Senior Planning Associate

5 days ago

Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom Lanpro Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Planning Associate to join our team at Lanpro. As a key member of our Planning team, you will play a leadership role in planning applications and projects, coordinating and overseeing projects, and assisting the Regional Director and Associate Directors in developing the team's core competencies.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage and lead a team of resources, projects, or activities within specifically identified responsibilities.
  • Develop and implement innovative and creative methods to enhance our solutions and overall project outcomes.
  • Negotiate the best terms for the business, including strong awareness and management of legal and contractual aspects.
  • Responsible for day-to-day management of section or project budgets, including WIP on projects within area of responsibility.
  • Understand the importance of financial success and take responsibility to act in the interest of achieving it.
  • Provide fee control, technical direction, and effectively manage senior client liaison.
  • Provide guidance on complex technical issues to ensure projects are delivered within budget and on time.
  • Manage medium projects or several small ones with complex features.
  • Project manage a mix of planning submissions and appeals.
  • Technical planning work, including liaising with clients, preparing fee proposals, policy research, and preparing and submitting planning applications.
  • Preparing written local plan representations, undertaking site inspections, and assessing the merits of proposals.
  • Giving guidance to engineers/architects on the production of drawings and supplementary information in relation to planning submissions.
  • Submitting planning appeals and leading on written representations appeals and contributing to appeal hearings as required.
Requirements
  • An RTPI-accredited degree or Masters in a related discipline.
  • A chartered member of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
  • At least four years post-qualification experience in a relevant role.
  • Will have spent a reasonable amount of time working in the planning industry, ideally including some experience of working in the private sector.
Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Excellent communication skills, including written and verbal.
  • Strong negotiation skills.
  • Excellent project management skills, coupled with timeliness and accuracy.
  • Deputising or supporting with line management responsibilities.
  • Strong report-writing skills and ability to review colleagues' work, providing constructive feedback.
  • Strong commercial knowledge.
  • Deep knowledge and expertise of planning practice legislation across England and Wales.
  • Excellent report-writing skills, with a natural ability to explain and discuss planning issues for a varied audience.
  • An awareness of local politics and the interface between planning and politics.
About Lanpro

Lanpro is an independent and forward-thinking multidisciplinary consultancy providing exceptional planning, design, and environmental services across the UK, underpinned by regional knowledge, service-specific expertise, and strong client relationships.

We are looking for new, driven members of the team to support our growth and deliver excellence, to support our aim to be the UK's leading multidisciplinary consultancy that shapes spaces for the better, creates social and environmental value, and provides a vibrant workplace full of opportunity.

We offer an environment that is diverse, entrepreneurial, and encourages innovation and your professional development.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential and will help you reach yours.

Benefits
  • Non-contractual growth bonus scheme (up to 10% of salary if growth target is achieved as a company).
  • Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement plus bank holidays (25 days for FTE & 8 bank holidays).
  • Hybrid Flexible Working Environment.
  • Private Medical Insurance Vitality Health Care.
  • Enhanced Pension contribution (5%).
  • Death in Service cover.
  • BUPA Cash Plan.
  • Loyalty Leave (Continuous Service accrued annual leave up to 5 days).
  • Protected Continuous Professional Development Time.
  • Professional Body Membership cover.
  • 12-month subscription for Headspace lifelong guide to better mental health.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Discounts and perks Odeon, Apple, Amazon Prime, Cafe Nero.
  • Employee Assistance Program (employee support, including access to 24/7 counselling).

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