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Principal Town Planner

Manchester, England, gb🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-23 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead and assist in the delivery of major development applications and planning consent for large-scale infrastructure projects across the UK.

Role type

Principal Town Planner (Infrastructure)

Builds

Planning applications and consent strategies for renewables, energy transmission, transport, defence, water, and mixed-use developments.

Domain

UK Infrastructure Planning & Environmental Regulation

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

Leading major development applications, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, submitting and managing planning applications, liaising with local planning authorities, writing Planning Statements and Design and Access Statements, producing feasibility reports and consent strategies, business development and tender preparation, stakeholder engagement, project management.

Preferred skills

Expert witness experience, existing relationships with clients and local authorities.

Technologies

Planning consent regimes (including DCOs), Environmental Impact Assessment frameworks.

Responsibilities

Lead delivery of major development applications; coordinate multi-disciplinary teams; submit and manage planning applications; provide planning advice on consent requirements; write Planning Statements and Design and Access Statements; contribute to business development and commercial tenders; oversee project management and quality.

Seniority

Principal, strategic leadership and hands-on delivery

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