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Magna Studio is a group of architectural designers with more than 15 years’ experience, based in London and working across London and the Home Counties. We are growing the team that turns homeowners' plans into approved, buildable drawings, and we are hiring.

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One position, one kind of work: planning-ready documentation

Every project is a real home and a real council. You will see it from the first call to the decision notice.

Full time · London, hybrid · Posted 22 September 2026

Project Architect (Part 3, ARB registered)

Run householder and small residential projects from survey to decision across London and the Home Counties: planning strategy, drawing sets, Building Regulations packages and the conversations with case officers that get schemes approved first time.

What you will do

  • Own a pipeline of extensions, loft conversions, outbuildings and small conversions from first call to decision
  • Set the planning route for each project and design to the relevant council's guidance from the start
  • Produce and check planning and Building Regulations drawing sets to our standards
  • Coordinate structural engineers, party wall surveyors and specialist reports
  • Handle validation queries, neighbour objections and case officer negotiations
  • Contribute to the area pages and planning facts we publish, keeping council knowledge current

What we need

  • ARB registration (Part 3), or registration in progress with Part 3 complete
  • At least three years of post-Part 2 experience on UK residential projects, including householder planning applications
  • Working knowledge of the General Permitted Development Order, householder planning process and Building Regulations Approved Documents
  • Fluent in Revit or ArchiCAD and comfortable producing complete planning and Building Regulations drawing sets
  • Clear written English: you will draft design statements, heritage paragraphs and officer correspondence
  • Right to work in the UK

Nice to have

  • Experience in London conservation areas or with Article 4 directions
  • Appeal or refusal-recovery experience
  • Interest in how design practices use automation and AI tooling

Salary depending on experience, discussed at first interview. Applications close 31 December 2026.

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Inactive roles

  • Inactive · Position filled

    Part 2 Architectural Assistant

    We are no longer accepting applications for this role.

How we work

We are a documentation-led practice. Homeowners and builders come to us for fixed-fee planning drawings, Lawful Development Certificates and Building Regulations packages for extensions, lofts, outbuildings and small conversions, and every project is designed for the council that will assess it. That means the work is varied by place rather than by building type: one week a Victorian terrace in Hackney under an Article 4 direction, the next a 1930s semi in Watford on the Green Belt edge. Our area pages and planning facts show the knowledge you would be adding to.

How to apply

Email hello@magnastudio.co.uk with the role title in the subject line, a CV, and a short portfolio or two or three drawing sets you produced or led, ideally including a planning submission and its decision. Tell us in a paragraph which councils you know best. We reply to every application within a week, and interviews are a conversation about real projects rather than a presentation.

The title we use

Magna Studio is a practice of architectural designers. Where a role is titled "Architect" it is because ARB registration is a requirement of that role, and the person holding it uses the title lawfully in their own right.

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