Senior / Associate Town Planner
Location: Bristol

Penguin Recruitment is delighted to be supporting an established and growing placemaking consultancy in their search for a Senior / Associate Town Planner to join their Bristol office. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an exciting, employee-owned business that combines planning, urban design, and landscape expertise to deliver quality sustainable places.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary package

• Hybrid working and flexible arrangements

• Profit share scheme (employee-owned company)

• Company health plan

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Opportunity to work on nationally significant projects

• Genuine scope for career development within a fast growing business

The Role
As a Senior / Associate Town Planner, you will play a key role in delivering planning strategies, managing applications, and leading on a diverse range of development projects. You’ll work closely with in-house urban design and landscape teams, contributing to projects at every stage of the planning process across sectors including residential, commercial, education, healthcare, energy, mixed-use regeneration, and industrial development.

This role offers the chance to shape high quality places while contributing to the continued growth of a consultancy with an excellent reputation in the market.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading and managing planning projects from inception to submission

• Preparing and coordinating planning applications, appraisals, and supporting documents

• Providing strategic planning advice to clients across both public and private sectors

• Working collaboratively with urban design and landscape teams

• Engaging with local authorities, stakeholders, and community groups

• Supporting business development and helping grow the planning team

• Mentoring junior colleagues and contributing to a positive studio culture

About You
We are seeking an experienced and proactive Senior / Associate Town Planner who thrives in a collaborative, design-led environment and enjoys taking responsibility for complex and meaningful projects.

Requirements:

• Relevant professional planning experience

• Strong understanding of the UK planning system

• MRTPI status or working towards chartership

• Ability to manage projects independently and confidently lead client discussions

• Experience coordinating multi disciplinary teams

• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills

• A proactive, positive, and commercially aware approach to work

This position offers an exciting opportunity to join a planning team that works at the heart of a wider placemaking consultancy helping shape beautiful, functional, and sustainable environments.

If you are interested in this Senior / Associate Town Planner position, please contact Joel Bland at Penguin Recruitment.