Senior Planner - Planning Job in Kent - £45,000 - £55,000

Project ownership, Professional development, One day a week working from home

Job Summary

Senior Planner Job Kent offers the opportunity to take ownership of planning projects within a collaborative multidisciplinary consultancy. Based in Kent, this role covers planning work across green belt, grey belt, residential and commercial projects. You will manage smaller projects from the first client conversation through planning application and final decision. You will also contribute planning expertise to medium and large-scale schemes alongside the wider multidisciplinary team. The position involves managing project timelines, budgets and client relationships throughout each stage of the planning process.

You will attend client meetings, coordinate consultant input and build constructive relationships with local planning authorities and statutory consultees. Senior Planner Job Kent also provides opportunities to mentor junior colleagues and support their professional development. Candidates may come from either planning consultancy or local authority backgrounds. The consultancy offers varied project work alongside opportunities to develop professionally and take greater ownership of projects.

About the Company

This planning consultancy in Kent operates through a collaborative multidisciplinary team delivering varied planning project work. The team supports smaller assignments alongside medium and large-scale projects requiring coordinated input from different consultants. Senior Planners are trusted to manage their own projects while contributing specialist planning knowledge to more complex schemes.

The consultancy welcomes professionals from both consultancy and local authority backgrounds. It provides support for professional development and opportunities to mentor junior colleagues within the team. The working environment also includes some flexibility around arrangements to accommodate parental commitments, alongside one day each week working from home.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead smaller planning projects from inception through application and decision while managing key project requirements
• Manage project timelines, budgets and client relationships throughout each assigned planning project from initial discussions
• Contribute planning expertise to medium and large-scale projects alongside colleagues within the multidisciplinary consultancy team
• Attend client meetings and coordinate relevant input from consultants involved throughout individual planning project stages
• Build constructive professional relationships with local planning authorities and statutory consultees during the planning process
• Prepare and review planning applications, appeals and supporting documents required for client planning submissions Monitor emerging planning policy including green belt and grey belt guidance and apply relevant knowledge
• Mentor junior colleagues within the planning team and provide support for their ongoing professional development.

Skills & Experience Required

• Bring at least three years of experience gained within a planning consultancy or local authority environment
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of the UK planning system and how local government operates
• Hold MRTPI qualification or be actively working towards professional membership through the relevant qualification route
• Communicate confidently in writing and verbally when presenting planning matters to clients and project stakeholders
• Experience involving green belt, grey belt, residential or commercial planning projects would be an advantage
• Hold a full UK driving licence to support required site visits and external client meetings

Salary & Benefits

• £45,000 – £55,000 salary, with scope for more depending on experience
• Bonus
• 25 days’ annual leave
• One day a week working from home
• Some flexibility around working arrangements to accommodate parental commitments
• Support for professional development
• Varied workload with opportunities to take ownership of projects

Who Is This Role Ideal For?

This opportunity is suited to an experienced planner seeking greater ownership of projects and continued professional development. You may currently work within a planning consultancy or have experience within a local authority environment. The role suits someone comfortable managing projects from initial client conversations through the planning process to decision.

You should be confident working directly with clients, consultants, planning authorities and statutory consultees. Experience involving green belt, grey belt, residential or commercial planning would be useful within the varied workload. The position also suits someone interested in mentoring junior colleagues while contributing expertise to larger multidisciplinary projects.

About Hunter Dunning

Hunter Dunning is a specialist property and built environment recruitment consultancy established in 2004, focused on quality and long-term partnerships in the UK and Ireland property and construction market.

We specialise in full lifecycle property recruitment, covering architecture, interior design, surveying, land and planning, fire safety and wider construction roles. We offer informed and confidential discussions for both clients and candidates and welcome conversations about this opportunity and your wider career plans within the built environment.

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If you meet the criteria above, send us your CV and portfolio. We receive a large number of applications so if you do not hear back within 7 days consider your application unsuccessful this time.

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Senior Planner job in Kent – Your Property Recruitment Specialists ( Job Ref:1369519 )