Graduate Planner - London

Lanpro Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading planning consultancy in the UK is looking for a motivated individual to join their multidisciplinary team. This role involves engaging with various projects across sectors such as residential and renewable energy. Key responsibilities include drafting planning applications, developing personal technical competencies, and liaising with clients. The ideal candidate holds an RTPI-accredited degree and possesses strong communication and project management skills. The company promotes a hybrid working environment and offers professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Non contractual growth bonus scheme

Hybrid working environment

Vitality Health Care

Enhanced Company pension

Discounted Gym membership

Qualifications

• An RTPI accredited degree or Masters in a related discipline.
• Strong personal drive to deliver accurate and detailed results to expected timeframes.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Proactivity in ongoing development of personal technical competence.
• Drafting planning applications and pre-application enquiries.
• Carrying out site visits.

Skills

Communication skills

Project management skills

Client liaison ability

Personal drive

Negotiation skills

Education

RTPI accredited degree or Masters

Job description

Lanpro is a market leading multi-disciplinary planning consultancy who specialise in Environment led Planning and Design.

We work on projects at all scales within town, semi-rural and rural contexts, across a variety of sectors that includes residential, renewable energy, infrastructure, historic sites and estates, and mixed-use commercial developments.

About Lanpro

Lanpro is a fast growing, unique and rewarding environment. Through its agile team and comprehensive service, it has allowed growth nationwide across London, Cambridge, Norwich, Manchester, Edinburgh and York.

Our multidisciplinary service spans across the following disciplines: Planning and EIA, Architecture, Arboriculture, Ecology, Archaeology and Heritage, Masterplanning, Landscape Architecture, Geomatics and Urban Design.

We thrive on creating a culture and environment which provides a great variety of projects, recognition of success, continuous professional development and collaboration across an array of different professions. To find out more about our culture, please click here.

We are proud that together, our teams are supporting delivery of some of the largest solar and battery storage schemes in the United Kingdom and Europe. We have a strong pipeline of opportunities across the energy, residential and infrastructure sectors.

We offer an environment that is diverse, entrepreneurial and encourages innovation and your professional development.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

As part of joining Lanpro, you will have the opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team not only learning from professionals in Development Planning, but also Major Infrastructure skillsets who support large scale projects including market leading renewable development consent orders (DCO).

You will also receive best-practice ISO training and comprehensive project-management development through our selected training partners, along with opportunities to work on some of the industry’s leading projects, many of which have recently been nominated for awards.

Essential

• An RTPI accredited degree or Masters in a related discipline
• Good communication skills to build relationships with all levels of the business
• Strong personal drive to deliver accurate and detailed results to expected timeframes
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Strong client liaison ability
• Project management skills

Preferred

• Up to 1 year experience working in a planning consultancy
• Currently progressing or interested in working towards membership of Royal Town Planning Institute

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Proactivity in ongoing development of personal technical competence which you can apply to your work.
• Practical knowledge and expertise by learning on the job.
• Apply standard principles, practices, and techniques to follow established procedures.
• Plans, schedules, and monitors own work within agreed deadlines.
• Keep up to date with current developments within own areas of expertise as well as gaining a wider knowledge of the company.
• Provides reliable technical / process input on own initiative but able to determine when work should be escalated to a higher level.
• Liaises and assists other team members who are also developing.
• Prepares letters, reports and others documents under supervision and/or from standard templates.
• Carries out site visits.
• Able to put forward ideas which can help improve the business, by suggesting new ways of working or better use of technology or automation.
• Operates within a defined area of work and provides support to the team as required.
• Understands the fundamentals of project management, the software and how this applies to their work and commercial impact of these.

Delivering Our Projects

• Responsible for the completion of specifically assigned tasks to time and cost whilst working within established routines and principles.
• Drafting planning applications, pre-application enquiries and appeals.
• Undertaking basic planning appraisals and research
• Preparation of fee proposals to generate new business.
• Review of Local Planning Authority (LPA) Local Plans and their stage of production.
• Assisting clients throughout the planning process.
• Assisting with community engagement, committee meetings and public examinations.
• Communicating with all stakeholders involved in the planning process.

Benefits

As a valued employee of Lanpro, you can expect to feel looked after. We offer the following great benefits as standard

• Non contractual growth bonus scheme
• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
• Loyalty Leave (Continuous Service Accrued Annual Leave up to 5 days)
• Hybrid working environment (flexible work)
• Centrally based City office (Moorplace, London)
• Vitality Health Care - Private Medical Insurance
• Enhanced Company pension
• Death in service cover
• BUPA Cash Plan
• Protected CPD (Department, individual and company wide)
• E Learning portal access
• Professional Body membership contribution
• Career progression framework and development, including two defined promotion windows annually.
• Discounted Gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts and perks - Amazon prime, Free Odeon Cinema tickets, Apple benefits and Cafe Nero
• Employee Assistance Program - including Financial and Mental Health support from external expertise.