Transport Planner
Hybrid | A South Yorkshire City Council
A South Yorkshire City Council is progressing a wide range of transport and place‑based initiatives, aligned with the South Yorkshire Local Transport Plan. These focus on tackling rising car use, improving access to employment and services, supporting sustainable travel, and delivering local strategies for cycling, parking and green transport.
The council is also advancing work supported by the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS), which provides revenue to accelerate business case development, data collection and transport modelling. This activity supports the authority in unlocking up to £72m of future capital investment in public transport and active travel infrastructure.
Additionally, the authority has recently approved a new long‑term city centre masterplan, shaping the area's development up to 2050. Public transport, walking routes and the transport interchange featured prominently in public consultation responses guiding the plan's creation.
This Transport Planner role contributes to these wider ambitions through day‑to‑day technical work on development proposals, policy application and network planning.
The Role
You will support the authority's statutory transportation function, ensuring that planning applications and development proposals are assessed robustly and in line with relevant transport policy, legislation and design standards.
Key responsibilities include:
Reviewing Transport Assessments, Transport Statements and Travel Plans
Providing transport‑related comments and recommendations to planning colleagues
Attending and contributing to Planning Committee where required
Supporting the preparation and delivery of local transport strategies
Advising internal teams and external partners on transport standards and policy
Assisting with monitoring and forward planning of capital and revenue budgets
Supporting partnership work across departments and with external stakeholders
Monitoring contractor and supplier performance
Maintaining up‑to‑date knowledge of transport legislation, guidance and best practiceThis role is hybrid, with some office attendance required.
About You
You will bring:
A degree in Transport Planning, Planning or a related subject
Strong understanding of transport policy, the planning process and highways design standards
Experience reviewing and negotiating transport‑related planning submissions
Ability to produce clear written reports and present findings
Confidence engaging with developers, internal teams and planning committees
Experience contributing to transport projects
(Desirable) Experience in strategic modelling
Why Join
Your work will directly support the authority as it:
Advances transport strategies tied to the South Yorkshire Local Transport Plan
Develops CRSTS‑supported business cases and modelling to enable major public transport and active‑travel schemes
Implements elements of a long‑term city centre masterplan, informed by extensive public consultation that highlighted transport and accessibility as key themesAlthough much of the role is technical and detail‑driven, it plays an important part in shaping a safe, sustainable and well‑planned transport network for the area.
Interested in finding out more? Apply today, or send a message for further details.
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