Associate Landscape Planner

Overview

As an Associate Landscape Planner, you will lead and contribute to landscape planning and LVIA work within a multidisciplinary team across the UK. You’ll support major development and infrastructure projects, prepare technical reports, and guide projects through planning and consenting processes. You’ll collaborate with other specialists, manage your workload, and help develop the team’s capability and profile in Birmingham and Bristol. This is a growth-focused role in a collaborative, client-facing environment with opportunities to influence projects from early stages.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• bonus schemes
• enhanced pension plan
• annual leave with buy/sell option
• private medical insurance
• group income protection & life assurance included

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to LVIA and landscape planning commissions
• Provide landscape planning advice throughout development and planning processes
• Support major development and infrastructure projects across sectors
• Prepare and review technical reports and planning documentation
• Collaborate with landscape architects, planners, environmental consultants and engineering teams
• Liaise with clients, stakeholders and project partners
• Manage own workload and contribute to on-time, on-budget delivery
• Support bids, fee proposals and business development
• Mentor and develop junior colleagues
• Contribute to growth and profile of the Landscape Planning team in the UK

Key requirements

• Professional experience in landscape planning and environmental assessment
• Strong LVIA experience and landscape planning principles
• Experience on development and/or infrastructure projects
• Understanding of the UK planning system and related policy/guidance
• Experience preparing technical reports and presenting findings
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Experience working across multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to manage own workload and contribute to project delivery
• Experience mentoring junior colleagues
• Interest in business development and growing client relationships
• A relevant degree and ideally LI membership

• Strong communication
• Organisational skills
• Collaborative mindset
• LVIA
• landscape planning principles
• environmental assessment

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