Town planner

Full Job Description

PlanningHub is seeking talented town planners to join our team in building, shaping, and scaling up our AI-powered platform for answering property development planning questions.

Who We Are: At PlanningHub, our mission is to provide highly accurate, fast, and easy-to-understand answers to property development planning questions, ultimately boosting the delivery of much-needed housing. Currently, sifting through vast amounts of data manually is time-consuming, error-prone, and leads to delays and financial waste. Our platform streamlines this process using software and AI, including LLMs (Large Language Models).

Led by Ewa Moskwiak, a RIBA Chartered Architect, and Prof Harald Braun, specializing in software and AI, our team is expanding to accelerate the development of our platform.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity for Growth: Join a fast-growing, dynamic, and friendly technology startup.
• Long-term Collaboration : Shape the future of PlanningHub by joining our team early on. Enjoy hands-on, fast-paced company leveraging the gap between innovation and planning sector
• Employee Share Option Scheme : Recognizing the value of our team, we offer an employee share option scheme to honour long-term commitment.
• Flexibility: Work from our fantastic Geovation Hub, a dynamic modern office in London with excellent facilities and a vibrant network of cutting-edge companies. We offer some hybrid working options, but permanent London-based residency is preferred.
   

Who We Are Looking For in a Town planner:

We seek talented, experienced and energetic town planners to lead the transition of complex planning legislation and policies into a software code.
 

Your experience as a Town planner:

• minimum 3 years work experience in Town Planning in the UK in either private or public sector
• ability to provide expert advice on planning policies and regulations
• very good understanding of planning policies and their implications on the planning feasibility of development
• experience in working with various projects across multiple geographies
• practical experience in building internet facing web-services
• ability to think analytically
• ability to work under pressure and often to tight deadlines
   

Qualifications for a Town planner:

• Degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, or a related field.
• Extensive experience in planning and project management.
• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., RTPI).
• Strong knowledge of UK planning policies and regulations.
• Excellent communication skills
• Understanding of planning across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland preferred
   

Soft Skills

We value commitment, enthusiasm, reliability, trustworthiness, and the ability to integrate feedback. Good organizational skills, diligence, independence, and strong teamwork are essential.

Other requirements for a Town planner:

• Candidates should be based in London and willing to commute to Geovation Hub, London EC1V 7EN, daily or when required.
• Availability ASAP in May, with some flexibility offered to suitable candidates.
• We are seeking candidates permanently based in the UK. Since we require a long-term commitment, we regret to inform you that we cannot accept candidates with short-term visas, including post-graduate visas.
   

Application Process:

• Apply here
• We will ask you to submit a challenge which you can view at "G:.shortcut-targets-by-id1RPINoHgG7kEh1UhGgvRPlbhz0gJlBjG_Planning HubHRJob advertschallangePlanningHub Planner code challange- (phone number removed).xlsx" 

Successful applicants will proceed to an online interview and an in-person meeting with the team.

We look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to the PlanningHub team!

We do not engage with agents.