Planning Graduate Programme 2026 - Assistant Planning Consultant

Newmark; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Newmark's Planning and Development team in London invites graduates to join a structured planning consultancy programme designed to fast-track your career toward Chartered Town Planner status. You will gain hands-on experience on live projects, work with senior chartered planners, and progress through an accredited MRTPI route while based at our London West End office.

This programme offers real responsibility, mentorship, and exposure to high-profile London schemes as part of one of the UK's

Job description

About the Team

Newmark's Planning and Development team is one of the UK's largest fully integrated planning and development advisory teams, with over 120 professionals including more than 70 planning consultants and 45 surveyors. The team advises leading UK and international owners, developers, investors, and occupiers on planning transactions, development appraisal, and strategic advice across offices, residential, mixed‑use, retail, and cultural schemes throughout London and the UK.

You’ll be joining a team working on some of London's most high‑profile schemes, giving you broad exposure to major planning applications, strategic regeneration projects, and a real chance to develop into a chartered town planner.

Programme Overview

Newmark’s graduate planning programme is the perfect way to kickstart your career in town planning and development consultancy. You’ll gain hands‑on experience across live planning projects, work with senior chartered town planners, and develop the skills and competencies needed to achieve your Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI) status through the Royal Town Planning Institute's accredited routes.

Why Join Newmark?

• Structured, mentored path to qualification - You'll work towards Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI) status with dedicated mentors, exposure across project types, and hands‑on learning experiences designed to build technical capability from day one.
• Real responsibility, not just training - The programme is built around projects that challenge and inspire, with the autonomy to take initiative and the accountability to own your work - paired with regular 1:1 check‑ins so you're never navigating it alone.
• Global platform, local grounding - Based in our London West End office, you'll be part of one of the UK's largest integrated Planning and Development teams, with on‑the‑ground knowledge of Central London's planning environment.
• High‑profile project exposure - Newmark's Planning and Development team advises on major London schemes, including strategic regeneration and master planning projects, so joining now means exposure to prestigious, high‑impact work from an early stage.