Principal Town Planner

Overview

Lead planning applications for major UK infrastructure projects, especially DCOs.

Key Responsibilities

• application delivery
• feasibility reports
• planning statements
• project management
• team coordination
• tender preparation

Tasks

-Lead and assist in the delivery of major development applications. -Identify opportunities and build client relationships. -Produce planning feasibility reports and consent strategies. -Write Planning Statements and Design and Access Statements for development applications. -Contribute to business development in specific market sectors, including sector strategy. -Work closely with the Environmental Impact Assessment team. -Oversee project management, ensuring quality and adherence to health and safety principles. -Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams across various project types. -Provide planning advice to colleagues and clients on consent requirements and permitted development rights. -Submit and manage planning applications, including liaising and negotiating with local planning authorities and key stakeholders. -Participate in internal and external meetings with stakeholders. -Lead and contribute to the preparation of successful commercial tenders.

Requirements

• rtpi
• planning degree
• business development
• expert witness
• solar dcos
• planning consent

What You Bring

-Ability to write clearly and concisely. -Significant relevant experience of leading applications for planning consent for large infrastructure projects across a range of consenting regimes. -A business development mindset, with demonstrable experience of work winning and developing relationships with existing and new clients. -Expert witness experience would be advantageous. -Ability to work on your own initiative and under pressure. -Membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or an equivalent professional body. -Degree in Town Planning or a related discipline. -Client focus, with good interpersonal skills and a collaborative working approach. -numerous solar DCOs with a pipeline of future work; -Existing relationships with clients and local authorities.

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Benefits

-housing and mixed-use development consenting.

About Aecom

-Launched as a bold independent infrastructure consultancy from a merger of five legacy firms dating back over a century. -Handles everything from geotech to electro-mechanical systems, as seen in the award-winning Romaine Hydroelectric Complex in Canada. -Guides projects through every lifecycle stage in transportation, buildings, water systems, energy, and environmental sectors.

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