Principal Town Planner

PEBBLE RECRUITMENT LTD; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established multi-disciplinary consultancy seeks an experienced Principal Town Planner to join their Planning Team in Cardiff. This role offers the chance to deliver expert planning advice across public and private sectors. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Town Planning, chartered membership of the RTPI, and strong project leadership skills. Flexible hybrid working, a competitive salary, and generous benefits like a profit share scheme are included.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Pension

Profit share scheme

Career development

Qualifications

• Experience leading projects and guiding clients through complex planning challenges.
• Experience managing planning applications, stakeholder engagement, and client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert planning advice across public and private sectors.
• Support a wide range of clients across various projects.
• Collaborate with design teams to ensure compliance and value.

Skills

Project leadership

Knowledge of the UK planning system

Stakeholder engagement

Client relationship management

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Town Planning or related discipline

Chartered membership of the RTPI

Job description

Overview

Principal Town Planner | Cardiff | Permanent

Competitive Salary | Ref : DB054

A well-established multi-disciplinary consultancy is seeking an experienced Town Planner to join their Planning Team. This is a brilliant opportunity for a planner to deliver expert planning advice across the public and private sectors. You will support a wide range of clients across projects in education, healthcare, commercial, residential, energy, industrial, mixed-use regeneration, developers, and housebuilders.

You’ll work throughout the entire planning lifecycle, often collaborating closely with award-winning urban design and landscape teams to ensure development outcomes are not only compliant but deliver long-term value and community benefit.

Requirements

• Experience leading projects and guiding clients through complex planning challenges
• Knowledge of the UK planning system
• Experience managing planning applications, stakeholder engagement, and client relationships
• Degree in Town Planning or a related discipline
• Chartered membership of the RTPI
• Communication skills, written and verbal

Why Join?

• Hybrid working
• Generous holiday allowance
• Pension
• Competitive salary
• Profit share scheme
• Career development

Interested? Please email your CV to Dina Bunkheila or contact (phone number removed) | (phone number removed)