Town Planning Officer practice interview
Development applications, land-use evidence, site assessment, community consultation and balanced planning recommendations. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- Mid level
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview covers the assessment of development proposals and their effects on places and people. The panel will look for policy literacy, confident use of spatial evidence, fair consultation and recommendations that can withstand scrutiny.
How to prepare
- Review how you assess access, neighbouring uses, services and environmental constraints.
- Prepare an example of using GIS or a site visit to challenge incomplete application information.
- Practise writing a short recommendation that separates evidence from judgement.
- Think through how you would manage a consultation with strongly opposed groups.
- Check the official development plan and procedures relevant to the recruiting authority.
Common mistakes
- Treating public support or opposition as the only planning consideration.
- Relying on an applicant's map without checking site and spatial evidence.
- Writing vague conditions that cannot be interpreted or monitored.
- Presenting a personal preference as if it were planning policy.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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