Senior Urban Planner
hace 14 días
Cheltenham
Role: Urban Planner / Senior Urban Planner / Associate Urban Planner Location: Bristol / Cheltenham / Cardiff Salary: DOE (up to £70,000pa) Experience: min 3 years experience My client, a leading multidisciplinary consultancy with a busy planning team, is seeking town planners to join their growing practice. This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of your own projects while also supporting partners on some of the most exciting and high-profile schemes in the UK. You’ll gain exposure to a diverse portfolio of projects, including: • Residential schemes (from 50–1,000+ units, including strategic promotion, applications, submissions, and appeals), • High-profile commercial projects such as planning for local football teams, major science parks, and national defence work, • Specialist developments with F1 teams, • Emerging space for renewables including battery storage and data centres, • Care homes, heritage sites, and mixed-use schemes Key Responsibilities: • Lead and deliver planning projects from inception to completion, • Manage your own caseload while supporting partners on complex, large-scale schemes, • Prepare and review planning assessments, submissions, and appeals, • Engage with clients, stakeholders, and local authorities to support project progression, • Stay up to date with planning legislation and sector developments Requirements: • Minimum 3 years’ planning experience (anywhere from Assistant to Associate level), • MRTPI chartered (preferred) or actively working towards, • Strong organisational, report-writing, and communication skills, • Adaptable and confident working both independently and collaboratively, • Experience from consultancy, client-side, or public sector all considered Company-wide Benefits: • Competitive salary & bonus scheme (bonus only applies to Associate level and above), • Bi-annual salary reviews, • Flexible/Hybrid working – typically 3 days in the office but flexible, • Healthcare, pension, and full support with professional development, • Sociable team culture with regular events (6–7 socials already this year including work drinks, rock climbing and padel), • Opportunity to work on nationally significant, high-profile projects If this sounds like the right fit for you, get in touch! 📩 💰 Up to £500 for successful referrals