Planning Lawyer

ZipRecruiter; England; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading public sector client is seeking a Planning Lawyer to join their team, providing legal advice on planning and development matters. This hybrid role includes managing a diverse caseload and requires expertise in planning law. With generous benefits and a focus on work-life balance, this is a great opportunity for qualified professionals in the field.

Benefits

Local Government Pension Scheme

Flexible working hours

Generous holiday allowance of 26 days

Family-friendly policies

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Qualified Solicitor/Lawyer or BAR member.
• Experience in residential or minerals and waste planning law.
• Knowledge of section 106 agreements.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on planning, development, and highways matters.
• Manage a mixed caseload in public sector clients.
• Attend committees and handle section 106 agreements.

Skills

Legal expertise in planning law

Knowledge of planning and development projects

Education

Qualified Solicitor/Lawyer in England or Wales

Job description

Job Description

Planning Lawyer

Salary: £44,290 - £50,240 per annum (Dependent on experience)

Location: Hybrid working - offices located across the East of England

Permanent | Full-time

Overview of the Planning Lawyer role:

Sellick Partnership is excited to be partnered with one of our highly regarded public sector clients to recruit a Planning Lawyer to manage a varied caseload of planning and highways matters.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified Solicitor/Lawyer to join a supportive and welcoming team. The successful Planning Lawyer will provide legal advice to a range of public sector and not for profit clients within the areas of planning, development and highways matters.

This is a hybrid working role with office presence required twice a week. Offices are located across the East of England with flexibility as to which office you would be to be based.

Main accountabilities of the Planning Lawyer role:

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• General planning advice


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• Section 106 agreements


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• Planning enforcement


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• Minerals and waste planning


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• Development work


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• Highways


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• Attendance at committees

Key requirements for the Planning Lawyer role:

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• Applicants are required to be a qualified Solicitor/Lawyer in England or Wales OR a member of the BAR, having completed pupillage.


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• Applicants will also have legal expertise within planning law (either residential or minerals and waste), development and/or highways related work.


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• Knowledge of planning and development projects including section 106 agreements.

Benefits that come with the Planning Lawyer role:

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• £44,290 - £50,240 (Dependent on experience


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• Local Government Pension Scheme.


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• Hybrid working - office presence required just twice per week.


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• Flexible working including flexi hours to suit your work-life balance.


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• Family friendly policies to include maternity, paternity and adoption entitlements.


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• Generous holiday allowance of 26 days, rising on 5 and 10 years' service (plus public holidays) - with the option to purchase more.


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• Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support

How to apply for the Planning Lawyer role:

For more information or a confidential chat on the role or organisation, please contact Natalie Ferguson in the Sellick Partnership Manchester office, or alternatively, please apply within to be considered for this fantastic opportunity.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.