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Job Profile - Town Planner - 45081

Location - Rugby

Salary: Competitive Salary + Professional Development + Excellent Benefits Package

We're working with a leading, employee-owned Planning Consultancy seeking a Town Planner to join their friendly and growing team in Rugby. With over 100 professionals across multiple UK locations, this multidisciplinary practice delivers expert advice across planning, urban design, transport, sustainability, environmental services, and infrastructure.

Joining this team offers the opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals across a wide variety of clients and projects, supporting both public and private sector developments while contributing to the success of an employee-owned organisation that genuinely invests in its people.

Town Planner Overview

• Work under the guidance of senior colleagues while taking the lead on smaller projects and managing the planning process from inception through to determination.
• Provide commercially focused planning advice to a diverse client base.
• Prepare and coordinate high-quality planning applications, statements, and supporting reports.
• Liaise directly with clients, local authorities, and key stakeholders.
• Manage inputs from internal and external technical consultants as part of wider project teams.
• Build strong and lasting client relationships through regular communication and professional engagement.
• Represent client interests at meetings, consultations, and public forums.
• Contribute to the ongoing growth and success of the Rugby office and wider group.

Town Planner Job Requirements

• Degree in Town Planning or a related discipline (RTPI-accredited preferred).
• Minimum of 3 years' post-qualification experience, ideally gained within a consultancy or local authority environment.
• Strong understanding of the UK planning system, relevant legislation, and current policy framework.
• Excellent written, verbal, and analytical communication skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines.
• Self-motivated, collaborative, and client-focused with a strong attention to detail.
• RTPI membership or working towards chartered status desirable.
• Based in, or within a reasonable commute of, the Bedford area.

Town Planner Salary & Benefits

• Salary: Dependent On Experience
• Holidays: 25 days + Bank Holidays + additional Christmas break
• Hybrid Working
• Private healthcare with BUPA
• Life insurance
• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Professional development: Support with RTPI membership, CPD, and professional subscriptions
• Regular performance reviews and structured career progression opportunities
• Friendly, social office culture with regular team events and activities
• Additional benefits discussed at interview stage

Bennett & Game Recruitment are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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