An exciting opportunity to join our top ranked and growing Planning team.

Due to an exciting pipeline of work, we are looking for an experienced specialist planning solicitor to join our highly regarded and expanding Planning team.  Our team frequently undertakes work on projects of national significance for household name clients, including: new town and strategic residential projects; major infrastructure & energy schemes; planning appeals.

The ideal candidate will have some previous experience and a keen interest in one of more of the following areas:

• promoting DCO's and major infrastructure;
• planning appeals and related advisory work; and
• strategic residential experience including drafting section 106 agreements

The successful candidate will get to undertake great work, working collaboratively as part of a large experienced team based in a single site location.

This is an interesting opportunity for those looking to progress their career and who are ambitious for progression in a leading commercial firm based outside of London.

What we are looking for:

• Candidates should have a minimum 3 years PQE as a specialist planning solicitor.

Some of our benefits include:

• Salary reflective of your experience.
• Earn up to 35% of your salary with our annual bonus scheme.
• Minimum of 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays per year increasing to 31 days with length of service, with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year.
• Auto enrolled into the workplace pension scheme, and we'll contribute a minimum of 5% of your salary. 
• 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.
• Hybrid and flexible working for most roles with 40-60% of your time spent in the office. Please speak to the recruitment team to discuss your flexible working preferences.
• Access to BUPA with no excess or compulsory payments.

Company Values

Our shared values represent our culture and the things that are important to us. They define who we are as a Firm, as an employer and what we expect of our people. They provide direction and purpose by influencing the decisions that we make and the actions that we take. It’s really important that all candidates and employees demonstrate these values in their day-to-day activities:

• Embrace the fact everyone is different and unique.
• You can be serious without wearing a suit.
• Never lose sight of the bigger picture.
• Two heads are better than one.
• Take the bull by the horns.
• We win & lose together.

Walker Morris is committed to being an inclusive employer. Our aim is to ensure our workforce represents our diverse society. We recognise that everyone brings their own unique capabilities and experiences to their work. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity.

We take great pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to ask.

Click here to find out more about our diversity and inclusion work.