Spatial Planning - Year in Industry

Work at the cutting edge between development and transport and shape life in London.

How long: 1 year 

Where: Stratford, London, E20 1JN  

You will be expected to be in the office 4 days a week. With agreement from your manager, you may work from home one day per week.   

Salary: £25,294

What you'll need 

You will be at university working towards a minimum of a 2:2 degree in urban planning, geography or another relevant built-environment discipline.  

You will need to have completed at least two years of university by September 2025 to be eligible for this scheme. This role is designed for a sandwich year student. 

What you'll be doing

You will be working at the cutting edge of the relationship between development and transport. You will make a valuable contribution to exciting and innovative proposals in London, which are often of national significance, helping you develop an improved understanding of the planning process. 

Opportunities to become a Spatial Planning Assistant at TfL are expected to be available in a number of teams including Development Management and London Plan & Planning Obligations. 

In Development Management you will help ensure that development delivers the Mayor's planning agenda, including Healthy Streets, Vision Zero and Good Growth while safeguarding and promoting London's transport operations and infrastructure. You will identify and resolve transport issues and seek to deliver opportunities for new and improved transport arising from development. You will help assess planning applications by reviewing local planning policies and work closely with other parts of TfL, the GLA, local authorities as well as with developers and other key stakeholders.   

The London Plan & Planning Obligations team plays an important role in shaping policy at the city region scale and ensuring developer contributions are used for critical transport infrastructure. Your role within the team will include analysing income from the Mayoral Community Infrastructure Levy, commenting on planning applications and responding to local plan consultations to ensure they align with the London Plan. You will work closely with a broad range of stakeholders within TfL, and elsewhere including the GLA, local authorities and developers.  

Where this career can take you 

Students who have completed this programme have secured positions as planning consultants in both the public and private sectors in the UK and abroad. This Year in Industry placement would be relevant to those seeking built-environment careers in: 

  • Development management
  • Property development
  • Transport planning
  • Policy making
  • Regeneration
  • Master planning
  • Sustainability
  • Local Government / Civil Service