Senior Planner

April 13, 2026

Job Category: Town Planning
Job Location: South East England
Job Type: Contract

Senior Planner

A Local Authority in East Anglia is looking for an experienced Senior Planner to join on an interim basis. This will be for a 3-month period with a view to extend.

About The Role

My client is seeking to employ a qualified and experienced individual who can deliver customer-focused specialist advice and services in Development Management, keeping up to date with current and emerging legislation, best practice and policy to ensure continuous development and improvement in services. They will also manage complex and/or contentious planning applications, processes and compliance, regulations and legislation, acting as the single point of contact for customers on those cases and attending appeals hearings and public inquiries as appropriate. They will support, guide and advise Graduate Planners and Technical Support colleagues, as necessary.

This role will require an office presence of one to two times per week.

About The Candidate

The right candidate will be a qualified planner and have experience working within a Development Management team.

When

The client is looking to interview and proceed with the right candidate as soon as possible.

Interested?

If this role is of interest to you, please contact Lily on 0208 524 5226 or alternatively, send me an email of your up to date CV on lily.r@stonehouserg.com

If you are interested in Town Planning positions at other levels of seniority or you do not feel this role is for you but still would like to speak about other roles, please do make contact.

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