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Senior Planner (RTPI)

Company:Carter Jonas
Salary:Competitive
Hours:Full-time
Job type:Permanent
Posting date:20 Aug 2026
Closing date:19 Sept 2026
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Summary

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Are you looking to diversify your planning experience and take on a new challenge in your career? We are seeking an experienced

RTPI or RICS (P&D) Senior Planner to join our growing London team. As a Senior Planner you will work closely with our Partners and

will be responsible for managing a variety of planning matters, enhancing existing client relationships and progressing planning

applications. The Senior Planner will be ambitious and enthusiastic joining a team, made up of 17 professionals to assist on a

range of projects across London and the South East, working with clients such as Axis, Barratt London, EcoWorld, Hyde and

Wildstone. 

Based in our HQ office, One Chapel Place, we offer a central London location close to Bond Street and Oxford Circus stations. In

addition we offer a competitive salary with excellent benefits such as 25 days annual leave, pension matched contribution, life

assurance and flexible benefits including purchasing annual leave, health cash plans, cycle to work scheme and many more! We

support flexible working and are open to discussions to support this, including hybrid working or flexible hours. 

Main tasks: 

* The provision of professional planning advice to clients on a variety of planning matters

* Undertaking site appraisals to understand the planning position on potential new sites

* Project managing the input of different consultants into the planning process

* Preparing planning statements

* Collating and submitting planning applications

* Preparing CIL calculations

* Reviewing and responding to third party representations

* Undertaking detailed negotiations with local authorities and other statutory bodies on planning and related matters

* Participation in public engagement events

* Attending and speaking at planning committee

* Preparing and submitting Local Plan representations and taking them through the adoption process

* Attending and supporting at Local Plan Examinations in Public where required

* Preparing and submitting grounds for appeal

* Preparing written representations, and attending informal hearings and public inquiry appeals where required 

What will it take to be successful?

You will be RTPI or RICS (P&D) qualified, having gained planning experience with a consultancy, developer or local authority. As

an experienced planner, you will have strong working knowledge of planning applications, site appraisals and managing a broad

range of clients. In addition, you will have the ability to build and develop relationships internally and externally, using your

initiative to provide advice and solutions to projects. It is key that as a Senior Planner you will be able to coach and support

the junior members of the team. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to be part of a growing team, develop their planning

knowledge and expertise and contribute to a firm in its diversification.

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