Consultant - Senior Town Planner, Infrastructure Planning

WSP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in infrastructure is seeking a Consultant or Senior Consultant to join the Infrastructure Planning Team in London. The role involves preparing planning applications for major infrastructure projects and providing technical advice. Candidates should have a degree in town planning or equivalent and be eligible for RTPI membership. This position offers a chance to work within a dynamic team dedicated to significant projects across various sectors, contributing to a sustainable future.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing planning applications for infrastructure projects.
• Ability to engage with teams across various disciplines.
• Proactively develops knowledge and skills in the field.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Town and Country Planning applications for infrastructure projects.
• Provide consenting inputs on major infrastructure projects.
• Liaise with statutory bodies and stakeholders for project delivery.

Skills

Project management experience

Engagement with statutory bodies

Knowledge of Town and Country Planning

Education

Degree level qualification in town planning

Eligibility for RTPI membership

Job description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A little more about your role…

WSP is an award-winning consultancy that employees the largest number of chartered town planners across the UK, operating within both the infrastructure and property markets. In December 2025 WSP won the RTPI’s Planning Consultancy of the Year with Judges commending the Team:

“…for their excellence in uniting diverse disciplines to achieve outstanding results. They praised the team's strong community engagement and the positive impact of their pro bono work. The panel also highlighted the varied evidence provided to demonstrate the team's achievements.”

It has never been a more exciting time to join WSP’s market-leading Infrastructure Planning Team. Our success is built on employing highly skilled consenting specialists that have experience in serving a diverse portfolio of clients in the energy, renewables, nuclear, net zero, water, rail and transportation and aviation sectors. We work at all stages of the consenting process from early feasibility, application preparation and delivery of consents through construction and on a variety of projects across sectors.

With notable contract and framework awards in 2024 from National Grid as part of the Great Grid Partnership, Nuclear Waste Services as well as awards from many other clients, we have a great foundation for growth in 2025.

Our key clients include Bute Energy, East West Rail, EET Fuels, Eni UK, National Gas, SSE, Scottish Power Renewables, Southern Water, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, and many more.

To continue to sustainably grow as a business, we are looking for a potential candidate at either Consultant or Senior Consultant level to join our team to support town planning and consenting inputs on major and nationally significant infrastructure projects.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Help preparing Town and Country Planning applications for infrastructure projects across the UK.
• Support providing consenting inputs on major infrastructure projects (DCOs, DNSs, TWAOs etc)
• Providing technical advice to clients and support managing their consenting requirements.
• Working and liaising with statutory bodies and stakeholders on behalf of clients to help deliver projects.
• Ability to engage with teams across a variety of disciplines.
• Understands project and team roles and actively supports and contributes to achievement, building positive relationships within the team.
• Proactively engages with developing own knowledge and skills to build ability and team’s internal knowledge base.
• Awareness of project finances and some project management experience, if Senior Consultant role sought. Not required for consultant level.
• Degree level qualification in town planning (or equivalent).
• Member of (or eligible for) the RTPI.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

To find out more about our Infrastructure Planning business click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP: Infrastructure planning and consulting | WSP

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