Planner / Senior Planner / Associate Director

Marrons; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Marrons, a leading UK planning consultancy, is seeking a Planner / Senior Planner / Associate Director to join their growing team in Leeds. This role involves managing planning projects, building client relationships, and contributing to business development in a dynamic environment. Ideal candidates will possess a relevant planning qualification and RTPI membership, showcasing strong communication and detail-oriented skills.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Payment of relevant subscriptions

Flexible working patterns

Qualifications

• Membership of RTPI or working towards it.
• Understanding of planning processes.
• Experience in planning applications and appeals.

Responsibilities

• Advising on development potential of land and buildings.
• Assisting with preparing planning applications and appeals.
• Providing policy advice and research.

Skills

Excellent writing skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Team player approach

Drive and commitment

Education

Relevant Planning qualification

Job description

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Department: Marrons - Marrons - Planning - Planning - 2401

Location: Flexible

Department: Marrons - Marrons - Planning - Planning - 2401

Location: Flexible

Description

Marrons have a fantastic opportunity for a Planners / Senior Planners to join our growing team in the North West. Our planning team focuses on strategic planning projects, mainly planning applications and land promotions for residential development, and we work closely alongside our colleagues in development economics, design and heritage.

We can offer you:

• A competitive salary with great benefits including private medical & payment of relevant subscriptions
• A culture of trust, empowerment and autonomy over your work
• The chance to work on a variety of projects, including planning applications and land promotions for a range of sites and clients
• The opportunity to join a growing team within an established planning firm, and to help influence our business strategy for the region
• Hybrid working with the flexibility to define working patterns that work for you in and outside the office

Marrons has grown rapidly over the past 5 years to become a top-20 UK planning consultancy, with a team of 50+ town planners across our six regional hubs. We also provide complementary socio-economic, heritage, masterplanning and architectural services. We seek ambitious planners to join our North West team to help drive forward projects and support business development activities.

The role:

Our whole team are vital in helping to achieve our ambitions, helping to lead projects, build client relations and champion the Marrons brand.

As a Planner, Senior Planner or Associate Director you will continue to develop your career working collaboratively with colleagues within our multi-disciplinary consultancy, alongside having ample opportunities to build client relationships and start developing your own workload.

You will be involved in projects from the outside, working closely with colleagues, clients and other consultants, to manage schemes from initial advice and early design stages, right through to achieving consent and discharge of conditions and planning obligations. There will be opportunities to support and be actively involved in Planning Appeals and Local Plan Examinations.

The key duties will be:

• advising on development potential of land and buildings
• assisting with preparing planning applications and appeals
• providing policy advice and research
• drafting representations to plan consultations and examinations
• assisting in identify land opportunities
• working with clients and other consultants to deliver development
• supporting business development activities
  
  

You will have:

• a relevant Planning qualification
• membership of RTPI or working towards membership
• an understanding of the planning process and systems
• excellent writing skills with a strong eye for detail and high level of accuracy
• excellent communication skills and a friendly approachable manner
• drive, commitment, enthusiastic and a team player approach

Whether you are an experienced Planner ready to step-up and assist with leading major projects or a Senior Planner/AD looking to expand your capabilities in a new role, we are keen to speak with you.

Benefits, Agile Working and Additional information

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.

We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.

This role will be based from Leeds. Our presence in the North West is also supported by our existing hubs in Sheffield, Nottingham and Birmingham and in several other locations across the UK.

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Additional information:
Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.

Equal opportunities
Marrons is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Architecture and Planning

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