Planning & Consents Coordinator
6-Month Contract | Hybrid Working | Glasgow
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Planning & Consents professional to support a major infrastructure and energy programme on an initial 6-month contract basis.
This role will play a key part in coordinating planning compliance activities across a complex portfolio of projects, ensuring planning conditions, consent variations and associated planning applications are effectively managed and tracked through to completion.
Working within a multi-disciplinary project environment, you will collaborate closely with project teams, contractors, planning authorities and internal stakeholders to drive consistency, governance and timely delivery across all planning-related activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate and oversee the discharge of planning conditions with Local Planning Authorities (LPAs), ensuring timely progress and resolution.
- Manage and maintain planning condition trackers, ensuring accurate reporting and visibility of risks, actions and deadlines.
- Monitor and coordinate planning variations and amendments to existing consents and permissions.
- Collate and organise information required to support planning-related decision making and governance processes.
- Track and oversee planning applications submitted by third parties and contractors on behalf of the project.
- Ensure clear communication and feedback loops between planning, project delivery and stakeholder engagement teams.
- Support the development and implementation of structured governance, reporting and planning compliance processes.
- Identify risks, issues and opportunities relating to planning compliance and escalate where appropriate.
- Build strong working relationships with project teams, planning authorities, consultants and contractors.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will likely have experience within:
- Town Planning
- Infrastructure Planning
- Planning Consents
- Development Management
- Utilities / Energy / Renewables
- Major Infrastructure Projects
You will also bring:
- Strong understanding of UK planning processes and engagement with Local Planning Authorities.
- Experience managing planning conditions, consent compliance and planning variations.
- Excellent organisational and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work autonomously while coordinating across multiple workstreams and teams.
- Strong problem-solving capability with a proactive and solutions-focused approach.
- Experience implementing or improving governance, reporting or tracking processes would be highly beneficial.
- Confidence challenging constructively and driving actions to completion.
Contract Details
- Initial 6-month contract
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Glasgow-based
- Opportunity to work on high-profile infrastructure and energy projects
- Competitive day rate available
This is an excellent opportunity for a planning or consents professional looking to work within a fast-paced, collaborative infrastructure environment where they can make a visible impact on major projects.