Planner

Company: tdm recruitment
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Location: Bury St Edmunds
Job Description:

Planner

West Suffolk

£55,000 plus car allowance and bonus

I’m working with a well-established, independent property company who are looking for a Planner to join their strategic land promotion team in West Suffolk.

They promote strategic land across the East of England and have a busy pipeline, with sites at every stage. It’s a small, independent team that just gets on with things. You’d take real ownership of your own projects and stay with them the whole way, from allocation through to delivery.

The role:

  • Taking strategic sites through the planning system, from early appraisal and Local Plan representations through to application and consent.
  • Preparing, coordinating and submitting planning applications and managing consultant teams to determination.
  • Carrying out planning appraisals on potential land opportunities.
  • Building relationships with local authorities, landowners and communities.

You:

  • A planning degree, ideally working towards or holding MRTPI.
  • Experience from a planning consultancy, or a land or planning role with a housebuilder or developer.
  • A sound working knowledge of the UK planning system and local plans.
  • Commercially minded and comfortable running several projects at once.

The package:

  • £55,000 basic salary.
  • Car allowance.
  • Discretionary annual bonus scheme.
  • Office based in West Suffolk.
  • A varied, high-profile pipeline of strategic sites to work across.
  • A close-knit, independent team where your work has real influence.

If you know the planning system and want genuine ownership of a pipeline, this one is worth a look.

Posted: July 9th, 2026