Senior Town Planner

Position: Senior Town Planner (Permanent)
Town Planning Consultant - Full Time, Permanent Position
Bristol

Are you a Town planning consultant looking for your next career step? We're recruiting on behalf of a dynamic, specialist planning and development consultancy with a reputation for delivering strategic, commercial and high-quality planning advice across a wide range of sectors who are looking for consultants from Planner to Associate Planner to join their team in Bristol.

About the Role
As a Senior Town Planner, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering planning strategy across diverse development projects. You'll lead on preparing and managing planning applications, advise clients on planning risk and opportunities, coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams, and build strong working relationships with local authorities and stakeholders. You'll also support the mentoring and development of junior staff, helping to grow capability within the team.

This is a full time, permanent opportunity offering real responsibility and the chance to contribute to a busy and growing practice in Bristol.

What You'll Be Doing

· Leading and managing a varied caseload from inception through to determination

· Preparing high-quality planning applications and supporting statements

· Advising clients on planning strategy, risk and opportunities

· Representing clients at meetings with local planning authorities and project teams

· Supporting the coordination of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) processes

· Mentoring junior planners and contributing to continuous improvement in project delivery

What We're Looking For

· Approximately 3+ years' professional planning experience, ideally within consultancy practice but flexible on level and experience

· Strong project management skills and a commercial mindset

· Ability to work collaboratively and build strong professional relationships

· RTPI membership (or working towards) desirable

Why This Opportunity?

This role offers the chance to work within a personable, supportive and commercially focused planning team with varied and high-profile work. You'll benefit from a collaborative culture that values independent thinking and professional growth, and have the opportunity to make a tangible impact on projects and team development.

If you are interested, submit your CV or you can reach me on (phone number removed) / (url removed) to discuss anything further

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