Principal Planning Solicitor - Mole Valley District Council Varied and extensive, including complex, planning legal work About Our Client Mole Valley District Council is the local government body for the Mole Valley district in Surrey, England, responsible for services like housing, planning, waste collection, and council tax, serving towns like Dorking (where it''s based) and Leatherhead, and surrounding villages, managing a largely rural area rich in countryside which includes areas of Green Belt and the Surrey Hills National Landscape. Job Description You will work as the Principal Planning solicitor in the Council''s Legal Services Team (where team members work together to provide a comprehensive legal services to colleagues throughout the Council covering and supporting each other) Your main duties include the conduct of all aspects of varied and extensive, including complex, planning legal work as allocated by the Service Lead - Legal or Assistant Service Lead - Legal or in response to instructions received from the client departments including from officers in the Council''s Development Management Service. This will include: General advice to officers and elected members (in public or private); Drafting, negotiating and completing section 106 agreements; Planning enforcement including potentially representing the Council in public enquiries, magistrates and county court hearings and instructing Counsel as appropriate. You will: Work with minimal supervision whil