Principal Lawyer: Planning & Highways Licensing Bi-Borough

LLG Enterprises Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kensington and Chelsea Council, Westminster City Council, seeks a Principal Lawyer for Planning, Highways and Licensing. You will lead a team of about ten lawyers and paralegals, delivering high-quality legal advice to support the Council’s priorities across planning, highways and licensing.

You will personally manage complex matters, attend committees, advise senior officers, and help shape policy within a bi-borough legal service that covers central London authorities.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor or barrister with eligibility to practise in England and Wales.
• Experience leading or managing legal teams, with a track record of delivering high-quality legal advice.
• Strong ability to advise senior officers and elected members on complex matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of about ten legal professionals (solicitors and paralegals) delivering high-quality planning, highways and licensing advice.
• personally handle a caseload of complex planning matters and provide governance and procedural guidance.
• Regularly attend committee meetings to ensure decisions are legally sound and transparent.
• Shape policy and contribute to service development within a bi-borough legal service.

Skills

Team leadership

Planning law

Highways law

Licensing law

Stakeholder management

Education

Qualified Solicitor or Barrister (England & Wales)

Job description

Kensington and Chelsea Council, Westminster City Council, seeks a Principal Lawyer for Planning, Highways and Licensing. You will lead a team of about ten lawyers and paralegals, delivering high-quality legal advice to support the Council’s priorities across planning, highways and licensing.

You will personally manage complex matters, attend committees, advise senior officers, and help shape policy within a bi-borough legal service that covers central London authorities.