Senior Masterplanner

Architecture co; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable architecture firm in Milton Keynes is recruiting for a Senior or Associate level Masterplanner. The ideal candidate will have a strong portfolio in masterplanning urban extensions and greenfield sites, showcasing experience in design coding and town planning integration. This role offers the chance to work with creative professionals in a collaborative environment, contribute to significant projects, and enjoy competitive benefits including performance-related bonuses and a robust pension scheme.

Benefits

Performance related bonuses

Long service leave

Excellent pension scheme

Medical insurance

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio in masterplanning urban extensions and greenfield sites.
• Experience in design coding is a distinct advantage.
• Background in landscape architecture preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative concept work for vision documents and site appraisals.
• Contribute to illustrative masterplans and Design & Access Statements.
• Demonstrate success in tendering and winning new work.

Skills

Masterplanning urban extensions

Town planning integration

Design coding

Expressing and presenting work

Winning bids

Job description

Join Our Team

David Lock Associates is recruiting a Senior or Associate level Masterplanner with a strong portfolio in masterplanning urban extensions and greenfield sites. The successful candidate will join our committed team based in the City of Milton Keynes and work in multidisciplinary teams to produce imaginative, compelling and deliverable masterplans for landowners, developers and the public sector. At DLA you will work alongside and learn from creative designers, town planners and communications experts with extensive industry practice and knowledge. Our approach is collaborative, ambitious and innovative, and we aim to create great places where new communities can thrive.

You will be able to deliver imaginative concept work for vision documents and site appraisals to support land promotion, as well as contributing to the preparation of illustrative masterplans, parameter plans and Design & Access Statements to support outline planning applications. You should have a good level of insight and understanding of how masterplanning integrates with town planning to secure high quality planning permissions, and how design inputs evolve between the outline and reserved matters stages. Experience in design coding would be a distinct advantage. You should be confident in expressing and presenting your work to a range of audiences – from colleagues and clients to local authorities and stakeholders.

DLA is fortunate to have an enviable client list, but we actively tender for new work, and you should be able to demonstrate success in this area, having contributed to winning bids.

We are particularly keen to hear from those with a background in landscape architecture who have worked at a strategic scale. For the successful candidate there is real potential to make your mark at DLA on nationally significant projects, alongside clear career progression.

What’s on offer

We are wholly owned by an Employee Benefit Trust on behalf of all our employees and have no external shareholders. As an independent business we make all our decisions, with the benefit of our team and practice in mind. We allocate a percentage of our profits to charitable causes and have always invested time and energy into our local community and good causes. We are an inclusive organisation and accommodate a wide range of flexible working arrangements. We also host company-wide study trips which are often abroad, annual away days, and an array of social, cultural and sporting activities. We work hard to be a happy collective.

We share our success with the people who create it. We offer very competitive packages, including performance related bonuses, long service leave on top of annual holiday allowance, an excellent contributory pension scheme, medical insurance scheme, group life insurance, a cycle to work scheme and more.

How to apply

Applicants should submit a CV which should include your technical skills, and a portfolio in pdf format which makes clear the scale and broad location of the projects and your own outputs.

Please also send a covering letter explaining why you are particularly suited to a position with us to Roz Collier: [e-mail]

The closing date for applications is 9th February 2026.

No recruitment agencies please – we want to hear from you.