Senior Planner

Salary - Up to £48,000 depending on skill set and experience.

Colchester, Essex – full hybrid, flexible working, 1-2 days office / 3-4 days home.

Colchester is the main base, but there is an option to also work from the London (The City) offices.

Prescient Group is partnered with a well-established and highly respected construction multidisciplinary consultancy, with offices throughout the UK.

The Senior Planner role will involve providing general assistance and support to the Practice and Planning consultancy management level team. The team is currently a small one, but a great opportunity for the right candidate where there is lots of opportunity to shine and progress, rather than be lost in a larger planning consultancy

You will be joining a highly professional, performing, and welcoming team.

The company is award-winning and is driven by the values that are at the core of all decisions. The firm has growth plans over the next few years, so it’s a great time to join.

In this role, you will:

• Prepare planning policy appraisals.
• Prepare Design and Access Statements.
• Conduct initial site appraisals.
• Prepare planning application and planning appeal documents.
• Conduct pre-application consultations.
• Facilitate community consultation events.
• Complete reports.
• Provide general administration of planning applications, interfacing with clients, internal teams, external consultants, and local authority planning departments.
• Assist design teams with planning requirements generally.
• Liaise and work with other disciplines as part of a multi-disciplinary team ensuring all works are completed collaboratively.

Essential skills and experience needed for this role:

• Degree qualified
• MRTPI qualified (preferred)
• Understanding of planning policy and law
• Excellent general written and in-person communication capabilities.
• Capability to write appropriate planning reports and communications with internal and external parties.

Company benefits include:

• Hybrid working with flexibility.
• Discretionary bonus
• Qualifications/study paid for
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + festive shutdown (approx. 37 days hol)
• Monthly social events
• Health cash plan scheme
• Private health and dental
• Increased pension contributions

Please contact Joel Fletcher at Prescient Group

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