Planner/Senior Planner
We have an excellent opportunity for an RTPI-qualified Planner/Senior Planner to join our highly regarded Planning team in Bristol.
Role Overview
We’re excited to offer a great opportunity for an RTPI-qualified Planner or Senior Planner to join our highly regarded Planning team in Bristol.
With exceptional staff retention and a collaborative, supportive culture, our team provides a unique environment to grow your career while working on some of the region’s most exciting and high-profile development schemes.
This role will be integral to our project teams - working closely with experienced project leads while building trusted relationships with clients. You’ll often act as a key point of contact, giving you real ownership and visibility across projects.
You’ll gain hands-on experience across the full development lifecycle - from early-stage concept and planning strategy through to delivery and completion - collaborating with multidisciplinary colleagues across Savills and our wider project teams.
From strategic regeneration projects to landmark developments, you’ll play a central role in shaping places that define the future of the South West.
This is an ideal opportunity for an ambitious planner looking to take the next step within a leading consultancy, where your contribution will be valued and your career progression supported.
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What we offer you:
Career and Professional Development
25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade
Life Assurance
Private Medical Scheme
Virtual GP
Global Mobility Scheme
Rewards Platform
Company Pension Scheme
Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave
Find out more about Savills offer
Team Overview
The Savills Bristol Planning Team is one of the largest in the South West, with its 23 planners bringing a wealth of experience and knowledge, making it the ideal environment for an RTPI qualified Planner to further their professional development.
We are regarded as market leaders by our clients and are an integral part of the biggest planning consultancy in the UK, which is over 300 strong and has planning specialists covering every land use sector and geographical area in the UK.
The successful candidate will work in our vibrant and dynamic multi-service office located at Dock House, Welsh Back, Bristol. Dock House, which we relocated to in November 2025, is home to 80 employees who work within Planning, Development (residential and commercial), Industrial & Logistics, Office agency, Investment, Building Surveying and Project management, Capital Markets, Property Management and others.
Recruitment agencies
Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and directed by a member of our recruitment team. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.
Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.
- Business area
- Planning & Development Consultancy
- Role
- Planning
- Locations
- Bristol
- Contract Type
- Permanent, Full time
- Remote Status
- This role offers some working from home
- Salary
- Competitive
Bristol
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.
About Savills
Over 42,000 people work for us in more than 70 countries all over the world. This breadth of global coverage, combined with specialist services and market insight, means we'll always have an expert who is local to you.