Principal Planning Consultant/Development Lead

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Job Description

Principal Planner
Location: Kettering

Penguin Recruitment is pleased to be working with a reputable consultancy to recruit a Principal Planner for their Kettering office.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced planning professional to step into a senior leadership role within a well-established and respected property and planning consultancy. The position offers the chance to lead complex projects, manage client relationships, and support the growth and development of the planning team across a diverse portfolio of rural, residential, and commercial schemes.


The Role

As a Principal Planner, you will take a leading role in delivering high-quality planning services, managing projects from early strategy through to determination and appeal where required. You will act as a senior point of contact for clients and provide commercially focused advice across a range of development proposals.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Leading major planning applications, appeals, and site promotions

  • Providing strategic planning advice to landowners, developers, and private clients

  • Preparing and reviewing detailed planning statements and technical submissions

  • Managing client relationships and acting as a trusted advisor

  • Coordinating internal teams and external consultants

  • Supporting business development initiatives and identifying new opportunities

  • Mentoring and guiding junior planners within the team

  • Attending stakeholder meetings, public consultations, and committee hearings


About You

The successful Principal Planner will have:

  • MRTPI Chartered status

  • Significant experience within consultancy or a comparable planning environment

  • Proven track record delivering complex planning projects

  • Strong commercial awareness and client management skills

  • Excellent written, analytical, and communication abilities

  • Experience mentoring or supervising junior team members


Why Apply?

  • Senior leadership role within a respected consultancy

  • Hybrid working arrangements

  • Varied and high-quality project portfolio

  • Clear scope for continued progression

  • Supportive, collaborative, and professional team culture

For further information on this Principal Planner role in Kettering, please contact Joel Bland at Penguin Recruitment


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Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Manufacturing

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