Senior to Associate Town Planner

About the Role

An established and growing planning consultancy is looking to appoint an experienced Senior to Associate Town Planner to join its team. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded planner ideally with some retail town planning experience or an interest in retail town planning to take a leading role in retail-focused projects as well as a variety of other projects in residential, commercial, education and city centre.

Retail planning expertise is central to this position. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality retail planning advice across a range of instructions, including:

• Preparation of development plan evidence base documents for both public and private sector clients
• Retail needs assessments
• Retail impact assessments
• Sequential site assessments

In addition to retail work, there will be opportunities to support projects across a wider sector portfolio, including strategic land promotion, regeneration schemes, reserved matters applications, and specialist residential sectors.

This role offers flexibility in level, depending on experience, and would suit either a retail-focused Senior Planner or a more experienced planner seeking to concentrate more heavily on retail planning work.

Candidates must demonstrate:

• A minimum of 3 years' experience in retail planning
• Experience contributing to development plan evidence base work
• A strong track record in preparing retail needs, impact and sequential assessments
• Strong analytical capability and confidence working with data
• Advanced Excel skills (essential)
• A sound understanding of the economic principles underpinning retail planning
• Clear and confident written communication skills

What Our Client Offers:

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonuses.
• Clear pathways for career advancement to the next level and beyond.
• A supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Exposure to diverse and impactful planning projects.
• Ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare and pension.

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