There is an opportunity to contribute to the work of this respected environmental group, whose purpose is to protect and develop the distinctive nature of the towns, villages and countryside of the Weald.
This interesting and absorbing part time voluntary job involves the inspection of planning applications for a group of villages or a small town and drafting a response to those applications. The successful applicant would be part of the Society’s Planning Committee.
Detailed knowledge of planning law is not essential although some working knowledge is helpful. Support, guidance and training would be provided.
Applicants should live in the Ashford or Maidstone Borough areas, have the use of a car, computer and telephone. Expenses are paid.
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Village representatives are essential to the work of WKPS, a well respected environmental organisation that has been working to protect and develop the distinctive nature of the countryside, towns and villages of the Weald for almost 50 years.
As the 'eyes and ears' of their home villages, VRs support the Planning Scrutineers with their detailed local knowledge, bring local developments to Scrutineers’ attention, help with fund-raising activities and with the distribution of our newsletter, published three times a year.
At the moment there are vacancies for VRs in:
Cranbrook, Frittenden, Great Chart, Little Chart, Pluckley and Westwell |