How to win: Urban Design Consultancy

About this contract

Our Planning and Development Service is seeking an urban designer to work within our busy development management team. Your case load would comprise largely of volume house builder applications - sustaining significant annual new house building rates required under existing and emerging Local Plans. You will work on applications of various types and scales including our major settlement extensions at South East Coalville and Money Hill, Ashby de la Zouch.?Your case load would also include major commercial/industrial/leisure developments across the district.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — North West Leicestershire District Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £150,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 30 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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