Senior Town Planner in Leeds, West Yorkshire

Job Title: Senior Town Planner

Ref: BM376

Location: Leeds

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the UK's leading multidisciplined consultancies who provide a wide range of expertise to the commercial, education, industrial, and infrastructure sectors. They are on the lookout for an experienced and proactive Senior Town Planner who would be looking to promote to a Principal level and hit the ground running for their team in their Leeds office.

Benefits for the role Senior Town Planner include:

• Highly competitive salary
• Contributory pension scheme
• Hybrid working
• Generous holiday allowance
• Professional development
• Personal development

Duties for the role of Senior Town Planner:

• Managing a varied portfolio of planning projects from initial feasibility through to planning determination
• Preparing, coordinating and submitting planning applications, appeals and supporting documentation
• Providing strategic planning advice to a range of public and private sector clients
• Supporting the delivery of projects across residential, commercial, industrial, retail, education, leisure, energy and infrastructure sectors
• Managing planning projects involving Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), Habitats Regulations Assessments (HRA) and other relevant consenting processes
• Liaising with local planning authorities, statutory consultees, clients and other key stakeholders
• Coordinating multidisciplinary project teams and working closely with colleagues across engineering and environmental disciplines

Requirements for the role of Senior Town Planner:

• A degree or postgraduate qualification in Town Planning or a related discipline
• A minimum of 3 years' relevant experience within a planning consultancy, local authority or similar environment
• Chartered membership of the RTPI, or be working towards chartership
• Strong knowledge of the UK planning system, legislation and policy
• Experience managing planning applications and delivering projects from inception through to completion
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to manage multiple projects, prioritise workloads and meet deadlines
• Confidence in managing client relationships and engaging with a range of stakeholders
• A proactive, commercially aware approach and the ability to work both independently and as part of a wider team

If this role interests you or if you are interested in searching for other roles relating to Town Planning please feel free to contact Ben Moore on (phone number removed) or email (url removed). There are many more roles available on our website at (url removed). This is a permanent role