Senior/Associate Planner
We have an excellent opportunity for an MRTPI/RICS qualified Senior/Associate Planner to join our Scotland Planning team based in our Glasgow office.
Role Overview
We have a great opportunity for a Senior/Associate Planner to join our Scotland Planning Team based in our Glasgow office. The ideal candidate will be MRTPI and /or RICS qualified and ideally with experience in the Infrastructure and/or renewable energy sector with EIA experience.
This role will involve managing your own workload, assisting the senior team members on large instructions, EIA screening and scoping exercises, undertaking planning research and enquiries, drafting and finessing reports and planning submissions (site assessments, policy notes, applications, appeals, development plan representations and so on) as well as assisting with the management of the team’s caseload and its business development activities. The role will be based in our Glasgow office with an element of hybrid working an option.
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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
Savills is a leading property consultancy practice with offices across the UK with Planning representation in our Glasgow, Edinburgh and Perth offices in Scotland. The team is involved in a wide range of projects across the energy, infrastructure, commercial, housing and rural sectors. This is an important role in the Glasgow Team to help deliver a wide range of exciting and high profile projects, including EIA development. While the role will primarily be devoted to our diverse range of renewable energy projects, the successful candidate will be given opportunities to work on other projects including city centre regeneration, strategic land, retail, rural and logistics.
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
- Glasgow
- Contract Type
- Permanent, Full time
- Remote Status
- This role offers some working from home
- Salary
- Competitive
Glasgow
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
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