Senior Infrastructure Planner

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 19 March 2026
LOCATION
Falmer
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£60,000 / year
CATEGORY
Planning
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SKILLS

Planning UK planning legislation Development management Stakeholder engagement Project management Communication Infrastructure

FULL DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Senior Infrastructure Planner (Internally known as Senior Town and Country Planner)

Location: Falmer – Hybrid Working

Salary: up to £60,000 depending on experience

Posted: Posted Yesterday

Closing Date: 2026-01-02

Senior Infrastructure Planner

Shape the future of major infrastructure across the South East

We’re looking for an experienced planning professional to play a pivotal role in securing the permissions and consents needed to deliver [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk]’s £8bn capital investment programme (2025–2030).

As part of the Enabling Team within Capital Delivery and supporting our Planning & Consents Lead, you’ll influence how our most high-profile infrastructure schemes come forward. Your expertise will directly support long-term resilience, environmental improvement, and regulatory compliance.

This is an ideal next step for a Senior Planner seeking more strategic influence, wider business exposure, and the opportunity to shape planning practice across a large, regulated utility.

What you will be responsible for:

  • You’ll lead the planning and consent strategy for complex, high-value capital projects, ensuring they can be delivered efficiently and responsibly. You will:
  • Provide authoritative planning advice to Capital Delivery and the wider business
  • Lead development proposals from early feasibility through submission, negotiation, to consents
  • Manage pre-application engagement, Section 106 negotiations, conditions, and commencement processes
  • Drive collaboration with internal stakeholders including Asset Strategy, Legal, Engineering, Finance, and Health & Safety
  • Build and maintain strong working relationships with LPAs, statutory consultees, and landowners
  • Prepare clear, high-quality reports, briefings, and presentations
  • Shape continuous improvement through guidance, templates, best practice, and process optimisation

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential

  • 5+ years’ experience in a town and country planning role
  • Degree (or equivalent) in planning or a related discipline
  • Experience within a local authority planning department or private consultancy
  • Strong understanding of UK planning legislation and development management
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Desirable

  • Experience within infrastructure, utilities, engineering, or environmental sectors
  • Chartered MRTPI status or working towards it
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