We employ about 300 Planning Inspectors, all of whom are professionally qualified, for example, as town planners, architects, lawyers or engineers. Please see the Planning Inspectors grades, salaries and pension arrangements document for information on remuneration and benefits. The work requires an unusual combination of skills. The competences we think an Inspector requires are included in the Planning Inspector Core Competence Framework .
Inspectors work from home and come into the office only infrequently.
Working from home can cause difficulties for some people. The self assessment questionnaire has been devised by psychologists from the Recruitment and Assessment Service to help potential Inspectors decide whether working from home is the right career choice. Inspectors need to have space in their homes to accommodate the office equipment, including a PC and all the reference material required. The work space guidelines show what we think is necessary. These guidelines were drawn up our ergonomic consultants - System Concepts Ltd .