Planning Manager Contract

Location: London
Contract: 1-Year Fixed Term (Maternity Cover)
Salary: Competitive

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Planning Manager to join a leading outdoor media infrastructure company on a one-year fixed term contract covering maternity leave. This role is ideal for a chartered town planner with five to ten years of experience, looking to work in a fast-paced and innovative environment.

This company is one of Europe's leading owner of outdoor media infrastructure, with a portfolio of over 5,300 out-of-home advertising assets, including digital displays, classic paper-and-paste billboards, and super-premium digital sites. They specialise in buying, renting, and securing planning permission for property sites used for outdoor advertising across the UK and Europe.

The Planning Manager will play a key role in supporting the UK Head of Planning, leading on planning applications, appeals, policy analysis, and working closely with internal teams and external consultants to secure planning permissions for digital advertising projects.

• Lead and manage individual and portfolio planning projects
• Prepare, submit, and negotiate planning applications and appeals for digital advertising sites
• Conduct planning due diligence, research, and policy analysis
• Work with internal teams (Development, Estates, Build, Legal) and external consultants
• Manage application and appeal deadlines
• Represent the company at customer, landlord, and local authority meetings
• Maintain and update internal planning records and schedules
• Provide planning-related training (CPD) to internal teams and maintain RTPI status
• Identify process improvements to enhance efficiency within the planning function

• Chartered Member of the RTPI
• Five to ten years of experience in town planning, ideally in a consultancy or development role
• Strong knowledge of planning legislation and policy
• Excellent project management, organisational, and multitasking skills
• Ability to engage and negotiate with local authorities, stakeholders, and internal teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Smartsheet
• A proactive, detail-oriented, and team-focused mindset

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service (up to 30 days)
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme (8% contributory)
• Death insurance (3x salary)
• Group income protection (50%)
• Company bonus scheme
• Health insurance (after successful completion of a six-month probationary period)

Interested?

Contact Sofia Conte (url removed) or call (phone number removed). We have many more vacancies available on our website.

This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position