Town Planner (Assistant to Associate level) - Leeds

Are you a Town Planner (Assistant up to Associate level) in the Leeds/Yorkshire area? Are you looking to work for one of the leading planning consultancies in the country?

• Partnership firm with over 200 employees nationally
• Award-winning and multi-disciplinary company
• Primarily working on sites in Leeds (including the city centre) and wider Yorkshire
• Ideally MRTPI (or en route to achieving this)
• Lots of sector variety; including universities, residential, commercial, mixed-use, renewables and strategic/regeneration
• Excellent range of benefits and progression, including permanent flexible working, private healthcare, car/car allowance, excellent bonus-scheme, private dental

Beach Baker have been enlisted to recruit a Town Planner on behalf of a hugely successful and ambitious organisation with a national network of offices.

You will be joining a large, modern, open-plan, multi-disciplinary office where planning is one of the key disciplines. They have a really impressive client base of local and national housebuilders, developers, landowners, property companies and government and public-sector organisations. They work on exciting projects that tend to be large in scale giving you fantastic exposure to really innovative and a diverse range of schemes (including but not limited to residential, mixed-use, commercial and strategic sites).

You should have a good understanding of local, regional and national planning policy and ideally experience in preparing/submitting planning applications for both medium and large-schemes. Consultancy experience would be advantageous, but the firm can also consider applications from those in the public sector.

Responsibilities will differ according to your level, however will include:

• Promoting large scale developments (brownfield and greenfield) through the local plan process
• Undertaking research and site appraisals and assisting with both major applications and appeals
• Preparing and submitting small to medium scale planning applications
• Drafting representations to Local Plans

You will be rewarded with a competitive salary and benefits package. Remuneration includes:

• Competitive basic salary
• Car/allowance
• Profit-Share
• 5% Pension
• Life Assurance
• Payment of professional subscriptions
• Competitive annual leave allowance + BH
• Eye tests
• Company laptop
• Holiday Buy or Sell of up to 5 days per annum
• Healthcare Assistance
• Health Cash Plans
• Cycle to Work
• Corporate Gym Membership
• Taste and Gourmet Cards
• Charitable Giving

This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience within a well-established team. To discuss this opportunity, please contact Katrina Wheadon (katrina@beachbaker.co.uk/07557 979 694).

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