Senior Planner

  • Penguin Recruitment Ltd
  • Bedford, Bedfordshire
  • Oct 20, 2025
Full time

Job Description

Senior Town Planner

Bedford

HR 110017

Salary: Negotiable depending on skills and experience

An excellent opportunity has become available for a Senior Town Planner to join an established planning and development consultancy in Bedford. The team currently offer a wide variety of property management and planning services to their clients who include land owners and housebuilders.

For this role it is anticipated that the successful Town Planner will:

  • Have a BSc / MSc (or equivalent) in an appropriate planning related discipline
  • Be MRTPI qualified (or close to achieving this)
  • Have a extensive combined public and private sector planning experience
  • Hold a full UK driver's licence

Duties:

  • Preparing and submitting complex planning applications and appeals
  • Undertaking the strategic promotion of land through the local plan process
  • Liaising with clients and local authorities
  • Preparing reports and statements
  • Mentoring junior members of the team

In return the company are offering a competitive starting salary, full benefits package and excellent career progression opportunities.

Interested? To discuss this vacancy and other positions within the town planning sector, please do not hesitate to contact HARRIET ROIGE on or email your CV to and we will get back to you.