Senior Planner / Town Planner / Planning Consultant | Hybrid | London or Norwich

Job Description

Our Client:

A growing and multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, providing a wide range of services across the majority of industry sectors including commercial, health, education, defence, residential and community.

Services include architecture, building surveying, building services engineering, planning, interior design, sustainability, civil and structural engineering, quantity surveying, project management, CDM and health and safety services.

They have over 7 UK offices including London and Norwich with a plan to open even more both in the UK and internationally.

The role

The role will involve providing general assistance and support to the Practice and Planning consultancy management level team. The team is currently a small one, but a great opportunity for the right candidate where there is lots of opportunity to shine and progress, rather than be lost in a larger planning consultancy.

This role can be based in either London or Norwich.

What you may get involved with:

• Prepare planning policy appraisals.
• Prepare Design and Access Statements.
• Conduct initial site appraisals.
• Prepare planning application and planning appeal documents.
• Make representations to various LDF published documents.
• Conduct pre-application consultations.
• Facilitate community consultation events.
• Complete reports.
• Provide general administration of planning applications, interfacing with clients, internal team, external consultants, and local authority planning departments.
• Assist design teams on planning requirements generally.
• Liaise and work with other disciplines as part of a multi-disciplinary team ensuring all works are completed in a collaborative manner.

Essential skills, experience, and attributes…

• Degree qualified
• MRTPI qualified (preferred)
• Understanding of planning policy and law
• Excellent general written and in person communication capabilities.
• Capability to write appropriate planning reports and communications with internal and external parties.

Benefits/Package

• Competitive salaries and earning opportunities.
• Great office team building events and fully expensed seasonal social events.
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment.
• Competitive Company Pension Scheme.
• Opportunities for flexible and remote working – we understand a work life balance helps us all.
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• Death in service benefit.
• Health cash plan scheme.
• Generous holiday entitlement with long service recognition and festive shutdown.
• Early Finish incentives when the Practice targets are hit.

For this Planner / Senior Planner / Planning Consultant / Town Planner role, candidates with notice periods up to 3 months will be considered.

Please apply on LinkedIn asap or get in touch with Ryan - r.gorman@lofthousegroup.com for more details.

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