Job Title: Planning Consultant Location: Birmingham (Agile Working) Employment Type: Full-timeThe RoleAn award-winning, market-leading specialist consultancy is seeking a Planning Consultant to join its expanding Professional Services Team during a period of sustained growth across its products and services.Based in central Birmingham, the role operates under an Agile Working Policy, offering flexibility while requiring attendance at a state-of-the-art Birmingham office as business needs dictate.You will be responsible for providing expert planning advice, guidance, and informed recommendations to a wide range of customers, including planning professionals, developers, local planning authorities, applicants, and members of the public, often via a national online planning platform.Key ResponsibilitiesProviding online and remote planning advice on general and scheme-specific planning mattersPreparing for customer meetings through research of local planning policy and planning historyProducing concise written summaries following customer meetings, subject to quality assurancePreparing detailed Planning Consultancy reports following pre-application consultations, including: Planning policy analysisPlanning history and constraintsAdvice and recommendationsCompleting delegated and committee planning application reports in line with agreed KPIs, including: Household residential extensionsLawful Development CertificatesPrior NotificationsAdvertisement ConsentsChanges of UseCommunica