Senior Associate - Planning

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Senior Associate – Planning | 4+ years PQE | Top 50 Firm | London

The Firm

This Top 50 law firm is entrepreneurial in spirit and remains in the top tiers across most practice areas. They have over 700 lawyers with offices both nationally and internationally, maintaining a strong presence in the UK and overseas.

The firm fosters a highly collegiate atmosphere where junior lawyers work alongside senior partners, ensuring quality work from day one. Significant investment has been made into innovative training infrastructure, and their learning and development program is highly regarded in the legal sector. They offer flexible working as standard.

The Role

This firm is looking to expand its team with a Planning Senior Associate with 4+ years PQE, based in their City of London office. The team serves a diverse client base, including residential and mixed-use developers, retailers, corporate occupiers, contractors, charities, investors, funders, the NHS, local authorities, and government bodies.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing strategic and tactical advice on securing planning permission
• Drafting and negotiating statutory agreements
• Undertaking due diligence related to planning aspects of real estate, funding, and corporate transactions
• Advising on special protection areas, Assets of Community Value, and Village Greens
• Auditing planning application documents and committee reports to assist clients with risk management, appeals, judicial reviews, and enforcement
• Covering highways advice, with knowledge of EIA, CIL, and GLA planning

This role offers the opportunity to develop your own caseload and work closely with senior firm members on development-related matters.

Skills / Experience Required:

• 4+ PQE Planning Solicitor (UK qualified) with extensive experience in planning and highways law
• Experience drafting complex Section 106 agreements, highway agreements, land development agreements, and planning due diligence reports
• Experience working on planning-led regeneration projects
• Advising on planning judicial reviews and conducting planning appeals, including presenting at planning committees
• Confident and personable approach
• Strong client and matter management skills
• Proven track record of successful practice development

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