Planning Graduate Programme 2026 - Assistant Planning Consultant
Newmark
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Benefits offered by this job
Job summary
Newmark's Planning and Development graduate programme in London West End offers hands‑on exposure to high‑profile schemes, with mentoring from senior chartered town planners and a clear path toward MRTPI status.
You'll work on live projects, support planning applications, and develop technical skills across policy analysis, appraisals, and client communications while building your professional network.
Qualifications
- Achieved or on track to achieve in an RTPI-accredited degree.
Responsibilities
- Conduct site visits and due diligence on development sites.
- Assist with the preparation and submission of planning applications and statements.
- Research national, regional and local planning policy to support proposals.
- Draft sections of planning statements, appraisals and client reports for senior review.
- Liaise with clients, planning authorities, architects and other professionals in multidisciplinary teams.
- Maintain records and project data for the Planning and Development team's pipeline.
- Work towards RTPI chartership requirements with mentor support.
- Take on increasing client-facing responsibilities as you grow.
Skills
Education
Job description
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.
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.
- 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.
- Conducting site visits and appraisals, and supporting pre‑application and due diligence advice on development sites
- Assisting with the preparation and submission of planning applications, representations, and supporting planning statements
- Researching and analysing national, regional, and local planning policy to support advice on development proposals
- Drafting sections of planning statements, appraisals, and client reports for senior review
- Liaising with clients, local planning authorities, architects, and other professionals as part of multidisciplinary project teams
- Maintaining accurate records and project data to support the wider Planning and Development team's pipeline
- Working towards RTPI chartership requirements - logging structured training and experience, and meeting regularly with a designated mentor
- Gradually taking on more client‑facing responsibility as competency and confidence build across projects
- Ambition and drive to excel, with a clear commitment to working towards Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI) status
- Strong analytical and research skills, comfortable working with planning policy, data, and development appraisals
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Commercial curiosity - an interest in London's planning environment and development landscape, and how policy and politics shape decision‑making
- Initiative and accountability - the confidence to take ownership of tasks while knowing when to ask for guidance
We offer a supportive and rewarding environment ensuring that our graduates have the tools, guidance, and benefits needed to grow both personally and professionally.
- Competitive salary aligned with industry standards
- Performance related staff profit share scheme
- Wellbeing allowance which can be used for either physical or mental wellbeing activities
- 26 days’ holiday, plus Bank Holidays and days at Christmas and New Year.
- 1 paid volunteering day per year to help give back to our local communities
- Pension scheme membership (after initial probationary period)
- Access to Peppy for you and your partner
- Life and Accident insurance
- Group income protection scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Critical Illness Cover
- Wellbeing Allowance
- Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
- Interest Free Rental Deposit Loan
- Employee assistance programme
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after probation period
- Professional subscription (MRICS) paid for by the firm
The Firm’s core hours are from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. and you may choose to start and end your day around these hours, provided you still do your 7.25 hours per day (e.g. 8.00 am – 4.30pm, 10.00 am – 6.30 pm). This position also involves out of hours working on an ‘as necessary’ basis.
- Achieved or on track to achieve in an RTPI-accredited degree.
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