Principal Town Planner
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