Solicitor (Planning)

Are you a qualified Solicitor working in planning looking for your next challenge in a dynamic and fast paced environment? We're looking for a Solicitor with 1 to 5 years post qualifying experience to join our established Planning team in either Newcastle or Leeds. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly successful team, supporting the Partners and Senior Associates across a broad range of planning matters. What will I be doing

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating Section 106 and other planning agreements for housebuilders, registered providers, landowners and local authorities, including advising major national clients.
• Advising on a broad range of planning law matters, including planning strategy and tactics, and interpreting planning permissions and conditions,.
• Working collaboratively on large-scale, high-profile and complex planning projects, including liaising with counsel and supporting inquiries.
• Providing advice on CIL.
• Advising on compulsory acquisition and on development consent / other infrastructure projects, acting for promoters, host authorities, statutory agencies and landowners.
• Managing planning enforcement, certificates of lawfulness, judicial review matters and related court proceedings.
• Advising on highways and public rights of way matters, including stopping up/diversion applications and strategic landowner advice.
• Providing advocacy at hearings, inquiries, planning committees and magistrates' court proceedings
• Supporting business development activities.
  
  A minimum of 1 year PQE within a planning role advising on a broad range of matters.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a clear and logical approach.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to effectively prioritise.
• The ability to work independently using your own initiative as well as working as part of a team.
• A good level of IT proficiency and effective file management skills.
• A proactive approach and a high level of attention to detail.
  
  We're proud to be an independent, full-service law firm providing exceptional legal expertise to businesses, the built environment, healthcare, the public and third sectors, and private individuals. With several office locations around the UK we're one of the UK's Top 100 law firms. When you join us you'll be part of a team of over 500 passionate and talented individuals who take pride in offering an exciting and supportive environment allowing you to thrive.
We're passionate about promoting wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion, with dedicated committees to support ongoing efforts. We recognise that a healthy and thriving Firm filled with individuality and differences strengthen our teams, our clients and our communities. What we can offer you We're committed to being a firm focused on support, development, wellbeing and inclusion and we're always striving to improve. Our commitment to this has been recognised by our achievement of our Gold Investors in People award and by our Hive HR Employee Voice certification. We reward our people with a whole range of benefits, some core and some flexible, designed to shape a reward package that's right for you - now and in the future. Our core benefits include:
• An enhanced pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 6%.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (increasing to 28 days with length of service). There is also the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
• Life assurance cover of 4 times basic salary, with the option to purchase additional cover.
• A range of health and wellbeing benefits.
• Hybrid working with a minimum requirement of 2 days per week working from one of our office locations.
• We also have a flexible benefits programme where you can purchase a wide range of additional benefits.