applications for planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, including all statutory processes and procedures such as (as necessary) planning appeals and planning inquiries. -Advising on highway law-related matters (eg under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991) -Advising on permitted development rights; general EIA, HRA and WFD issues; discharge of planning conditions and DCO requirements/obligations; Environmental Permitting and Abstraction Licensing regimes -Advising on consenting strategy for authorising proposed development works. -Advising on all aspects of required applications for Development Consent Orders (DCOs) for major infrastructure projects under the Planning Act 2008, including the required scope of powers, application documentation, interface with interested parties and landowners and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) and Water Framework Directive issues, amongst other aspects. -Advising on compulsory acquisition related matters including the application of the Water Industry Act powers

Requirements

• solicitor
• planning
• ms word
• excel
• driving licence
• analytical

What You Bring

-Ability to find innovative solutions to problems for the business and provide great customer service -Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required to communicate at all levels within the organisation and externally. -Strong team player with flexible approach -Strong analytical skills and ability to absorb complex information quickly. -Full clean driving licence and access to a vehicle -Excellent communication and interpersonal skills -IT literate (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint) -A UK qualified solicitor or barrister with significant relevant planning experience either in private practice or industry -General ancillary consent requirements, including those needed from Natural England and other statutory bodies. -Strong analytical skills

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Benefits

-Personal private health care -Annual bonus scheme -A range of flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle -26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion -Flexible, practical and collaborative working style -Personal accident cover – up to 5x your salary -Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6% (to a maximum 18% combined) -Life cover at 8x your salary

About Anglian Water

-Provider of water and wastewater services to the East of England. -Supplies over six million domestic and commercial customers. -Innovative approaches to water management in water-scarce regions. -Operations cover Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire.

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