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Principal Town Planner

Leeds, England, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-23 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead and deliver major infrastructure planning applications and consent strategies for energy, transport, and water projects across the UK.

Role type

Principal Town Planner (Infrastructure)

Builds

Planning consents for renewables, rail, aviation, 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, managing planning applications, liaising with local planning authorities, writing planning statements and design/access statements, producing feasibility reports and consent strategies, business development, stakeholder engagement, project management.

Preferred skills

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

Technologies

Planning consent regimes (DCOs), Environmental Impact Assessment tools

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 tenders, oversee project management and quality.

Seniority

Principal, strategic leadership & hands-on delivery

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