Principal / Associate Planner
30 days ago
London
Principal / Associate Planner Location: London | Flexible Working Contract: Full-time or Part-time, Permanent The Role A well-established, award-winning national planning consultancy is seeking a Principal or Associate Planner to join its London office as part of continued growth. The role offers the opportunity to work across a wide range of sectors, including regeneration, supporting both private and public sector clients on complex and high-profile planning projects. The position focuses primarily on development management, with involvement in planning applications, negotiations, appeals, local plan representations, and master planning work. Key Responsibilities • Acting as primary client contact on key projects, • Leading and delivering complex planning instructions to agreed deadlines, • Preparing fee proposals and managing project budgets, • Producing clear, high-quality planning reports and submissions, • Negotiating with local planning authorities and stakeholders, • Strong experience across the full UK planning lifecycle, • Background in consultancy, local authority, or related planning environment, • Confident managing client relationships and leading projects, • Excellent written, verbal, and report-writing skills, • Proactive, commercially aware, and committed to professional development, • Competitive salary and benefits package, • Flexible working arrangements, • Opportunity to work on diverse projects across multiple sectors, • Supportive learning framework and career development opportunities