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Senior Planner / Senior Planning Officer

Tarson

£42,000 – £55,000 + benefits (guide) London Full time, Permanent Open until filled

About the opportunity

Our client is always keen to hear from talented Senior Planners and Senior Planning Officers for its central London planning team (W1G). There's no closing date, so you can talk to us when the timing suits you.

The guide salary is £42,000 – £55,000 plus benefits, depending on experience.

The consultancy

This is a long-established property consultancy with deep roots in the East of England and the Oxford-Cambridge area. Planning sits alongside other property disciplines, including agency, development, and rural and estate management. That gives planners plenty of scope to work with colleagues across the business and to see projects through from start to finish.

What you will be doing

  • Managing a varied caseload of planning applications and appeals for private, landowner and developer clients
  • Working on strategic land and local plan promotion, from early site appraisal through to representations and examination
  • Advising on residential and commercial schemes
  • Supporting rural and estate clients with planning advice on their land and assets
  • Writing clear planning statements and reports, and building relationships with clients, local authorities and consultants
  • Helping to guide more junior colleagues as your own experience grows

About you

  • Several years of UK planning experience, in consultancy or a local authority, and ready to take on more responsibility
  • Experience of applications, and ideally some exposure to appeals, strategic land or plan-making
  • A good understanding of current planning policy and the direction of reform
  • Either MRTPI, or well on the way to it
  • A clear writer and confident communicator who enjoys working directly with clients

How to apply

Apply through PLANNINGJOBS.COM. A Tarson consultant will call you for a confidential chat before anything is shared with any client.

Tarson works with a number of consultancies in the area. Even if this one isn't quite right, a strong CV will be matched to the best fit, which is what makes it worth applying.

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