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🥝 Principal Lawyer - Planning, Highways and Property

Thurrock Council | United Kingdom, United Kingdom | Posted June 29, 2026

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Lawyer - Planning, Highways and Property
Salary: £63,393 – £73,167 per annum
Grade: H
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week 

About the role: 

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious Lawyer to take a senior leadership role within Thurrock Council’s Legal Services Team.

  • To lead the provision of high-quality, pragmatic and solution focused legal advice in relation to planning, highways and property matters.

  • To act as a senior legal adviser and representative for the Council on complex, high profile, sensitive and strategically important matters.

  • To manage, supervise and develop lawyers, legal officers, trainee solicitors, apprentices and other fee earners within the team

  • To support the Head of Legal Services in the effective management, performance, development and improvement of the Lega...

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