{"id":700,"date":"2026-08-26T08:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/?page_id=700"},"modified":"2026-08-26T08:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:24:14","slug":"planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/?page_id=700","title":{"rendered":"Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"700\" class=\"elementor elementor-700\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1eeb0cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1eeb0cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9f466b\" data-id=\"f9f466b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-518d06f white-heading career-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"518d06f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"career-content\">\n\n<h3>Qualifications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n  <li>BSc (Hons) Environmental Planning<\/li>\n  <li>Post-Graduate Diploma in Town Planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Route<\/h3>\n<ul>\n  <li>A-Levels<\/li>\n  <li>University: 4yr vocational course which incorporated both the Degree and post-graduate Diploma. Both qualifications were accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e59ebac\" data-id=\"e59ebac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c65aab5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c65aab5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/phil-courtier.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-676\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/phil-courtier.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/phil-courtier-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/phil-courtier-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/phil-courtier-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ab9d02 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ab9d02\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-edadf3b\" data-id=\"edadf3b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ef0b3 white-heading career-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92ef0b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"career-content\">\n\n<h3>Career Path<\/h3>\n\n<p>I messed up my A-levels and so instead of going to University I went to work as a technician at a Civil Engineering Consultant. However, my team leader was a Town Planner and suggested that I go to University to study Planning.<\/p>\n\n<p>I followed his advice and the next year I started 4 yrs of study in Birmingham and secured the accredited qualifications referred to above.<\/p>\n\n<p>I joined Broadland District Council 30 years ago and started as an Assistant Planner dealing with planning applications for smallscale development such as household extensions. Over the years I have been lucky enough to be promoted into new roles with more and more responsibility and I am now responsible for a team of approximately 200 people that serves two Councils: Broadland and South Norfolk Councils. This team is responsible for shaping the places we live in by planning ahead for the next 20 years and defining where new development will be situated and then determining the applications we receive for new homes, employment, infrastructure, green spaces, etc, etc.<\/p>\n\n<p>I am also responsible for the Building Control Service for 5 Councils: CNC Building Control as well other services not directly related to the development sector including environmental protection, economic growth and inward investment, community protection and licensing. I also oversee a capital programme of approximately \u00a350m.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Current Role<\/h3>\n<p>Director of Place<\/p>\n\n<h3>Salary Range<\/h3>\n\n<p>Starting salary for a Planner is approximately \u00a330k. In Local Authorities the pay is generally slightly lower than in the private sector but this is balanced out by the fact that currently the Council will pay the equivalent of approximately 20% of your salary into your pension.<\/p>\n\n<p>Salaries will rise to over \u00a360k for team leaders.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Typical Day<\/h3>\n\n<p>For a planner you will visit sites, negotiate elements of the respective planning applications and write reports to justify your recommendation\/decision. You\u2019ll be speaking to developers, agents, members of the public who may want to make comments or objections on an application and you\u2019ll speak to Councillors who are elected to the Local Authorities.<\/p>\n\n<p>You will effectively balance out all the comments for and against a proposed development and weigh these against the policies that have been written to help shape what our villages, towns and city will look like in the future, and you\u2019ll seek the specialist advice of experts, in order for you to reach a decision to approve or refuse the development.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Things I wish I\u2019d known<\/h3>\n\n<p>Although the development sector is often seen as being all about buildings, we should never forget that it\u2019s actually all about the people that use and live in the buildings we plan, design, build and maintain. We should never lose sight of the fact that bad buildings can have a dramatic and negative impact upon people, and good buildings can have a wonderful and positive impact upon the people that use them.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ff8ce9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ff8ce9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/phil-courtier-1024x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-676\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/phil-courtier-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/phil-courtier-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/phil-courtier-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/phil-courtier.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a7ee1f elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-427 elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"4a7ee1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/careers\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"Layer_2\" viewBox=\"0 0 58.69 83.65\"><g id=\"Layer_1-2\"><path id=\"Path_92\" d=\"M57.27,0L0,28.86l.47,27.89,58.22,26.9-.35-20.44L14.15,42.8l43.48-21.41-.36-21.39Z\" style=\"fill:#fd5c23;\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">BACK TO CAREERS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Courtier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":676,"parent":404,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-700","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=700"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/700\/revisions\/704"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}