# Town Planner

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Manchester, Greater Manchester
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Town Planner to join our Major Projects Planning and Development Team within Planning Consultancy. As a Town Planner, you will work on landmark projects nationally and internationally, providing commercial planning and development advice to private and public sector clients. You will be responsible for devising planning strategies, assessing site planning history, preparing briefing notes, drafting planning statements, reviewing third-party documents, assisting with multidisciplinary teams, attending site visits and meetings, managing project delivery, and negotiating with planning authorities.

Responsibilities:

- Devising planning strategies and assessing site planning history

- Preparing briefing notes and drafting planning statements

- Reviewing third-party documents and planning deliverables

- Assisting with multidisciplinary teams and attending site visits and meetings

- Managing project delivery and budgetary control

- Negotiating 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

- Good organisational and communication skills

## Skills

### Required
- town planning
- UK planning system
- planning consultancy
- development advice
- project management

### Nice to have
- chartered status (MRTPI/MRICS)
- good technical and IT skills
- commercial approach to planning consultancy

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