Planning Lawyer in Northamptonshire

Job description

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.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Northamptonshire

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

14-07-2025

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English