Job description
Senior Development Planner
📍 Cambridge (Hybrid)
An established renewable energy developer is looking to appoint a Senior Development Planner to support a growing UK portfolio of projects, with a strong focus on onshore wind and large-scale infrastructure.
This role will suit an experienced planner who enjoys shaping planning strategy, leading applications and appeals, and working closely with local authorities, consultees and multi-disciplinary project teams.
The role includes:
Leading planning strategy across multiple renewable energy projects
Managing planning applications, EIAs, appeals and consents
Acting as the key contact for LPAs, statutory consultees and stakeholders
Supporting project teams from site identification through to consent
Representing projects at consultations, examinations and inquiries
About you:
Degree qualified in Town & Country Planning (or similar)
RTPI or IEMA chartered
5+ years' experience delivering complex planning applications
Strong background in renewables, ideally onshore wind
Confident working across TCPA, S36 and DCO regimes
A great opportunity for a senior planner looking to play a hands-on role in the delivery of nationally significant renewable energy projects.
About us: Allen & York have been matching purposeful people with purpose-led organisations for 30 years. We partner with our clients and candidates on roles that build an understanding of climate change, promote sustainability and create inclusive and responsible organisations, working towards a sustainable world for us all. Committed to inclusiveness in the workplace, we aim to increase diversity across all areas and therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, or whether or not they have a disability. Let's help build a better world, together.
