{"id":893,"date":"2026-07-14T08:11:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/?p=893"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:11:07","slug":"senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Planner Demand Rises Across Councils, Consultancies and Client\u2011Side Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Senior Planner roles remain one of the most active categories across the UK. Councils are recruiting Senior Planning Officers to support Development Management and Planning Policy workloads. Private\u2011sector consultancies are hiring Senior Planners to manage complex applications and lead client projects. Client\u2011side organisations are recruiting Senior Planning Managers to support development strategy and land promotion. Employers can advertise Senior Planner roles at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/advertise?utm_source=copilot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/advertise<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hybrid working continues to attract Senior\u2011level candidates, particularly in consultancy and client\u2011side environments. View all current planning vacancies at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/?utm_source=copilot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More insights are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog?utm_source=copilot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Planner roles remain one of the most active categories across the UK. Councils are recruiting Senior Planning Officers to support Development Management and Planning Policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Senior Planner Demand Rises Across Councils, Consultancies and Client\u2011Side Teams - Blog | PlanningJobs.com \u2013 Town Planning Jobs for RTPI Planners Across the UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client\u2011side-teams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senior Planner Demand Rises Across Councils, Consultancies and Client\u2011Side Teams - Blog | PlanningJobs.com \u2013 Town Planning Jobs for RTPI Planners Across the UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senior Planner roles remain one of the most active categories across the UK. Councils are recruiting Senior Planning Officers to support Development Management and Planning Policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client\u2011side-teams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | PlanningJobs.com \u2013 Town Planning Jobs for RTPI Planners Across the UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-14T08:11:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-14T08:11:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a13223e70f756097b112c7f5d8623e8d\"},\"headline\":\"Senior Planner Demand Rises Across Councils, Consultancies and Client\u2011Side Teams\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-14T08:11:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-14T08:11:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":115,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\\\/\",\"name\":\"Senior Planner Demand Rises Across Councils, Consultancies and Client\u2011Side Teams - Blog | PlanningJobs.com \u2013 Town Planning Jobs for RTPI Planners Across the UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-14T08:11:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-14T08:11:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a13223e70f756097b112c7f5d8623e8d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Senior Planner Demand Rises Across Councils, Consultancies and Client\u2011Side Teams\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blog | PlanningJobs.com \u2013 Town Planning Jobs for RTPI Planners Across the UK\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a13223e70f756097b112c7f5d8623e8d\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b5fb33f1df0978da472448d4ef0153ab0d859e0b2c7b859e0e61d75c114e04a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b5fb33f1df0978da472448d4ef0153ab0d859e0b2c7b859e0e61d75c114e04a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b5fb33f1df0978da472448d4ef0153ab0d859e0b2c7b859e0e61d75c114e04a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.planningjobs.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Senior Planner Demand Rises Across Councils, Consultancies and Client\u2011Side Teams - Blog | PlanningJobs.com \u2013 Town Planning Jobs for RTPI Planners Across the UK","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client\u2011side-teams\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Senior Planner Demand Rises Across Councils, Consultancies and Client\u2011Side Teams - Blog | PlanningJobs.com \u2013 Town Planning Jobs for RTPI Planners Across the UK","og_description":"Senior Planner roles remain one of the most active categories across the UK. Councils are recruiting Senior Planning Officers to support Development Management and Planning Policy","og_url":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client\u2011side-teams\/","og_site_name":"Blog | PlanningJobs.com \u2013 Town Planning Jobs for RTPI Planners Across the UK","article_published_time":"2026-07-14T08:11:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-14T08:11:07+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a13223e70f756097b112c7f5d8623e8d"},"headline":"Senior Planner Demand Rises Across Councils, Consultancies and Client\u2011Side Teams","datePublished":"2026-07-14T08:11:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-14T08:11:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\/"},"wordCount":115,"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\/","url":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\/","name":"Senior Planner Demand Rises Across Councils, Consultancies and Client\u2011Side Teams - Blog | PlanningJobs.com \u2013 Town Planning Jobs for RTPI Planners Across the UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-07-14T08:11:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-14T08:11:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a13223e70f756097b112c7f5d8623e8d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/senior-planner-demand-rises-across-councils-consultancies-and-client%e2%80%91side-teams\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Senior Planner Demand Rises Across Councils, Consultancies and Client\u2011Side Teams"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/","name":"Blog | PlanningJobs.com \u2013 Town Planning Jobs for RTPI Planners Across the UK","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a13223e70f756097b112c7f5d8623e8d","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b5fb33f1df0978da472448d4ef0153ab0d859e0b2c7b859e0e61d75c114e04a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b5fb33f1df0978da472448d4ef0153ab0d859e0b2c7b859e0e61d75c114e04a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b5fb33f1df0978da472448d4ef0153ab0d859e0b2c7b859e0e61d75c114e04a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":894,"href":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions\/894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planningjobs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}