Senior/Associate Planner

2 weeks ago

Reading, United Kingdom Savills Full time

Role Overview

We have a fantastic opportunity for a qualified Senior or Associate Planner within the Central Planning team. The successful candidate will be part of a team of around twenty-five working closely with, and reporting to, an Associate Director/Director. The team undertakes a wide range of work promoting strategic land, housebuilder proposals, landowner promotions, appeals, planning appraisals, regeneration and rural work.

This team sits within the Planning Division and sits over two main offices based in Reading and Oxford, covering projects typically within and around the Thames Valley.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a market leading and growing team, significantly progressing your career. 


Key Responsibilities

  • Providing planning consultancy advice to colleagues and clients
  • Reporting to clients and senior colleagues and keeping in regular contact
  • Attend and report to clients at regular project meetings
  • Be capable of striving to win some further work for the department (though the primary role is to process existing and new planning work)
  • Be capable of dealing with instructions and clients alone after an introductory period
  • Strive to become a single point of contact for clients
  • Production of reports to support planning applications and appeals
  • Assistance with/ drafting Local Plan representations, the promotion of sites and support at Examination in Public
  • Provide assistance to team members wherever possible
  • Develop and maintain active communication both within your team and other teams

Key Skills
  • A team player with leadership potential
  • Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
  • MRICS / MRTPI qualified
  • Practical understanding of Property
  • Experience in a similar role (preferably at least 3-6 years planning experience in either public or private sector)
  • Strategic approach to problem solving
  • Full driving license and access to your own car for day to day business requirements
  • Strong, verbal, numerical and report writing skills
  • Excellent communication skills


Team Overview

This position is an important strategic role in the Central Planning Team and wider Savills  Office – to help deliver, a wide range of exciting and high profile projects. The Savills Central Planning Team, which is one of the largest in the Region and regarded by our clients as a market leader, is an integral part of the biggest planning consultancy in the UK which is over 300 strong with planning specialists covering every land use sector and geographical area in the UK.
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Recruitment agencies

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Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.

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