Senior Town Planner

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading planning consultancy in Reading is seeking a Senior Town Planner to work on diverse projects including residential and commercial developments. The role offers opportunities for professional development and a supportive working culture. Join a team committed to sustainability and innovation in planning, with a hybrid work model and attractive benefits including healthcare and pension schemes.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Private health care

Flexi-benefits package

Qualifications

• Background in town planning with commitment to professional development.
• Willingness to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience in preparing planning applications and appeals.

Responsibilities

• Work on large scale residential and commercial developments.
• Coordinate project teams and manage planning processes.
• Prepare and submit planning applications.

Skills

Town planning

Project management

Research

Public consultation

Education

RTPI chartership

Degree in Town Planning

Job description

Overview

Are you a Senior Town Planner in the Thames Valley region? Do you want to work for the leading planning consultancy team in Reading, joining one of the most sustainable companies in the world? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Our established and busy Planning team has an exciting opportunity for a talented, dynamic and ambitious Senior Planner to join their team to work on a broad range of planning projects across the Thames Valley, including a wide range of residential, mixed use, retail, strategic land and commercial proposals, of various types and scales, including exciting regeneration and place making opportunities. Our clients include house builders, landowners, education institutions, land promotion companies, public sector clients including the NHS and Homes England and more!

About you

You will be have a background in town planning and be committed to continuing your professional development (including RTPI chartership), with a willingness to learn and progress.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team on the promotion of large scale residential, mixed use and commercial developments (both Brownfield and Greenfield) through the Local Plan process;
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary project teams and project management
• Conduct research and site appraisals on projects for our client base;
• Work on major applications and planning appeals where required (Outline, Full and Reserved Matters) including; attend meetings, preparation of meeting minutes, deliverable trackers, programmes, draft planning statements, appeal statements, attend public consultation events and prepare responses to consultees;
• Prepare, submit and negotiate small / medium sized planning applications and planning appeals;
• Draft representations to Local Plans and Supplementary Planning Documents;
• Contribute to business development activity including attending networking events.

We believe that it is our people and their individual talents that make us special. We work within a friendly, inclusive, and supportive culture and one of high support and high challenge, where we are not afraid to take on new and greater responsibilities and are each individually encouraged to grow and flourish both personally and professionally, with genuine career opportunities based on merit. We create a working environment that offers flexibility, adopting a hybrid approach to agile working and offer a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, private health care and a flexi-benefits package allowing you to choose benefits that are truly valuable to you, including the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.

For more information, please contact Rozy Manir (Talent Acquisition Manager).

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