Law firm in Essex which is well-regarded for the work it does in Planning law is seeking to recruit a Planning lawyer of 4 or more years’ PQE. The team is split into six main practice areas, namely: Local Government, Housebuilder, Environmental, Strategic Land, Highways and Rights of Way and Compulsory Purchase and Development Consent Orders. Their expertise includes planning, rights of way, environmental and highways. The successful candidate will be given significant responsibilities, with the opportunity to manage their own caseload as well as play a significant part in growing the practice. You will provide professional, proactive, high level legal support to an allocated group of fee earners and to the wider fee earning team. The role is within a team that manages a broad caseload of all types of planning and environmental work. In the main, the role will focus on delivering high quality planning advice to local planning authority, housebuilder and developer clients. Experience of Planning, Environmental, Highways, CPO and Public Access law is very much preferred, but it is acknowledged that these areas are both broad, wide-ranging but also complex and detailed such that many candidates may only have limited experience in a number of these areas, if at all. Willingness to learn about those area where there is no experience is essential.
The role also involves working with the leadership team from time to time, assisting in the design, delivery and implementation of system changes, workflow and process improvements, as well as being involved in business development activities to promote the both the planning department and the firm as a whole.