Senior Planner or Associate Planner | Newcastle

Penguin Recruitment is delighted to be working with a leading Planning & Design Consultancy in Newcastle on the hire of a Senior Planner or Associate Planner. This role is available on a permanent, full-time basis however flexibility is offered.

Our client's busy and successful Newcastle office is made up of a small, friendly and sociable team who work closely with the Leeds team, employing 11 planning professionals and support staff.

The successful candidates will work on a broad range of planning projects, using their local knowledge and national influence to plan and deliver projects of all types and scales, including in the residential, commercial and employment sectors.



To have an impact in the role you will:

• Promote large to medium scale residential, mixed-use, employment and other infrastructure/Energy developments (both brownfield and greenfield) through the Local Development Framework and then by coordinating subsequent applications
• Conduct research and site appraisals on projects for our client base
• Prepare, submit and negotiate planning applications of all sizes/types
• Prepare planning and occasionally socio-economic statements
• Lodge appeals and potentially appear at Informal Hearings
• Develop client relationships, network, raise the office profile through networking/business development and generate work
• Co-ordinate internal and external project teams and project management/QA
• Prepare Local Plan and Neighbourhood Plan representations
• Act as a mentor to junior colleagues

To succeed in the role, it is likely that you will:

• Have strong planning experience working on similar developments, ideally within Yorkshire or the North East region
• At Associate level, have a passion and track record for growing business, including managing client relationships and building a professional contacts networks, ideally with existing client contacts
• Be MRTPI qualified or working towards it
• Be committed to continuing your professional development with a willingness to learn and progress
• Be collaborative by nature
• Be commercially minded and able to take on personal responsibility
• Have an ability to undertake quantitative and sequential assessments
• Be committed and have an eye for detail
• Be used to working with minimal supervision and have a strong ability to use your own initiative
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Be personable and professional with high levels of motivation, ambition and drive
• Have an ability to manage your own time and a wide and complex workload
• Hold a full UK driving licence and are willing to travel nationally when required

To Apply

Join a recognised leader in the sector with a proven track record of investing in its staff and promoting internally, on merit. The Partner would like to meet with senior-level planning professionals immediately so please register your interest below by clicking 'apply'.

For more information on this role or other vacancies please contact me on 01792 341 104 or matt.fraser@penguinrecruitment.co.uk