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Principal Town Planner (Policy)

Leeds, England, gb🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-14 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead and assist on key planning policy projects, including supporting local authority policy and strategy development, coordination and delivery of local plan evidence studies, strategic growth studies, and infrastructure strategies.

Role type

Principal Town Planner (Policy)

Builds

Local plans, sub-regional spatial plans, strategic masterplans, and neighbourhood plans for public and private sector clients.

Domain

Urban planning and policy consulting

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Planning policy and strategy development, project management, multi-disciplinary team coordination, quality assurance, business development, client and stakeholder relationship management

Preferred skills

Existing relationships with clients and local authorities, business development mindset

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Lead and assist on key planning policy projects, ensure projects are delivered successfully on budget and within programme timelines, oversee deliverables produced by the planning policy team, contribute to the business development strategy, lead and assist in the preparation of commercial tenders

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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