Job Title: Senior Town Planner Location: Bristol or Exeter Penguin Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a respected and growing planning consultancy in their search for a Senior Planner to join their expanding Bristol team.This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced planning professional looking to take on a key role within a collaborative, multidisciplinary consultancy. Based in Bristol, you''ll work alongside an experienced team delivering a diverse portfolio of projects across the South West, with genuine opportunities to progress your career.The RoleAs a Senior Planner, you''ll take ownership of a varied project portfolio, providing commercially focused planning advice and guiding developments through every stage of the planning process. Projects include mixed-use developments, regeneration schemes, agricultural diversification projects, residential developments and community-led initiatives.You''ll work closely with clients, consultants, local authorities and stakeholders, using your technical expertise to help unlock planning challenges while mentoring junior colleagues and contributing to business development.Key ResponsibilitiesManaging planning applications from feasibility through to determination.Providing strategic and commercially focused planning advice to clients.Preparing and managing planning appeals.Securing planning permissions and supporting Section 106 negotiations.Liaising with local authorities, stakeholders and multidisciplinary project ..... full job details .....