Principal Planning Lawyer

The Planner Jobs Redactive Publishing Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading council seeks a Principal Planning Lawyer to join the Legal and Planning Contributions team, overseeing planning law projects of both national and international significance. The role requires a qualified legal professional with extensive experience in planning law to provide strategic oversight and legal advice critical for infrastructure development.

Benefits

26-32 days holiday plus bank holidays

Free healthcare cash plan

Flexitime

Qualifications

• Proven experience in planning law required.
• Ability to manage legal teams and projects.
• Strong analytical and drafting skills valuable.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist legal advice on complex planning matters.
• Lead the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) team and planning legal team.
• Draft and review legal agreements.

Skills

Planning Law

Legal Advice

Leadership

Education

Qualified Solicitor, Barrister, or Legal Executive

Job description

Principal Planning Lawyer

Salary Grade 12 – up to £59,192 per annum

We are seeking an exceptional and experienced Lawyer to join our newly established Legal and Planning Contributions team. This is a pivotal role within both our Legal and Planning departments, offering the opportunity to contribute directly in securing and shaping the future of our district.

As a key member of our leadership team, you will bring extensive expertise in planning law provide strategic oversight to help secure the necessary infrastructure our growing district needs. You will advise on a varied and high-profile selection of exciting new projects, including those of national and international importance such as the Trent Valley Super Cluster and the STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) initiative.

In this role, you will:

• Provide specialist legal advice on complex and technical planning matters;
• Draft and review a wide range of legal agreements;
• Lead and manage both the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) team and the planning legal team;
• Advise on CIL regulations, providing legal advice across the entire planning service;
• Support the planning service more broadly on legal matters.

To be successful in this role, you must be a qualified solicitor, barrister, or legal executive (or equivalent), with strong planning law experience.

Now is a particularly exciting time to join Bassetlaw District Council and take on a role that is truly influential.

We offer a generous employee benefit package including 26-32 days holiday plus bank holidays, free healthcare cash plan, flexitime and so much more.You can read about all our employee benefitshere.

We value the diversity of our people and actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We maintain fair and well thought out recruitment processes at every stage to make sure that everyone is treated equally.

To apply please click on the 'apply button'to upload your CV and covering letter, highlighting your relevant experience, qualifications, skills and achievements.

Please note that the application process will require you to upload your CV. If you don't have one to upload, you can download a CV template we've created to help you get started.

Candidate Information Pack

Closing date: 23 June 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early when we receive sufficient and suitable applications. Therefore, please ensure that you submit your CV as soon as possible so that you can be considered for this role.

Interview date: To be confirmed