Consultant Town Planner

Aecom; Basingstoke, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is recruiting a Consultant Town Planner to deliver planning services for major infrastructure projects across the UK. The role supports hybrid working and can be based in Basingstoke or London Aldgate.

You will join a market-leading infrastructure planning team, assisting with planning applications, research, risk analysis, and coordination across multi-disciplinary teams. The role also involves business development and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Licentiate RTPI or equivalent, working towards full accreditation.
• Experience on major planning applications.
• Knowledge of UK planning policy and legislation.
• Experience with DCO/TWAO and EIA processes.
• Commercial awareness and ability to write clearly and concisely.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing and delivering major development applications.
• Provide planning advice to colleagues and clients, applying permitted development rights.
• Carry out planning research and analysis and identify planning risks.
• Prepare Planning Statements and Design and Access Statements for applications.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams and support project management.

Skills

Planning

Stakeholder engagement

Project coordination

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Licentiate RTPI

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Job description

Job Description

Start here. Grown Here.

We have an opportunity for a Consultant Town Planner. AECOM’s Planning and Stakeholder Engagement business is recruiting Consultant Planners to help deliver our existing portfolio of projects and a pipeline of projects, across a range of sectors, principally delivering large scale infrastructure.

As our Town Planning team is national, and we support hybrid working we are flexible in terms of base location. The role can be based from our offices in Basingstoke, and London Aldgate with an option for hybrid working.

Here’s what you’ll do:

You will be joining a market leading, experienced infrastructure planning team and will, be given the following responsibilities.

Planning & Development Management

• Assist in the management and successful delivery of major development applications.
• Provide planning advice to colleagues and clients, including the application of permitted development rights.
• Carry out planning research and analysis and assist with the identification of planning risks.

Technical Reporting & Documentation

• Prepare Planning Statements and Design and Access Statements to support development applications.
• Liaise with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) team to ensure coordinated project delivery.

Project Coordination & Delivery

• Help coordinate multi-disciplinary teams across a variety of project types.
• Assist with project management activities to support successful project outcomes.
• Implement quality assurance and health and safety principles.

Business Development & Commercial Support

• Contribute to the preparation of successful commercial tenders.

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

• Participate in internal and external meetings.
• Build effective working relationships with colleagues, clients, and project stakeholders.

Does this sound like something you can do, and do well? If so, read on…

MORE ABOUT THE WORK

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

We have an impressive portfolio of involvement in major infrastructure projects, including delivery of projects through various consenting regimes including Development Consent Orders. We are currently leading on consenting applications for renewables and wider energy/electricity related infrastructure, transport, defence, water and much more.

You will be able to work on a range of prestigious infrastructure projects for our clients in the energy transition, rail and water development sectors, as well as regional and local developments. AECOM is a market leader in UK infrastructure development, with experience of over 80 Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. Join us now and you could be working on:

• numerous solar DCOs with a pipeline of future work;
• carbon capture and energy storage projects;
• energy transmission schemes including for National Grid’s Great Grid Upgrade;
• large aviation and rail projects; and
• housing and mixed-use development consenting.

PLANNING AT AECOM

AECOM is a top ten UK Planning consultancy by size, employing around 70 Chartered or Licentiate Planners, practicing in all areas of the discipline. AECOM is also a worldwide leader in environmental and engineering consultancy and working as a planning consultant within AECOM means access to some of the highest profile and prestigious development projects in the UK, working with colleagues operating at the cutting edge of their disciplines as part of the largest UK environmental consultancy.

You will be joining a great team; you will have an interesting and diverse workload and you will be given the opportunity to make the most of your abilities.

What’s not to like? Come and join us and we’ll grow together.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

Professional Qualifications

• Licentiate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or an equivalent professional town planning organisation and working towards full accreditation.

Planning & Technical Expertise

• Demonstrable experience of working on major planning applications.
• Sound knowledge of UK planning policy and legislation.
• Experience of working on Development Consent Order (DCO) and/or Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) applications.
• Understanding of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) legislation.
• Experience identifying, evaluating, and managing planning risk.

Commercial & Consultancy Skills

• Commercial awareness and the ability to write clearly and concisely.
• Consultancy experience, including monitoring and managing project budgets and programmes.

Stakeholder & Team Collaboration

• Client-focused with strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative working approach, demonstrating a high level of commitment to quality.
• Experience working in collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams.

Project Delivery & Technical Competencies

• Ability to work effectively to tight deadlines.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Project.

Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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