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Senior Planner
- Salary: £31000 - £42000 per annum
- Type: Full Time
- Region: Wales
- Town/City: Cardiff
- Posted: 12/08/2025
- Listed in: Town Planning
- Reference: 1274583_1754996411
Job Description
Senior Planner Job in Cardiff, Wales
Senior Planner job in Cardiff, Wales for a growing independent planning consultancy. Our client works with leading developers and landowners across residential, commercial, education, retail and energy projects. They are looking for a Senior Planner to join their expanding Cardiff team. Offering salary of £31,000 - £42,000 + Car Allowance of £4k-5k + Bonus + Hybrid Working + Flexible working hours + Medical + Up to 8% pension + 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + Christmas + Early finishes.
Our client is an independent planning consultancy with several offices across the North, Wales and London. They have a strong reputation and high success rate in securing successful planning approvals across a wide range of sectors. They support their clients at every stage of the planning process from appraisal stage, planning applications, community and political engagement and planning appeals. They are a sociable team with regular socials events, promoting work life balance with flexible working hours and hybrid working, typically 2 days in the office and the rest work from home and roles can be offered on a part time basis.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead and manage and delegate on multiple projects
- Contribute to the training and support of junior colleagues
- Attend meetings independently
- Manage internal and external teams in collating major planning applications
- Liaise with Local Authorities to push applications forward
- Respond to consultation responses with input from senior colleagues
- Produce outline strategic advice in liaison with senior colleagues
- Negotiate with Local Authorities in liaison with senior colleagues
- Produce high quality planning and technical documentation (including appeal documents), delegating to more junior team members accordingly
- Attend client meetings and negotiate with councils, consultants, the public and other parties on behalf of clients
- Provide authority and direction on non-strategic matters
- Represent the client at Committee Meetings
- Organise and manage consultation events
- Contribute to and deliver companywide training sessions
- Be active in securing new and repeat business in line with financial targets, to include attending networking events
- Assist in drawing up fee proposals/budgets for jobs
- Assist in preparation of Letters of Engagement
- Produce briefing notes for external circulation.
Required Skills & Experience
- MRTPI or close to achieving chartered status (within 6 months)
- Ideally 3+ years' experience as a planner
- Strong understanding and knowledge of the planning system
- Consultancy background is preferred
- Full UK Driving Licence and car.
What you get back
- £31,000 - £42,000 + Car Allowance of £4k-5k
- Bonus
- Hybrid Working/Flexible working hours
- Medical and dental plan
- Up to 8% pension
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + Christmas + Early finish every month
- Life Assurance
- Income protection
- Perkbox - money off restaurants and leisure
- Cycle to work scheme.
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