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Chartered Town Planner: Chelmsford (Property and Planning Consultancy)
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Employment: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Benefits
Are you an experienced Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI) looking for your next career move within a dynamic property and planning consultancy? We're partnering with an established, independent firm of property, planning, and land advisers with a strong presence across the south, east, and midlands of England, and a growing Chelmsford planning team.
This highly regarded practice provides expert planning consultancy services to a diverse client base including landowners, developers, promoters, and public sector bodies, delivering strategic planning advice, planning application delivery, planning appeals, Local Plan representations, and more across residential, commercial, and mixed-use schemes.
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The Role
As Senior Chartered Town Planner, You Will
- Lead planning projects from inception through to delivery for private and public sector clients.
- Advise across a broad range of planning workstreams, including development management, local plan promotions, planning applications, appeals, and strategic planning.
- Build and manage key client relationships and contribute to business growth in the Chelmsford region.
- Provide technical planning expertise and guidance to junior team members.
This is a high-impact role with significant autonomy and opportunity to influence both technical outcomes and commercial growth.
Your Experience
To Be Successful You Will Have
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- Full Chartered membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI) (or imminent eligibility).
- Strong experience in planning consultancy or relevant public/private sector planning roles.
- A proven track record of leading complex planning projects through the planning system.
- Excellent communication skills, commercial awareness, and the ability to nurture client relationships.
Why Join
- Work within an ambitious, forward-thinking consultancy that combines specialist planning insight with broad property services.
- Engage in varied and challenging work across the strategic, policy, and development spectrum.
- Be part of a supportive, collaborative team with strong technical capability and shared commitment to quality advice.
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