Planning Associate/Senior Associates

Burges Salmon; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Burges Salmon seeks an experienced planning solicitor to join its team. The role involves handling planning matters across the UK within a fully integrated office network, contributing to high-profile energy, infrastructure and built environment projects.

The candidate should be a qualified solicitor in England & Wales or a Law Society of Scotland registered lawyer, with at least three years' post-qualification experience, and be capable of working effectively in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working on planning matters.
• Be a strong team player with interpersonal skills.
• Able to manage a complex and varied workload effectively.
• Must be a qualified solicitor in England and Wales or a Scottish solicitor with at least three years' experience.

Responsibilities

• Work across a broad range of planning matters across the UK as part of a fully integrated team.
• Support high-profile projects in energy, infrastructure and built environment sectors.

Skills

Planning law

Team collaboration

Workload management

Self-motivated

Education

Qualified solicitor England & Wales

Law Society of Scotland registered lawyer

Job description

hand-in-hand. Our collaborative approach to how we do business is what attracts some of the best legal minds in the industry and the reason why our people love working here.We are proud to have received an Investors in People - Platinum Accreditation and have recently been voted by our people as a RollOnFriday's 'Best Law Firm to Work At 2026'meaning we have won this award for the last five years in a row.We offer flexible working arrangements including hybrid working.At Burges Salmon, you will have a fair, transparent path to progression. To find out more click here to download our Career Guide for Lawyers.

What you'll need

Relevant experience working on a range of planning mattersBe a strong team player, with excellent interpersonal skillsAble to manage a complex and varied workload effectivelyBe self-motivated and willing to learnMust be a qualified solicitor in England and Wales, or a Law Society of Scotland registered lawyer, with at least three years'

between. The firm's market-leading lawyers provide strategic advice to clients across a range of industry sectors, including energy, transport, utilities and the built environment.

Planning

What others say..."Burges Salmon has a first-rate team that works on complex planning matters. (The firm) is very strong at handling complex matters on both a proactive and reactive basis." (Chambers).

The Work

The role offers an opportunity to work across a broad range of work throughout the UK. The whole team works on a fully integrated basis across all offices. We are actively part of some of the most high-profile projects in the energy, infrastructure and built environment sectors, including onshore and offshore wind, large scale solar, pumped storage hydro, carbon capture, nuclear, interconnectors and pipelines, water and flood defence, new roads and rail, data centres, redevelopment and Firm

Our working environment is professional yet progressive, where quality of work and quality of life go