Chartered Town Planner

Chartered Town Planner - Chelmsford (Property & Planning Consultancy)

Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Employment: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

Are you an experienced Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI) looking for your next career move within a dynamic property and planning consultancy? We're partnering with an established, independent firm of property, planning and land advisers with a strong presence across the south, east and midlands of England, and a growing Chelmsford planning team.

This highly regarded practice provides expert planning consultancy services to a diverse client base including landowners, developers, promoters and public sector bodies, delivering strategic planning advice, planning application delivery, planning appeals, Local Plan representations and more across residential, commercial and mixed-use schemes.

The Role

As Senior Chartered Town Planner, you will:

• Lead planning projects from inception through to delivery for private and public sector clients.
• Advise across a broad range of planning workstreams, including development management, local plan promotions, planning applications, appeals and strategic planning.
• Build and manage key client relationships and contribute to business growth in the Chelmsford region.
• Provide technical planning expertise and guidance to junior team members.

This is a high-impact role with significant autonomy and opportunity to influence both technical outcomes and commercial growth.

Your Experience

To be successful you will have:

• Full Chartered membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI) (or imminent eligibility).
• Strong experience in planning consultancy or relevant public/private sector planning roles.
• A proven track record of leading complex planning projects through the planning system.
• Excellent communication skills, commercial awareness and the ability to nurture client relationships.

Why Join

• Work within an ambitious, forward-thinking consultancy that combines specialist planning insight with broad property services.
• Engage in varied and challenging work across the strategic, policy and development spectrum.
• Be part of a supportive, collaborative team with strong technical capability and shared commitment to quality advice.