Planner - Economics Planning - National

About us:

The Planning, Regeneration + Infrastructure team at Lambert Smith Hampton provide a range of consultancy service to developers, investors, landowners, house builders and the public sector. With a presence in each of the major cities and regions, the team has a fully national footprint wherein we can aid clients.

Across the country, the team are currently engaged on a wide variety of projects, including Housing and Economic Need Assessments, Employment Need Assessments, Housing Land Supply Reviews, strategic portfolio reviews and site identification, socio-economic assessments and a wide variety of projects in between.

We have a varied portfolio of clients and the vast majority of our work is repeat business or on recommendation, endorsing the quality of our work. We work across the UK on a day-to-day basis on a variety of schemes of all shapes and sizes, dealing with a range of issues including major brownfield regeneration sites or heritage and conservation matters

The work carried out by the team is diverse and rewarding, having direct impact on our clients business and providing true value. The services we provide cover:

• Dealing with planning policy and site appraisals
• Local plan promotion and monitoring
• Evidence base preparation
• Section 106 negotiations
• Expert witness / planning appeals

If successful, this position would see you working in our Economics and Planning Policy team which covers the whole of England, in particular working closely with our teams in London, Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle and Manchester. The position would involve close work with the team’s lead Director on a day to day basis, engaging on a number of different projects and pieces of work.

• MRTPI chartered town planner with some expertise in the area of economic and planning policy

• Problem solving and analytical
• Good communicator
• Well organised
• Details and accuracy orientated
• Able to engage and negotiate with a diverse range of people
• Flexible, creative with the ability to come up with imaginative solutions to problems

  We understand the value that a diverse and inclusive working environment brings to Lambert Smith Hampton. We celebrate the different perspectives and insights that people can bring through their cultures and backgrounds. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or any other protected characteristic.

  We want to ensure that your application can be considered for all relevant roles across the Lambert Smith Hampton group of companies, including subsidiary and affiliate companies. We believe that this will ensure that talented people interested in developing their career with us will be considered for the widest range of opportunities that we can provide and will also receive the best candidate experience.

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