Job Description

Role: Lead Town and Country Planner

Location: Peterborough, with flexible hybrid working options

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: c £65,000

At Anglian Water we are working to meet tomorrow’s challenges today, by planning and delivering significant infrastructure for our region to address future challenges such as securing water supply for future generations, reaching net zero, adapting to climate change and protecting and enhancing our region for generations to come.

About the role:

The Lead Town & Country Planner’s key responsibility is to provide specialist planning advice and guidance, managing projects through the planning process to enable successful and efficient delivery of projects across the business

Key Responsibilities:

As a Lead Town and Country Planner, you will work closely with local planning authorities to agree planning conditions; and collaboratively with engineers and construction teams to help deliver schemes on time, on budget and with minimal environmental impact.

• Provide specialist advice on the planning requirements and manage projects through the planning process
• Prepare planning strategies, highlighting planning and environmental risk
• Prepare and submit Town & Country Planning applications including those with potential for Environmental Statements
• Manage Environmental Impact Assessment applications
• Engage with Local Planning Authorities and other relevant external stakeholders including statutory consultees prior to the submission of formal applications
• Use digital technology to drive innovation and efficiency within the Enabling Team, the wider business and local planning authorities
• Provide training and guidance on T&C Planning and Environmental matters to the Enabling Team and wider business

Essential skills and experience:

• You should be qualified at to degree level in relevant subject

• Member of RTPI or eligible to join
• Extensive experience of working in a T&C Planning role to support decision making on complex and controversial projects
• Experience of the EIA process
• Ability to work flexibly across several projects and to meet required deadlines without direct supervision
• Effective written & verbal communication, organisational & analytical skills
• Experience in writing and reviewing detailed technical reports

As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care
• Company car allowance (based on 9,000 miles minimum requirement for role)
• Life cover – 8x annual salary
• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays (with flexibility for religious holidays)
• Flexible and hybrid working options
• Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 6%
• Annual bonus scheme and lifestyle benefits
• Opportunities for professional growth and specialist training

Apply Now

If you’re ready to make a difference and join a team committed to excellence, apply today!

Closing date: 8th April 2026