Planning Locum

Planning Locum

Venn Group are currently recruiting for an experienced Planning Locum to join an established legal team within a Local Authority in the South West. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the region’s leading planning teams and undertake a high quality of planning work with the involvement of highways and enforcement/litigation.

Location: South West

Set-up: Remote working

Duration: 6 months+

Rate: £52ph

Hours: 25 hours per week

IR35 status: Inside IR35

The successful candidate will:

• Have the ability to manage their workload unsupervised and be highly organised
• Deal with a high volume and complex s.106 agreements and highways agreements
• Advise on rights of way, s278/38 agreements, committee work, enforcement notices, major road schemes planning matters and highways advice
• Provide legal advice on major compulsory purchase order matters and responsible for land assembly and acquisition negotiation
• Assess and deal with the status of public highways including High Court and Land Tribunal action
• Advise on bridge construction, waterways, licenses, title issues, estates and flood prevention
• Handle planning appeals and public enquires

If you would like to be considered for the above opportunity or wish to find out more details, please call Michael Attwood or Georgina Fry at your earliest convenience on or email an updated copy of your CV to

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.