Senior Transport Planner

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

We are seeking an experienced Senior Transport Planner to join our growing team in Kent, working primarily on development-led transport planning projects.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious transport planning professional to work across a diverse portfolio of residential, commercial, mixed-use and strategic development schemes throughout Kent and the wider South East.

You will play a key role in supporting development proposals through the planning process, providing transport planning advice to developers, landowners and multidisciplinary project teams. You will be responsible for managing projects from initial site appraisals and feasibility studies through to planning applications, negotiations with highway authorities and securing planning permission.

The successful candidate will have strong experience in development planning, a good understanding of the UK planning system and the ability to develop practical transport solutions that support successful planning outcomes.

• Lead and manage development-led transport planning projects from initial feasibility and site appraisal through to planning approval.
• Prepare and manage Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, Travel Plans and transport strategies to support planning applications.
• Provide transport planning input into residential, commercial, mixed-use and strategic development proposals.
• Undertake site accessibility assessments, identifying opportunities to improve connectivity by walking, cycling and public transport.
• Assess the transport implications of proposed developments and identify appropriate mitigation measures.
• Undertake and oversee junction capacity assessments, traffic impact assessments and transport modelling where required.
• Advise clients on highways and transport-related planning policy, technical requirements and planning obligations.
• Liaise and negotiate with local planning authorities, Kent County Council, Medway Council, National Highways and other statutory consultees.
• Work closely with developers, land promoters, architects, master planners and other technical consultants to coordinate development proposals.
• Provide transport planning advice at pre-application stage and support the preparation and submission of planning applications.
• Respond to highway and transport-related planning consultation comments, negotiating solutions to overcome technical objections.
• Support the discharge of planning conditions and the delivery of Section 106 and Section 278 highway agreements where relevant.
• Prepare technical reports, feasibility studies, transport strategies and supporting planning documentation.
• Manage project budgets, programmes and client relationships.
• Support and mentor junior members of the transport planning team.

We are looking for a commercially aware and technically capable transport planning professional who can demonstrate:

• A degree or postgraduate qualification in Transport Planning, Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in development-led transport planning, ideally within a consultancy environment.
• A strong understanding of the UK planning system and the development management process.
• Proven experience preparing Transport Assessments, Transport Statements and Travel Plans.
• Experience supporting residential, commercial and mixed-use development proposals through the planning process.
• A good understanding of local and national transport planning policy and guidance.
• Experience engaging with local highway authorities and negotiating transport-related planning matters.
• Knowledge of junction capacity assessments, traffic modelling and transport impact analysis.
• Excellent report-writing,…