# Senior Town Planner - Major Projects

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Town Planner to join our Major Projects Planning and Development Team within Planning Consultancy. As a Senior Town Planner, you will work on landmark projects nationally and internationally, providing commercial planning and development advice to private and public sector clients.

Responsibilities:

- Devising planning strategies and assessing site planning history and policies

- Preparing briefing notes and drafting planning statements

- Reviewing third-party documents and planning deliverables

- Assisting with planning aspects in multidisciplinary teams

- Attending site visits, design team, and client meetings

- Managing project delivery and budgetary control

- Joining negotiations with planning authorities and stakeholders

- Working collaboratively with colleagues and external organisations

Requirements:

- Degree-level qualification in town planning or postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject

- Chartered status (MRTPI/MRICS)

- Sound knowledge and experience of the UK planning system

- Good technical and IT skills

- Commercial approach to planning consultancy and development

- Desire to work in a growing planning team

- Good organisational and communication skills

## Skills

### Required
- town planning
- UK planning system
- planning consultancy
- project management
- communication skills

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