Title: Town Planner
Location: York
Salary: Attractive salary + Strong benefits package
The Company:
Penguin Recruitment is delighted to be supporting an established consultancy based in York, looking to appoint a motivated and experienced Chartered Principal Planner to work on an exciting variety of projects for private sector clients across England and Wales.
You will be responsible for working proactively and at your own initiative on a range of planning applications and planning appeals with an emphasis on large-scale residential and renewable energy projects including site reviews, planning applications and appeals.
An existing and secure stream of planning work for housing development and renewable energy schemes provided by our joint venture partners, and continued growth of our private client base necessitate this expansion of our team. You will be involved in a diverse range and scale of projects but shall primarily assist in delivering the stream of large scale residential and renewable energy planning. You will work in a multi-disciplinary team of chartered planners, architects, landscape architects, urban designers and engineers.
Requirements:
You will be working towards chartered status with the RTPI, hold an accredited degree in Town Planning or related subject and have experience in private and/or public sector planning. A suitable candidate for the role of Planner will be able to demonstrate:
- 2 Years plus relevant experience;
- A proven track record managing caseloads for different types of planning applications ideally with an emphasis on the residential and/or renewable energy sectors;
- The ability to prepare and present high quality planning reports;
- Experience of writing appeal statements and the appeal process;
- Proficiency in responding to general and client planning enquiries and negotiating with statutory consultees.
This is a full-time, permanent position with salary negotiable dependent on experience.
Interested?
The hiring manager is looking to meet with suitable candidates ASAP so if you meet the above criteria, please contact Josh Jones on or