Principal / Associate Town Planner

Overview

Senior planning professional in a design-led placemaking consultancy, leading planning projects and client relationships from inception to determination. You will work within a multidisciplinary planning team to deliver integrated planning, urban design, and landscape solutions across the UK. This role focuses on project leadership, business development, and mentoring junior staff, with impact across residential, healthcare, education, regeneration, and commercial sectors. Join a growing, collaborative studio where you shape high-profile projects from a senior position.

Pay / Benefits

• salary 45,000–55,000 per year
• growth opportunities
• collaborative and design-led working environment
• clear progression opportunities
• Cardiff-based role with flexible/home working
• opportunity to work on nationally significant projects

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a range of planning projects across multiple sectors
• Provide strategic planning advice and manage planning applications and appeals
• Act as a key client contact and help develop new business opportunities
• Manage project programmes, budgets and fee delivery
• Work collaboratively with urban design and landscape teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Represent clients at meetings, consultations and stakeholder engagements
• Mentor and support junior members of the planning team

Key requirements

• MRTPI qualified
• 8-10+ years’ planning experience, ideally within consultancy
• Strong understanding of the UK planning system and policy framework
• Proven project running and client management experience
• Commercially aware with the ability to contribute to fee generation and business growth
• Excellent communication, organisational and stakeholder management skills
• Proactive, collaborative and confident working within a fast-paced consultancy environment

• excellent communication
• stakeholder management
• proactive
• MRTPI
• UK planning system and policy knowledge
• project management

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