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Job Title: Senior Town Planner Principal Town Planner
Location: Nottingham
About The Role
You will join a multidisciplinary team of planners and urban designers working across a broad range of sectors, including residential, mixed-use, regeneration, and wider commercial development. The role combines project leadership, client engagement, and strategic planning advice, with the opportunity to influence high-profile and complex schemes.
You will be based within a collaborative and creative office environment, with opportunities to work alongside teams in multiple regional locations. The organisation promotes flexible working and values both technical excellence and innovative thinking.
Key Responsibilities
Project Leadership
- Lead and manage planning projects from inception through to completion
- Ensure high-quality delivery of planning applications, appeals, and supporting documentation
- Coordinate inputs from internal teams including urban design and visualisation specialists
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Client Management
- Develop and maintain strong, trusted client relationships
- Provide clear, commercially focused advice and strategic direction
- Represent the organisation at client meetings, consultations, and stakeholder events
Strategic Planning and Delivery
- Provide robust planning advice across a variety of development sectors
- Contribute to the preparation of planning strategies and development frameworks
- Identify risks, opportunities, and innovative planning solutions
Team Development and Mentoring
- Encourage a collaborative, proactive, and high-performance culture
Business Development
- Contribute to business growth through identifying new opportunities
Requirements
- Degree in Town Planning or related discipline (essential)
- Chartered Membership of the RTPI (or working towards, for Senior level roles)
- Minimum 5+ years experience in a UK planning consultancy environment (Principal level)
- Strong knowledge of the UK planning system and development process
- Proven experience managing planning projects independently
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong commercial awareness and client-facing experience
- Ability to work across multiple sectors, including residential and mixed-use development
- Experience using planning-related software is advantageous
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What's on Offer
- Opportunity to work on diverse, high-quality, and complex projects
- Supportive and collaborative multidisciplinary team environment
- Clear career progression and professional development opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements promoting work-life balance
- Exposure to major projects across multiple UK regions
- A creative culture that values innovation, initiative, and fresh thinking
Interested?
The hiring manager is looking to meet with suitable candidates ASAP so if you meet the above criteria, contact Josh Jones on 362 010.
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