Senior Town Planner

Overview

As a Senior Town Planner, you will apply your planning expertise to guide development projects from concept to determination. You’ll work within a planning consultancy to support residential, retail, offices and commercial schemes, collaborating with clients and consultants to resolve planning issues. The role focuses on delivering sound planning solutions, managing applications, and communicating effectively to achieve positive outcomes. This is a client-facing, impact-oriented position in a close-knit team that values proactive, solutions-driven thinking.

Pay / Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• Contributory pension scheme
• Hybrid working
• Generous holiday allowance
• Professional development
• Personal development

Responsibilities

• Manage planning applications from inception through to determination
• Liaise with planning authorities and negotiate planning issues
• Produce high-quality planning reports and analyses
• Apply strong commercial awareness to align with clients’ objectives
• Coordinate projects and communicate effectively with clients and consultants
• Work independently while contributing to a collaborative team
• Organise tasks and meet competing deadlines
• Approach planning challenges proactively and with solutions focus

Key requirements

• Significant experience in a planning consultancy, developer, or local authority environment
• Strong understanding of the UK planning system and development management
• Experience dealing with planning authorities and negotiating planning issues
• Experience managing planning applications from inception to determination
• Excellent report-writing and analytical skills
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to understand clients’ objectives
• Confident to manage projects and communicate with clients and consultants
• Ability to work independently while contributing to a close-knit team
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage competing deadlines
• Proactive, solutions-focused approach to planning challenges

• Effective communication
• Analytical mindset
• Client-facing collaboration
• Excellent report-writing
• Analytical skills
• Knowledge of UK planning system and development management

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