2026 Graduate Planner - Infrastructure Consents

CARTER JONAS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK property consultancy is seeking an ambitious Graduate Planner to join their Infrastructure Consents teams in Leeds and London. The role involves providing planning advice, managing client communications, and assisting with planning applications and appeals. Candidates should have a recognized degree in planning or be willing to pursue accredited studies while holding a full UK driving license. The company offers a structured training program and support for achieving professional qualifications.

Benefits

Structured training program

APC registration fee coverage

Study leave up to five days

Supportive social environment

Continued Professional Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience within a planning team gained through work or placements.
• Full UK driving license is essential.

Responsibilities

• Liaise and communicate with clients to provide professional planning advice.
• Manage external consultants for client planning applications.
• Negotiate with authorities on behalf of clients for planning applications.
• Prepare and assist with planning appeals.
• Manage own fee income and monitor progress.

Skills

Client communication

Negotiation

Planning advice

Project management

Education

RTPI recognised degree or accredited degree

Job description

Overview

This is a varied and interesting graduate role providing support to the infrastructure consenting team with planning applications and projects. In addition, the planning team will support graduates towards achieving MRTPI qualification.

Responsibilities

• Working with project and client teams and liaising and communicating with clients and providing professional planning advice to clients on a variety of planning matters
• Supporting enquiries from prospective clients, reviewing and assessing their proposals and supporting the preparation of fee proposals for them
• Briefing, liaising with and managing external consultants responsible for producing work to support clients\' planning applications and appeals
• Negotiating with local authorities and consultees on behalf of clients in the preparation and management of planning applications, appeals and representations
• Preparing and assisting with planning appeals via the written representations, informal hearings and public inquiry procedures
• Making representations on behalf of clients to Local Plan consultations and representing clients through the public examination process
• Managing own fee income by monitoring progress towards targets ensuring timely invoicing of work

Training and development

From day one of our scheme, you will be invested in. We offer a structured training programme, an APC supervisor or counsellor, and regular assessments to ensure you achieve the full level of competency required for your APC. In addition, we pay your APC registration fee and your first APC final assessment and offer up to five days study leave. Carter Jonas believes in investing in their employees and ensuring everyone is provided with the right support and guidance to achieve their full potential.

Graduate benefits

• A strong network of graduates across all our divisions.
• Formal APC (Assessment of Professional Competence) training.
• RTPI counsellors and mentors to help with both work and study.
• A supportive social environment.
• Regular CPD (Continued Professional Development) opportunities.
• Ongoing and personalised support from industry specialists.
• Gaining real work experience.

Application process

You will be asked to respond to a number of questions about your work experience as well as your motivations and interest in a career in property as well as any extracurricular activities. We ask you to provide reference contact details, one educational and one employment. If successful, you will be invited to attend one of our graduate assessment centres between December and February.

Qualifications

You will ideally have an RTPI recognised degree or be willing to study towards an accredited degree, you will also ideally have experience within a planning team gained through work experience or placements. It is essential that you have a full UK driving license.

Diversity and inclusion

Disability Confident

About the role and team

Build the world you want to live in with a career in the infrastructure planning and consenting sector. We are looking for an ambitious Graduate Planner to join our growing Infrastructure Consents teams in Leeds and London. The world around us is changing, as can be seen in news reports every day. The infrastructure that moves us around, provides us with our energy and clean water, processes our refuse and waste and which allows us to communicate, needs to be modernised and upgraded to keep up. The team: Our infrastructure team is the fastest growing of its kind in the country, now with 180 people in seven offices around the UK, working with major clients including Network Rail, HS2, National Highways, National Grid, Severn Trent Water, and the Crown Estate. Operating in both rural and urban environments, our infrastructure graduates are directly involved in delivering the world we need for the 21st Century and beyond. We cover an array of services to clients within the following sectors

Team sectors

Our infrastructure team covers services to clients in a variety of sectors as described in the job information.