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Associate Director – Town Planning
📍 London (Hybrid) | 💰 £60,000–£75,000 + Benefits | 📅 Closing Date: 29 August 2025
Fraser Recruitment is delighted to be working with a highly regarded and growing planning consultancy in London to hire an Associate Director.
This firm brings together specialist planning lawyers, consultants, and advocates to deliver commercially focused advice across residential, commercial, care, retail, and leisure projects.
If you want to lead a talented team, work on high-profile projects, and play a key role in the growth of a practice with genuine national reach — this is your chance.
What You’ll Do
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Advise on development potential, portfolio reviews, and appraisals.
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Prepare and submit planning applications, listed building consents, and enforcement notices.
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Provide strategic land advice, promote sites through local plans, and attend Examinations in Public.
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Lead public consultation and stakeholder engagement.
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Manage multi-disciplinary teams delivering planning applications and EIAs.
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Handle planning appeals, act as expert witness, and represent clients at inquiries and hearings.
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Deliver retail/leisure impact assessments and sequential analyses.
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Advise on CIL mitigation strategies and viability issues.
What Makes This Role Unique
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Work within a multi-disciplinary team offering end-to-end planning, legal, and environmental expertise.
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Lead on sector-spanning projects, examples include:
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Residential: strategic land & urban extensions (650–1,370 homes).
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Commercial: industrial/logistics (14–26 ha).
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Care: major schemes for national providers.
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Be part of a respected, ambitious practice with a strong national profile.
Benefits
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£60,000–£75,000 + multiple bonus schemes.
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28 days annual leave (rising to 30 at Director).
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Agile / flexible working.
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Private health, dental, wellbeing, travel support.
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Enhanced parental & carer policies, fertility support.
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Tech purchase schemes, gym membership and more!
About You
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Qualified Town Planner with a strong track record.
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Confident managing a varied caseload from strategic land to appeals.
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Commercially minded, collaborative, and client-focused.
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Experience with public inquiries or complex applications is a plus.
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