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Principal Town Planner

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

Core

Lead planning applications and consent strategies for major UK infrastructure projects including renewables, transport, and energy transmission.

Role type

Principal Town Planner (Infrastructure)

Builds

Planning consents for energy, rail, water, and transport infrastructure

Domain

UK Infrastructure Planning & Environmental Regulation

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Town Planning expertise, DCO project experience, multi-disciplinary team coordination, stakeholder negotiation, planning statement writing, business development

Preferred skills

Expert witness experience, existing client relationships, carbon capture project knowledge

Technologies

Planning policy frameworks, consenting regimes

Responsibilities

Lead and assist in delivery of major development applications, coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, submit and manage planning applications, produce feasibility reports and consent strategies, contribute to business development and commercial tenders, oversee project management and quality

Seniority

Principal, strategic leadership & hands-on delivery

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