Senior Town Planner
Location: London
Salary: £45,000 - £55,000

A multidisciplinary consultancy providing a wide range of planning and architectural services across the industrial, commercial, residential and mixed-use sectors is growing its London team. It is looking for a capable and experienced Senior Town Planner to join at an exciting point in its development.

Benefits of the Senior Town Planner role include:

• Highly competitive salary
• Contributory pension scheme
• Generous holiday allowance
• Support for professional development
• Opportunities for personal growth and progression

Key responsibilities of the Senior Town Planner:

• Providing strategic and detailed planning advice to clients and project teams
• Undertaking planning appraisals and identifying development opportunities and constraints
• Developing and delivering planning strategies for a range of development schemes
• Managing the preparation and submission of full, outline and hybrid planning applications
• Coordinating multidisciplinary project teams and external consultants
• Negotiating and engaging with local planning authorities and other stakeholders
• Managing planning conditions, amendments, variations and related submissions
• Supporting, and where appropriate leading, planning appeals
• Advising on Section 106 agreements and associated planning obligations
• Preparing representations on development plans and emerging planning policy
• Supporting the promotion of sites through the plan-making process

Requirements of the Senior Town Planner:

• An RTPI-accredited degree in Town Planning or a closely related field
• Chartered RTPI membership, or currently working towards chartership
• Significant experience in a planning consultancy, development company, architectural practice or comparable environment
• A thorough understanding of the UK planning system and the development management process
• A proven record of managing planning applications from initial concept through to determination
• Experience on commercial, industrial, logistics, employment or mixed-use schemes would be beneficial
• The ability to develop clear, commercially realistic planning strategies
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and external consultants
• Confidence in engaging with local planning authorities and other stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organisational and project management abilities
• The capacity to work independently while contributing positively to a collaborative team
• A commercial outlook with a good understanding of clients' development objectives

To apply for this role, please call Sophie on or alternatively, send your CV and Portfolio across to . I look forward to hearing from you soon.