Senior Town Planner

Hunter Dunning Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established planning consultancy is seeking a Senior Town Planner to join their dynamic team in Leeds. This role offers the opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects across energy, infrastructure, and commercial sectors, all while enjoying the flexibility of hybrid working. With a strong focus on collaboration, you'll oversee planning applications and contribute to impactful developments. The firm values professional growth, providing enhanced holidays, healthcare schemes, and a supportive work environment. If you're a chartered planner with a passion for making a difference, this is the role for you!

Benefits

Car allowance + mileage

Enhanced holiday starting at 23 days

Option to buy additional holiday days

Cycle to work scheme

Healthcare scheme

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience in planning.
• Experience in energy, infrastructure, waste, or environmental projects.

Responsibilities

• Handling a variety of planning applications for strategic and immediate projects.
• Coordinating and preparing planning applications and Environmental Impact Assessments.
• Providing strategic and tactical planning advice.

Skills

Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI)

Planning Policy and Appraisal

Project Delivery

Site Appraisals

Environmental Impact Assessments

Full UK Driving Licence

Education

Degree in Town Planning or similar

Job description

Senior Town Planner Job in Leeds Senior Town Planner job available with a planning consultancy based in Leeds with remote working flexibility. As part of an established group, this role will cover a wide range of projects across energy, infrastructure, utilities, commercial, and residential. Offering a salary of 35,000 - 55,000 plus car allowance, and more.

The firm delivers comprehensive planning, design, and engineering services across diverse sectors, including renewable energy, infrastructure, environmental projects, waste and minerals, industrial, retail, and commercial developments. In this role, you'll oversee a planner within their dynamic planning team of 8, contributing to a fast-paced environment. The broader team, comprising 200 professionals, is strategically based across North and South Wales, enabling robust regional support and expertise.

Role & Responsibilities

• Handling a variety of planning applications for both strategic and immediate projects
• Working on energy infrastructure, waste management, mineral and commercial schemes
• Planning policy and appraisal work
• Land promotion
• Development Management
• Project delivery
• Coordinate and prepare planning applications and Environmental Impact Assessments
• Manage sub-consultants
• Undertake site appraisals
• Provide strategic and tactical planning advice
• Working closely with Landscape Architects and the internal planning team.

Required Skills & Experience

• Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI)
• Degree qualified in Town Planning or similar
• 5+ years of industry experience
• Experience in energy, infrastructure, waste or environmental is strongly preferred
• Full UK Driving Licence.

What you get back

• Salary of 35,000 - 55,000
• Car allowance + mileage
• Hybrid/remote working
• Enhanced holiday starting at 23 days plus the option to buy days
• Cycle to work scheme
• Healthcare scheme.

Apply

If you meet the criteria above, send us your CV and portfolio. We receive a large number of applications so if you do not hear back within 7 days consider your application unsuccessful this time. We will keep a copy of your details on file for future vacancies.

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Referral

Did you know we run a referral scheme? We'll give you 300 worth of vouchers if you introduce us to anyone who we then successfully place in a new job role. Just send us their information and we'll do the rest.

Terms: A candidate is deemed to have been successfully placed once they have started a new job as a result of an introduction made by Hunter Dunning and when they've successfully completed the probation period.

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