Planning associate - united kingdom, guildford, surrey

job title planning associate

closing date 25-nov-2022

position full time

business entity gateley legal

department planning

location guildford - united kingdom

job type experienced hire

description

we are a legal and professional services group, with over 580 professional advisers. we support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from ftse 100 companies to private individuals, in the uk and beyond. forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face.

gateley are proud to be named 'professional services firm of the year' at the 2021 birmingham business post awards.

the team

our respected planning unit comprises nine full-time specialists handling planning obligations, appeals and all the advisory work required by gateley's clients, who include most of the top twenty housebuilders in the country. members of the team are based at birmingham, manchester, guildford and nottingham.

as well as advising on mainstream planning law, the team deals with related systems and practice areas such as compulsory purchase (alongside our internal infrastructure specialists gateley hamer), heritage law, environmental impact assessment, town/village greens, community infrastructure levy, and public rights of way.

partners andrew piatt (national head - manchester), robert waite (partner - nottingham), matthew scudamore (partner - birmingham), and keith lancaster (legal director - guildford), have many decades of experience of the planning system. the unit has a fantastic reputation for the quality of advice, guidance and representation it provides to all its clients both regionally and nationally.

the role

gateley now have a rare opportunity for a solicitor operating at associate level to join its southeast team. this role would be a hybrid opportunity and could be based in either our guildford or reading office. this is a hands-on role and will advise a variety of developers and housebuilders on, projects which have cover infrastructure, town centres, stadia, energy and waste, retail, residential, and infrastructure. for example:

acting for barnet council (in capacity as a joint venture development partner (in relation to the brent cross regeneration scheme; advising on planning, environmental, highways and compulsory purchase aspects of the project.

acting for a consortium comprised of some of the country's largest housebuilders in relation to a development in winchester involving the provision of 3,500 new homes.

this is a great opportunity to develop your legal career as a planning specialist working with household name residential developers and other clients across guildford, the south of england and beyond.

at gateley we will encourage you to take advantage of the wide range of training and guidance available to specialists in planning and related environmental law, as well as participating in giving training to others through our seminar programme for clients and contacts of the business. you will have day-to-day access and support from keith lancaster (planning legal director) as well as the partners and colleagues across the planning unit.

key skills & experience

ideally 3 years' pqe within planning law

a solid grounding in town and country planning legal work

outstanding experience drafting and negotiating s106, s38 and s278 highways agreements

excellent commercial acumen

strong attention to detail and organisational skills, and the ability to meet deadlines

excellent interpersonal skills

collaborative team working skills

diversity, inclusion and well being

diversity, inclusion and well-being is an important part of gateley's culture and values.

we recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, disability, and culture.

we create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. we offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.

we are proud to have been recognised by the law society as gold standard for our diversity and inclusion charter and to be stonewall diversity champions.

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