Planning Lawyer

Salary: £44,290 - £50,240 per annum (Dependent on experience)

Location: Hybrid working – offices located across the East of England

Permanent | Full-time

Overview of the Planning Lawyer role:

Sellick Partnership is excited to be partnered with one of our highly regarded public sector clients to recruit a Planning Lawyer to manage a varied caseload of planning and highways matters.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified Solicitor/Lawyer to join a supportive and welcoming team. The successful Planning Lawyer will provide legal advice to a range of public sector and not for profit clients within the areas of planning, development and highways matters.

This is a hybrid working role with office presence required twice a week. Offices are located across the East of England with flexibility as to which office you would be preferred to be based.

Main accountabilities of the Planning Lawyer role:

• General planning advice
• Section 106 agreements
• Planning enforcement
• Minerals and waste planning
• Development work
• Highways
• Attendance at committees

Key requirements for the Planning Lawyer role:

• Applicants are required to be a qualified Solicitor/Lawyer in England or Wales OR a member of the BAR, having completed pupillage.
• Applicants will also have legal expertise within planning law (either residential or minerals and waste), development and/or highways related work.
• Knowledge of planning and development projects including section 106 agreements.

Benefits that come with the Planning Lawyer role:

• £44,290 - £50,240 (Dependent on experience
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Hybrid working – office presence required just twice per week.
• Flexible working including flexi hours to suit your work-life balance.
• Family friendly policies to include maternity, paternity and adoption entitlements.
• Generous holiday allowance of 26 days, rising on 5 and 10 years’ service (plus public holidays) - with the option to purchase more.
• Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support

How to apply for the Planning Lawyer role:

For more information or a confidential chat on the role or organisation, please contact Natalie Ferguson in the Sellick Partnership Manchester office, or alternatively, please apply within to be considered for this fantastic opportunity.