Town Planner to Senior Town Planner

Description

Join a growing team of six planning specialists in central Leeds and broaden your planning portfolio across a diverse mix of projects throughout Yorkshire. Working closely with Partners, you’ll manage your own workload, nurture client relationships, and contribute to major planning submissions. This is an ideal role for someone looking to deepen their expertise while helping shape a fast-growing consultancy team.

• Providing clear, professional planning advice to clients
• Attending committees, appeals, hearings and public exhibitions
• Carrying out site appraisals and managing consultant inputs
• Supporting Local Plan Examinations and coordinating appeal documentation
• Preparing planning statements, applications, CIL calculations and Local Plan representations
• Representing the consultancy in public forums and client meetings
• Leading negotiations with local authorities and statutory bodies

Requirements

A great step up for an ambitious RTPI or RICS (P&D) planning professional.

• RTPI or RICS (P&D) qualification
• Willingness to mentor junior colleagues and contribute to team growth
• Strong understanding of planning applications, site appraisals and client management
• Experience gained in consultancy, development or local authority
• Confident communicator with the ability to develop strong internal and external relationships

Benefits

• Opportunity to diversify your work across multi-scale, impactful projects
• Hybrid and flexible working supported
• Flexible benefits (buy/sell holiday, health cash plan, cycle to work, etc.)
• Central Leeds office close to major transport links
• Competitive salary + 25 days holiday + matched pension + life assurance

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance