Role Overview
We have a fantastic opportunity for a qualified Senior or Associate Planner within the Central Planning team. The successful candidate will be part of a team of around twenty-five working closely with, and reporting to, an Associate Director/Director. The team undertakes a wide range of work promoting strategic land, housebuilder proposals, landowner promotions, appeals, planning appraisals, regeneration and rural work.
This team sits within the Planning Division and sits over two main offices based in Reading and Oxford, covering projects typically within and around the Thames Valley.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a market leading and growing team, significantly progressing your career.
Key Responsibilities
1. Providing planning consultancy advice to colleagues and clients
2. Reporting to clients and senior colleagues and keeping in regular contact
3. Attend and report to clients at regular project meetings
4. Be capable of striving to win some further work for the department (though the primary role is to process existing and new planning work)
5. Be capable of dealing with instructions and clients alone after an introductory period
6. Strive to become a single point of contact for clients
7. Production of reports to support planning applications and appeals
8. Assistance with/ drafting Local Plan represen...