Town Planning Consultant

We are seeking an enthusiastic and career-oriented Town Planning Consultant, or Project Manager with specific Town Planning experience, to join a growing development team in Sidcup.

Frankham Projects is part of the Frankham Group, a multi-disciplinary consulting company with over 40 years of experience, providing a full range of design, engineering and consultancy services to the built environment.

At Frankham, we have a dedicated and knowledgeable team of industry experts, all with diverse abilities, striving to provide high quality solutions to all our clients. The company strives to improve the surroundings in which we all live and work.

Our belief is simple: use intelligent ideas to create human benefits.

Job Summary 

The role is an exciting opportunity in which you will be able to assist in the further development the business strand in (town) planning consultancy to supplement the team’s core business in development consultancy and management.

The role will be working closely with the Director and Senior Team, using your own initiative to assist in growing the business discipline further.

The ideal candidate would probably therefore have a formal qualification/degree within Urban & Regional Planning & Town & Regional Planning.

Key roles

• Delivering planning advice on planning applications internally to other areas of the wider group businesses and to external clients
• Preparing and managing a full range of applications, from single unit residential schemes to 300 units residential schemes, as well as commercial and infrastructure projects.
• Estate rationalisation advice
• Knowledge and experience in the appeal process.
• Able to actively interpret planning policy and identify areas within policy to maximize the development possible.
• Preferably with local authority knowledge.
• Experience in managing other consultants and contractors as part of a wider project to provide the client with a turnkey Town Planning solution.

The Director and Senior Planning Consultant will be happy to meet with candidates who may not fill all the above criteria but have that enthusiasm and drive and looking to be successful in this sector.

Benefits & Initiatives

Frankham Projects offer excellent benefits and initiatives, including:

• Flexible working scheme.
• Health Shield healthcare benefit.
• Long service award.
• Incentive scheme.
• Frankham Friday.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Annual leave inc. sell, buy & carry-over policies.
• Annual season ticket loan.
• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay.