About this role
Job Title: Senior Town Planner
Ref: BM367
Location: Dorset
Salary: £38,000 - £45,000
Are you an experienced Town Planner looking for your next career move with a difference? This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established, multidisciplinary property consultancy with a strong presence across the Wessex region. Working alongside specialists across rural, commercial, residential and professional services, you will play a key role in delivering practical planning advice and helping clients turn their development ambitions into reality.
Benefits for the role of Senior Town Planner include:
- Competitive salary of £38,000 - £42,000, dependent on experience
- Commission opportunities
- 30 days' holiday, including bank holidays, with additional leave during Christmas week
- Work-based pension scheme
- Support with training and professional subscriptions
- Opportunities to build your own client base and progress your career
- Long-service awards, including additional annual leave
- Company social and sporting events
- Free eye tests and a contribution towards glasses
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Occasional home working
Requirements for the role of Senior Town Planner
- MRTPI chartership is essential
- Previous client-facing experience in a similar planning role within either the public or private sector
- A strong working knowledge of the UK planning system, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), and relevant Local and Neighbourhood Plans
- Experience managing planning applications and providing strategic planning advice
- The ability to work independently while also contributing effectively within a multidisciplinary team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence in advising clients and liaising with stakeholders
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines
- Ideally, at least three years' post-qualification experience (PQE)
Interested in hearing more?
If you are a Chartered Town Planner ready for your next challenge, please get in touch with Efan Thomas at
for further information or to discuss the opportunity in confidence.