Newcastle upon Tyne
Job Title: Assistant Town Planner | Town Planner Location: Newcastle Penguin Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a respected, employee-owned planning consultancy with the appointment of a Junior Planning Consultant to join their growing Newcastle office. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your planning career within a supportive, high-performing team working on a diverse portfolio of projects across the UK. The Role As a Planning Consultant, you will play a key role in supporting senior colleagues while also taking ownership of smaller projects. You’ll work on a wide variety of schemes and gain valuable exposure to clients, complex sites, and the full planning process. Your responsibilities will typically include: • Supporting senior staff on major projects and helping drive them forward, • Managing smaller planning applications, • Conducting research, analysis, and site assessments, • Preparing planning appraisals, reports, submissions, and development plan representations, • Drafting planning applications and contributions to Environmental Statements, • Liaising with planning officers, consultees, third parties, and fellow professionals, • Building and maintaining strong client relationships, • Developing creative and effective planning solutions, • Taking responsibility for smaller projects from inception to completion, • Staying up to date with planning policy and practice The ideal candidate will: • Hold a degree in a relevant discipline with a strong interest in town planning, • Demonstrate a solid understanding of planning principles, • Be a natural problem-solver with strong analytical ability, • Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, • Be confident in technical writing and presentations What’s on Offer Our client provides: • Excellent opportunities for career progression, • Highly competitive salaries, • Annual bonuses, • Pension contributions, • Private healthcare, • Payment of professional fees, • Flexible working arrangements, combining office and home working, • Supportive, collaborative culture within an employee-owned consultancy Interested? To find out more, or to arrange a confidential discussion, please contact Josh Jones at Penguin Recruitment on 01792 362 010 or email ___. CVs and informal enquiries are welcome.