Planning Solicitor

Company:  eNL Legal Recruitment
Location: Northampton
Closing Date: 06/07/2026
Salary: £50,000 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent

Job Description

Planning Solicitor, NQ–5 Years PQE – Northampton – Are you looking to further strengthen your exposure to planning law matters? An exciting opportunity has arisen within a highly regarded law firm to do exactly that. If you’re open to considering a new opportunity, reach out! To apply or to register your interest, please contact Cassie on 0121 454 1004 or email [email protected] with your CV.


JOB TITLE: Planning Solicitor

PQE: NQ–5 Years

LOCATION: Northampton

SALARY: £50K+ (DOE)


THE ROLE:

Due to an exciting growth phase, the expanding Planning team at this leading law firm is seeking an additional Solicitor to further strengthen its technical depth and breadth of work. On offer is the opportunity to undertake high-quality work while receiving strong support and mentorship within a thriving practice.


As the appointed Planning Solicitor, you will be responsible for advising on a broad range of planning matters, alongside highways and environmental issues. You will negotiate planning and highways agreements, as well as support matters involving the threat of compulsory purchase and related planning considerations.


THE CANDIDATE:

Applicants will have up to 5 years’ PQE, and Newly Qualified Solicitors will also be considered. Candidates should have completed at least one seat in planning law within a practice recognised for its planning law expertise.


You will be joining a well-structured Planning team in Northampton and working closely with senior lawyers across a range of matters, including both contentious and non-contentious planning, highways, and environmental matters.


If you’re looking to build your career within this area of law, do not hesitate to get in touch to find out more about this opportunity.


THE FIRM:

This is a superb opportunity for someone seeking a diverse caseload and exposure to a wide variety of issues, with the potential to carve out niche expertise over time if desired.


You will be working within a supportive, flexible, and collegiate environment where you will receive meaningful mentoring and strong access to senior lawyers.


If you are a planning lawyer looking for a role that combines quality work, strong senior support, and genuine scope to shape your longer-term career, this opportunity is well worth a confidential discussion


HOW TO APPLY:

Contact Cassie Huxtable at eNL on 0121 454 1004 or email [email protected] with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion.


eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.


At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

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