Chartered Town Planner Apprenticeship
DOBSON-GREY LTD
Atherstone On Stour (CV37 8BL)
Closes in 19 days (Tuesday 2 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 12 August 2025
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Summary
Transform your future with our Chartered Town Planner Level 7 Degree Apprenticeship, combining university study and on-the-job training to advance your career in professional planning and achieve an MSc Urban and Regional Planning qualification.
- Wage
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£13,348.40 to £21,587.28, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Chartered town planner (degree) (level 7)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.
Friday, 9.00am to 4.00pm.
34 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 2025
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Your key agenda will be to aid delivery of fees from the processing of planning applications and planning related work for immediate and strategic land on behalf of Dobson-Grey and their clients.
- Your particular focus will be on increasing the supply and delivery of planning instructions across sectors but principally Residential and Healthcare Land, providing strategic and immediate planning advice, support to developers and investors.
- Compiling and delivering planning strategies to clients.
- Negotiations and working closely with Local Authorities and key stakeholders.
- Provide Planning update reports highlighting latest planning legislation and statutory change information for development team and clients.
- Experience in preparing/supporting development viability assessments.
- In depth planning knowledge for promotion of strategic land opportunities.
- Active diary management system for key deadlines for Local Government consultations to ensure clients are actively promoting land and made aware.
- Providing advice and submitting pre application forms to Local Government UK wide.
- Experience in Permitted Development Rights application and Agricultural Tie Removal.
- Preparation of planning applications and supporting documents for development and infrastructure schemes.
- Input into the preparation of Development Consent Orders and associated documentation.
- Coordination of Planning Statements, Design and Access Statements and/or input into Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs).
- Experience of handling and negotiating Section 106 and CIL and good demonstrable planning law experience.
- Undertaking evidence based studies (such as residential and care need employment land reviews, green belt studies, infrastructure assessments).
- Preparation of strategy and policy documents and preparation of area based plans (such as master plans, supplementary planning documents)
- Support development management team with such other development management and research tasks which ensure the effective delivery of projects.
Where you'll work
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Alscot Studios
Alscot Park
Atherstone On Stour
CV37 8BL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Training course
Chartered town planner (degree) (level 7)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Undertake research and analysis of information for planning policy formulation and to prepare material for policy, guidelines and advice. Typically this would include spatial development strategies and statutory development plans, development briefs, design guides, sustainability appraisal, materials for inquiry, advocacy or presentations in public or to councillors or clients.
- Implement policies and procedures set out in plans, legislation and related documents. Typically, this would include statutory development management, the preparation and submission of planning applications, implementation of plans or schemes for matters such as conservation, environmental improvement, economic development or regeneration, infrastructure, minerals or waste. Site appraisal, feasibility studies and other forms of study preparatory to the submission of a planning application. Planning enforcement, appeals and inquiries.
- Produce creative and innovative design strategies, policies and solutions. Typically, this would include buildings, public realm, landscaping, villages, towns, cities or other parts of the urban and rural environment.
- Collect data using appropriate systems and software, undertake investigations and research to inform quantitative and qualitative analysis and appraisal. Weigh evidence and evaluate alternative planning solutions. Make clear, integrated responses and evidence based decisions. Demonstrate sound judgement and the ability to balance varying objectives.
- Engage with and manage stakeholders and customers and build positive, relationships. Communicate, negotiate, advocate and mediate effectively and respond appropriately to resolve conflict.
- Define clear aims and objectives and deliver projects to time and to budget. Use appropriate information technology. Lead and manage a process from start to finish and evaluate the outcome identifying actions for improvement and development.
- Work in partnership. Network, create and maintain an environment where information is shared.
- Communicate clearly in writing and verbally. Negotiate and mediate. Work independently and as part of a team and lead others. Manage work and time. Customer and client care.
Training schedule
There will be a variety of assessments that you will have to complete including essays, reports, project-based work, reflective think-pieces and a 12,000 word dissertation.
The programme offers a diverse range of learning and teaching methods, such as lectures, small group sessions, seminars, student-led workshops, and tutorials. The focus is on participatory learning approaches, encouraging you to critically reflect on key contemporary debates in the practice and principles of spatial planning across various urban regions
To provide a 'real world' feel for the programme there are a number of planning practitioners who directly input into the programme and we make good use of Birmingham and the wider West Midlands as part of our overall 'learning laboratory'.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
Degree in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
Reference checks Completion of DISC assessment
About this employer
Dobson-Grey Ltd is an ISO 9001:2015 multi-disciplinary consultancy firm providing RICS-regulated chartered surveying and RTPI-compliant town planning services. Our health & safety and fire consultancy services are dedicated to realising the vision of a safe and healthy work environment while elevating the competence of safety and environmental professionals at all organisational levels.
https://dobson-grey.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays. - Full Christmas period shutdown. - Comprehensive training and development programs. - Dedicated day for charitable work. - Team away days. - Enhanced pension plans. - Comprehensive healthcare insurance packages.
After this apprenticeship
By completing the Charted Town Planner Level 7 Degree Apprenticeship, you will gain a professional qualification that will enable you to pursue and build a career in spatial planning and related areas of regeneration, economic development, housing and transport.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DOBSON-GREY LTD
Justine Holt
jholt@dobson-grey.co.uk
01789298006
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336697.
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Closes in 19 days (Tuesday 2 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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