Senior Planner
We have an opportunity for a RTPI (or soon to be qualified) Planner to join our London Corporate, Commerical & Education Planning team.
Role Overview
We have an opportunity for a RTPI (or soon to be qualified) Planner to join our London Corporate, Commerical & Education Planning team.
Typically, your role will involve managing your own workload, assisting the Associate Directors & Directors, undertaking planning research and enquiries, drafting reports and planning submissions (site assessments, policy notes, applications, appeals, development plan representations and so on). Assisting with the management of the team’s project instructions and its business development activities.
Savills Planning comprises over 300 planning professionals based across 23 offices in the UK. Our teams have a highly successful record, working for public and private sector clients including developers, landowners, funders, local authorities, housebuilders, education and health institutions on some of the most exciting building projects currently being undertaken in the UK. We offer a combination of planning, urban design and environmental assessment skills. Savills Planning specialises in working collaboratively to realise development and regeneration ambitions to create sustainable places. Our planning skills combined with our commercial awareness and local knowledge ensures that we are best placed to advise our clients on making their plans become reality, working alongside our colleagues across Savills in departments such as development, energy and infrastructure, licensed leisure, property management, commercial agency and rural.
Key Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
- Prepare planning appraisals of land, buildings and concepts.
- Undertake research and analysis.
- Assist in the preparation of planning applications, including planning statements.
- Write reports, interpreting data and making clear and relevant recommendations.
- Contribute to the preparation/editing of Design & Access Statements and other planning supporting documents.
Key Skills
We are looking for a candidate with an interest in broadening their experience of planning and being closely involved with interesting projects and clients. Key requirements are:
- MRTPI, RTPI accredited degree and/or experience gained in existing role at planning consultancy, local authority or developer.
- A proven ability to multi-task, across many projects, helping to progress the team’s workload, managing projects capably – and reporting to directors, associate directors and associates in this team.
- A willingness and enthusiasm as a team player.
- An enjoyment of writing, with excellent language skills and ability to effectively communicate planning arguments.
- Knowledge of the UK town planning and governmental systems.
- Strong verbal, numerical and report writing skills.
- Excellent organisational skills – prioritising and working to deadlines.
- A ‘can do’, hands-on team player.
- Good interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Self-motivated and proactive.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
- Full driving license and access to your own car for day to day business requirements
Team Overview
The Corporates, Commerical and Education Planning Team has 14 team members ranging from Director level to graduates, whihc sits within the wider London Planning team. The team has a strong pipeline of projects for a wide variety of clients – including Anglian Water, BAE Systems, Dandi Living, Eton College, The Oxford Science Park and Whitbread. Savills is the largest planning consultancy in the country and is committed to further expansion of its successful London Planning team alongside its leading development, residential and commercial markets teams.
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- Business area
- Planning & Development Consultancy
- Role
- Planning
- Locations
- Margaret Street, London
- Contract Type
- Permanent, Full time
- Remote Status
- This role offers some working from home
- Salary
- Competitive
Margaret Street, London
Our offer
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Holiday
We understand the importance of a work life balance and offer you a generous holiday entitlement, which increases throughout your career as you progress through our job levels or reach service milestones.
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Health
Your wellbeing and that of your family is as important to us as it is to you. We offer Virtual Gp, Digital Health, Private Medical Scheme and mental health support amongst other benefits.
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Lifestyle
We promote a healthy work life balance, supported by our approach to flexible working and our wide variety of health, wellbeing and social programmes.
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Our Offer
Read more about our benefits and culture in our offer overview below
Values
No matter the role you’re in, we all share one purpose: to help people thrive through places and spaces. This is built into our DNA, shaping the way we behave to deliver the best results. We define it by four key values:
We listen: Tell us your goals and aspirations and we’ll provide the support you need to achieve them. We appreciate the individual value of every team member and create an environment where you can reach your full potential.
We empower: Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. We give you opportunities to have a real, positive impact in the community through the work you do, backed by access to our market-leading research and insights.
We challenge: The best results happen when we question the status quo. We create an environment where you can safely challenge our thinking, bringing fresh ideas to the table to innovate as a team.
We collaborate: When you join Savills, you become part of a 40,000-strong network of driven individuals, all sharing their knowledge and experience to push the real estate industry forward.
At the heart of it all, we deliver best-in-class insights and advice to help people make better property decisions. We're looking for colleagues who will help us on this mission. When you join Savills, our ask for you is simple – to be extraordinary, together.
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Senior Planner
We have an opportunity for a RTPI (or soon to be qualified) Planner to join our London Corporate, Commerical & Education Planning team.
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