Pathways to Planning

The Pathways to Planning graduate scheme is your gateway to a career in the built environment. Our graduates will shape cities, towns and villages to create safe, inclusive and sustainable places for generations to come. 

Graduates on Pathways to Planning will gain:

• Minimum salary of £25,000-35,000, depending on location
• A minimum two-year contract with a local council
• A fully-funded postgraduate degree (the right course will be selected by your council)
• Paid time off work to study
• Varied work experience
• Mentoring and support

We recruit talented graduates to become planners in local government. This varied profession gives you the chance to take on real responsibility and ensure our buildings and spaces serve our changing needs. Planners are responsible for deciding how our built environment develops and is maintained, taking into account everything from climate change and accessibility to community spaces and affordable housing. These people will get to shape communities and protect the environment, providing a sense of place for people today and in the future.

Pathways to Planning exists to find and develop graduates with the potential to be among the best built environment professionals working today. We are looking to recruit graduates as diverse as the communities that councils serve, and no prior knowledge or work experience is needed. A minimum 2.1 undergraduate degree in any subject and the right to work in the UK is all that you need to apply.

Once our graduates have finished their postgraduate study, they are on track to become fully accredited planners and able to progress into more senior roles. Built environment teams have excellent career progression routes, and a vested interest in seeing their Pathways graduates succeed.