Planner/Senior Planner
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced RTPI or MRICS qualified Planner to join our market leading Central Planning team in either our Reading or Oxford office.
Role Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced RTPI or MRICS qualified Planner to join our market leading Central Planning team in either our Reading or Oxford office.
Join Savills' Central Planning Team and play a key role in shaping some of the most significant development projects across the Thames Valley and surrounding regions. Based in either Reading or Oxford, you will become part of a dynamic team of over 27 planning professionals, delivering expert planning advice across a diverse range of sectors including residential, commercial, renewable energy, battery storage, water infrastructure, education and rural projects.
This role offers the opportunity to work on a varied portfolio of projects, supporting and managing planning applications, land promotion opportunities, planning appraisals and appeals. You will build strong client relationships, contribute to business development and support the continued growth of the team and its target sectors. You will also have the opportunity to mentor and support junior colleagues, helping to develop talent within the team. This is an excellent opportunity to further your planning career within a collaborative and market-leading consultancy environment.
To find out more details on the notable projects our team have worked on, please see our 2025 Yearbook by clicking here.
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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
This team sits within the Planning Division and sits over two main offices based in Reading and Oxford, delivering some of the largest projects typically within and around the Thames Valley.
We are a dynamic and vibrant team of over 27 planners providing planning consultancy advice to a wide range of clients in relation to large scale residential and commercial developments, renewable energy and battery storage, water infrastructure, educational developments through to rural projects.
Savills has one of the largest planning consultancies in the UK with a team of 350+ operating across 23 offices across all the principal regional markets. We remain the largest planning consultancy set within a multi-disciplinary property company.
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
- Reading, Oxford
- Contract Type
- Permanent, Full time
- Remote Status
- This role offers some working from home
- Salary
- Competitive
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.