Principal Solicitor Planning
| Posting date: | 02 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £55,967 to £59,524 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 September 2025 |
| Location: | Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Wiltshire Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5357 |
Summary
Salary: £55,967 - £59,524 per annum
Hours per week: 37 hours
Interview date: To be confirmed following shortlisting
Legal - Shaping our Communities Future
Join our supportive in-house Legal team as a Principal Planning Solicitor. This is a key leadership role where you’ll guide a small team and provide expert legal support on planning matters that directly impact our communities.
As a Principal Solicitor, you will lead and manage the delivery of high-quality planning legal advice and act as legal advisor at planning committees. You will provide legal advice on planning permissions and on a range of routine, complex planning, and highways-related issues, including transactions and agreements.
You will support the ongoing local plan review for Wiltshire and other areas of significant planning policy and work on a diverse range of exciting legal cases, such as supporting the planning teams on major infrastructure developments and complex legal agreement cases.
Hours per week: 37 hours
Interview date: To be confirmed following shortlisting
Legal - Shaping our Communities Future
Join our supportive in-house Legal team as a Principal Planning Solicitor. This is a key leadership role where you’ll guide a small team and provide expert legal support on planning matters that directly impact our communities.
As a Principal Solicitor, you will lead and manage the delivery of high-quality planning legal advice and act as legal advisor at planning committees. You will provide legal advice on planning permissions and on a range of routine, complex planning, and highways-related issues, including transactions and agreements.
You will support the ongoing local plan review for Wiltshire and other areas of significant planning policy and work on a diverse range of exciting legal cases, such as supporting the planning teams on major infrastructure developments and complex legal agreement cases.
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