Senior Planner

What you’ll be doing

You’ll take the lead on a varied portfolio of projects across residential, mixed‑use and commercial development, including housing schemes, offices, retail, leisure uses such as padel and arts centres, hospitality venues including restaurants and bars, and care‑related developments. You will connect with people from all walks of life.

Day to day, you will:

• Run your own caseload from early advice through to submission, negotiation and determination
• Prepare and coordinate planning applications, supporting documents and planning strategies Work directly with clients, architects and consultants to shape schemes and resolve planning challenges
• Lead discussions and negotiations with local planning authorities
• Manage pre-application discussions and responses through the planning process
• Identify planning risks early and work proactively to resolve them
• Support and mentor junior team members as the office grows

A key part of the role is seeing your work move from concept to consent and into the built environment, contributing to places across London that people live, work and spend time in, with planning decisions that have a visible and lasting impact.

This is a close‑knit team where you’re trusted to take real ownership of your work rather than simply support others.

You’ll have:

• Genuine responsibility for your own projects
• The freedom to manage work in a way that suits you, with support when needed
• A varied workload across residential, mixed‑use and commercial schemes
• The opportunity to influence how the business develops as it grows

We’re still small enough for your work to be highly visible but growing quickly enough that there’s clear progression as the team expands.

• UK planning experience (consultancy or local authority)
• Strong understanding of the London planning system
• Confidence managing projects and engaging with clients, consultants and planning officers
• Experience working across a broad mix of sectors is encouraged
• A genuine interest in how places function and how planning shapes them
• Curiosity, initiative and a willingness to challenge the status quo
• MRTPI is welcome, but experience, judgement and approach matter more.
• Added bonus of previous business experience

We’re looking for someone confident taking ownership of their work, comfortable working with a wide range of stakeholders, and able to approach planning in a clear, practical way.

Send your CV () and a short note covering:
a project you’re proud of
and something you’ve learned about working with people along the way

We’ll then arrange an informal conversation to talk through the role in more detail.