TOWNPLANNING-JOBS.COM

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Last Updated: 25/08/2026

1. ABOUT US

TownPlanning-Jobs.com (“the Site”) is operated by FGN Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.

In these Terms & Conditions, references to “FGN Group”, “we”, “our” or “us” mean FGN Group Limited, including where services are provided under the TownPlanning-Jobs.com or FutureGen Recruitment trading names.

TownPlanning-Jobs.com provides a specialist employment platform for the town planning and related sectors. The Site may include vacancies submitted directly to us, vacancies for which FGN Group provides recruitment services, and vacancies identified by us from publicly available sources.

These Terms & Conditions govern your access to and use of the Site and the services provided through it.

By accessing or using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree with them, you should not use the Site.

Where separate terms apply to a particular service, including recruitment services, employer advertising, CV database access or another paid service, those separate terms may apply in addition to these Terms.

2. DEFINITIONS

Candidate means any individual using the Site to search for employment opportunities, express an interest in or apply for a vacancy, continue to an employer or third-party website, upload a CV, provide professional information, create or register a profile or account, or otherwise use candidate services provided through the Site.

Employer means any organisation, local authority, company or other entity recruiting or seeking to recruit staff.

Advertiser means an Employer, recruitment organisation or other party that has submitted or authorised a vacancy or other recruitment advertising for publication on the Site.

Direct Vacancy means a vacancy submitted to or authorised for publication on the Site by an Employer, Advertiser or their authorised representative.

Sourced Vacancy means a vacancy identified by FGN Group from publicly available information which has not necessarily been submitted to, authorised by or paid for by the relevant Employer.

Third-Party Vacancy means a Direct Vacancy or Sourced Vacancy where the application or recruitment process is operated by an organisation other than FGN Group.

FGN-Managed Vacancy means a vacancy for which FGN Group is directly providing recruitment services to an Employer, including where those services are provided under the FutureGen Recruitment trading name.

Services means the products and services provided by FGN Group through or in connection with the Site, including vacancy search and discovery, vacancy listings, job advertising, vacancy aggregation, candidate referrals, featured listings, CV database access, employer branding, recruitment services and related services.

User means any person accessing or using the Site.

3. PURPOSE OF TOWNPLANNING-JOBS.COM

TownPlanning-Jobs.com aims to provide Candidates with a broad and useful view of employment opportunities available within the town planning and related sectors.

To provide this service, FGN Group may identify vacancies from publicly available sources, including Employer websites, public-sector recruitment portals, recruitment platforms, job boards and other publicly accessible sources.

Not every vacancy displayed on TownPlanning-Jobs.com has been submitted directly to us or authorised by the relevant Employer.

Where a vacancy has been independently identified by us, it will be treated as a Sourced Vacancy for the purposes of these Terms.

The inclusion of a Sourced Vacancy on TownPlanning-Jobs.com does not, by itself, indicate that:

the Employer submitted the vacancy to us;
the Employer authorised its inclusion;
the Employer has paid FGN Group;
FGN Group is acting as recruitment agent for the Employer;
the Employer endorses TownPlanning-Jobs.com; or
any commercial relationship exists between FGN Group and the Employer.

4. USE OF THE SITE

The Site is intended primarily for:

individuals seeking employment opportunities;
Employers seeking to recruit staff;
organisations wishing to advertise employment opportunities;
recruitment organisations acting on behalf of Employers; and
Users seeking employment and career information within town planning and related sectors.

Users agree not to:

misuse the Site;
attempt unauthorised access to systems, databases or accounts;
introduce viruses, malware or harmful code;
use bots, scraping tools, automated data-extraction tools or similar technology without our prior written permission;
use Candidate information for unlawful or unauthorised purposes;
impersonate another individual or organisation;
knowingly provide materially false or misleading information;
reproduce, republish or commercially exploit Site content without permission; or
use the Site in a way which may damage its operation, security or reputation.

FGN Group reserves the right to suspend, restrict or terminate access where we reasonably believe misuse has occurred.

5. SOURCED VACANCIES

5.1 Identification of Vacancies

FGN Group may independently identify vacancies that we consider relevant to Users of TownPlanning-Jobs.com from publicly available information.

Sourced Vacancies may be identified from sources including Employer websites, public-sector recruitment websites, recruitment platforms, job boards and other publicly accessible sources.

FGN Group may use information obtained from those sources to identify and describe the existence and principal features of an employment opportunity.

5.2 Information Displayed

For Sourced Vacancies, FGN Group may display factual information concerning the opportunity, including where available:

job title;
Employer;
location;
salary or salary range;
contract type;
working arrangements;
closing date;
professional requirements;
principal responsibilities;
qualifications or experience sought;
benefits;
vacancy reference;
application information; and
other information relevant to a Candidate considering the opportunity.

FGN Group may organise, categorise, summarise, rewrite or otherwise present publicly available vacancy information in the format and style used by TownPlanning-Jobs.com.

A description prepared by FGN Group may therefore differ in wording, structure and presentation from the vacancy information published at the original source.

We aim to preserve the factual meaning of the information on which a Sourced Vacancy is based and do not knowingly add material factual claims about a vacancy which are unsupported by the source information available to us.

5.3 Accuracy and Availability

FGN Group takes reasonable steps to present Sourced Vacancy information accurately. However, the underlying information is supplied or published by third parties and may change without notice to us.

A vacancy may therefore be amended, suspended, filled, withdrawn or closed after it has been identified by TownPlanning-Jobs.com.

Candidates should review the Employer’s current vacancy information before completing an application.

FGN Group does not guarantee the continued availability or completeness of any Sourced Vacancy.

5.4 Employer Relationship

A Sourced Vacancy may be displayed without the Employer having submitted or authorised the listing.

The Employer’s name may be displayed to identify the organisation offering the employment opportunity.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, displaying the Employer’s name or information about its vacancy does not imply sponsorship, endorsement, partnership, representation or other commercial association between the Employer and FGN Group.

5.5 Corrections and Removal Requests

Employers or their authorised representatives may contact FGN Group if they believe information contained in a Sourced Vacancy is inaccurate, outdated or should be reviewed.

We may correct, update, suspend or remove a Sourced Vacancy where we consider it appropriate to do so.

Requests can be sent to [email protected].

6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All copyright, trademarks, database rights, software, branding, graphics, layout and other intellectual property owned by FGN Group and associated with TownPlanning-Jobs.com remain the property of FGN Group.

Employer names, logos, trademarks, original vacancy descriptions and other third-party material remain the property of their respective owners where applicable.

The identification or description of a vacancy on the Site does not transfer any third-party intellectual property rights to FGN Group.

FGN Group may create its own summaries, categorisation, presentation and editorial descriptions of Sourced Vacancies using factual information obtained from publicly available sources.

Nothing in these Terms grants Users the right to reproduce or commercially exploit content from the Site except where permitted by law or authorised by the relevant rights holder.

7. CANDIDATE TERMS

7.1 Types of Vacancies

Candidates may encounter:

Direct Vacancies – vacancies submitted to or authorised for publication on TownPlanning-Jobs.com;

Sourced Vacancies – vacancies independently identified by FGN Group from publicly available information; and

FGN-Managed Vacancies – vacancies for which FGN Group is providing recruitment services to the Employer.

A vacancy may fall within more than one of these descriptions where appropriate.

7.2 Third-Party Applications

For Third-Party Vacancies, TownPlanning-Jobs.com may provide a link to the relevant Employer website, recruitment portal, applicant tracking system or other third-party application service.

FGN Group does not control the recruitment process for these vacancies.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, FGN Group is not responsible for:

the Employer’s application process;
recruitment decisions;
recruitment timescales;
interviews or offers;
the continued availability of the vacancy; or
information subsequently displayed by the Employer or application provider.

7.3 Continuing to an Employer Application

Before continuing to a Third-Party Vacancy, Candidates may be asked to provide information including:

name;
email address;
LinkedIn or another professional profile, where supplied voluntarily; and
other information reasonably required to operate the Site or candidate referral service.

FGN Group may record that a Candidate has expressed an interest in a particular vacancy and has continued from TownPlanning-Jobs.com to an Employer or other third-party website.

Providing information to TownPlanning-Jobs.com does not itself constitute an application to the third-party Employer.

Candidates remain responsible for completing any application process required by the Employer.

The ways in which FGN Group collects and uses Candidate information, including information about vacancy interest and referrals to Employer websites, are explained in our Privacy Notice.

7.4 Application Referrals

Where a Candidate continues from TownPlanning-Jobs.com to a Third-Party Vacancy, FGN Group may record this as an application referral, application click-through or similar interaction.

Such a record indicates that the Candidate has chosen to continue to the Employer’s application process. It does not necessarily mean that the Candidate subsequently completed or submitted an application to the Employer.

7.5 FGN-Managed Vacancies

Where FGN Group is directly providing recruitment services for a vacancy, including services provided under the FutureGen Recruitment trading name, this will normally be indicated within the vacancy or application process.

Information supplied by a Candidate in connection with an FGN-Managed Vacancy may be used to:

assess suitability;
communicate with the Candidate;
administer the recruitment process;
discuss career requirements;
introduce the Candidate to an Employer where appropriate; and
otherwise provide recruitment services.

Separate recruitment or privacy information may apply where appropriate.

7.6 CV and Professional Profile Submission

By uploading a CV, LinkedIn profile, professional profile or other Candidate information, the Candidate confirms that:

the information is accurate to the best of their knowledge;
they have the right to provide the information;
it does not unlawfully infringe another person’s rights; and
they understand that it will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice.

Where Candidate information is made available through a CV database or searchable profile service, the nature of that service and relevant visibility arrangements will be explained where appropriate.

7.7 Marketing and Job Alerts

Consent to receive marketing communications is not a condition of using TownPlanning-Jobs.com or continuing to a Third-Party Vacancy, except where otherwise permitted by applicable law.

Where required, permission to send marketing communications, job alerts or information about other employment and career opportunities will be requested separately.

Candidates who have agreed to receive such communications may unsubscribe or withdraw consent at any time using the method provided in the communication or by contacting us.

Further information is contained in our Privacy Notice.

7.8 Candidate Responsibility

Candidates are responsible for:

reviewing the Employer’s current vacancy information;
assessing the suitability of vacancies;
checking the suitability and legitimacy of prospective Employers;
ensuring information supplied in applications is accurate;
completing any Employer application process; and
making their own decisions concerning employment opportunities.

FGN Group does not guarantee interviews, job offers, employment outcomes, Candidate or Employer suitability, or the continued availability of vacancies.

8. EMPLOYER AND ADVERTISER TERMS

Employers and Advertisers submitting vacancies directly to the Site may only advertise genuine employment opportunities.

Information supplied to us must:

be lawful;
be accurate and not materially misleading;
relate to genuine recruitment activity;
comply with applicable employment legislation;
comply with the Equality Act 2010 where applicable;
comply with applicable recruitment and data-protection legislation; and
not unlawfully infringe third-party rights.

FGN Group reserves the right to reject, amend, suspend or remove advertisements where we reasonably consider this necessary.

9. JOB POSTING RULES

Advertisements submitted directly to TownPlanning-Jobs.com must not:

contain unlawful discriminatory language;
promote fake or non-genuine vacancies;
contain offensive, defamatory or unlawful material;
infringe intellectual property rights;
materially misrepresent the Employer, role, salary or location;
contain unauthorised unrelated promotional material; or
contain content we reasonably consider inappropriate.

Duplicate or substantially similar advertisements may be removed or consolidated.

FGN Group may make reasonable formatting, spelling, presentation or categorisation changes where these do not materially alter the meaning of the advertisement.

10. EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES AND EMPLOYMENT BUSINESSES

Where a User is an employment agency or employment business, including within the meaning of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 where applicable, that User is responsible for complying with applicable legislation and regulation.

This may include:

the Employment Agencies Act 1973;
the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003;
UK GDPR;
the Data Protection Act 2018; and
replacement or amending legislation and applicable regulatory guidance.

Recruitment businesses are responsible for ensuring they have an appropriate lawful basis and authority for Candidate information they access or process.

11. CV DATABASE TERMS

11.1 Database Rights

All rights, title and interest in the compilation, structure and operation of the TownPlanning-Jobs.com CV Database remain the property of FGN Group or its licensors.

Access provides a limited, non-transferable right of use only.

11.2 Permitted Use

Subject to the package purchased and any additional agreement, authorised Users may:

search Candidate profiles;
view Candidate information;
download information where permitted;
contact Candidates about genuine employment opportunities; and
use Candidate information for legitimate recruitment-related purposes.

11.3 Prohibited Use

Users may not:

sell, distribute, sublicense or trade Candidate information;
share database credentials with unauthorised third parties;
use Candidate information for unrelated marketing;
scrape, harvest or bulk-download Candidate information through automated methods;
attempt to replicate the database;
use Candidate information unlawfully; or
contact Candidates regarding fake or non-genuine opportunities.

11.4 Candidate Data Retention

Employers and recruiters accessing Candidate information must retain it only where they have a lawful basis and only for as long as reasonably necessary.

They are independently responsible for complying with applicable data-protection legislation.

Candidate information should be securely deleted or anonymised where it is no longer required, where law requires deletion or where an applicable Candidate request requires it.

11.5 Fair Treatment

Employers and recruiters agree to treat Candidates professionally, fairly and lawfully.

Users are responsible for their own use of Candidate information and shall indemnify FGN Group against claims arising from unlawful or unauthorised use, to the extent permitted by law.

12. RECRUITMENT INTRODUCTIONS

Where Candidate information is provided directly by FGN Group in connection with a recruitment service, including services provided under the FutureGen Recruitment trading name, separate recruitment terms may apply.

Depending upon those terms, receiving Candidate details, contacting or interviewing a Candidate, or subsequently engaging or employing that Candidate may constitute a recruitment introduction for which fees are payable.

Any recruitment fee will be governed by the applicable recruitment terms agreed between FGN Group and the relevant client.

For clarity, a Candidate independently following a Sourced Vacancy from TownPlanning-Jobs.com to an Employer’s website does not, by that fact alone, constitute a chargeable recruitment introduction unless separate terms between FGN Group and the Employer provide otherwise.

13. ONLINE ADVERTISING TERMS

These provisions apply to paid advertising, featured listings, banner campaigns, sponsored content, Employer branding and promotional placements.

Advertisers confirm that they have authority to place advertisements and that content supplied is lawful, accurate, not materially misleading and does not unlawfully infringe third-party rights.

Advertisers are responsible for their content and shall indemnify FGN Group against claims arising from unlawful advertising content, to the extent permitted by law.

FGN Group may reject, suspend or remove advertising where reasonably necessary.

14. ADVERTISING MATERIAL AND CAMPAIGN CHANGES

Advertising material should be supplied in the agreed format and timescales.

Failure to supply suitable material may delay a campaign and does not necessarily entitle the Advertiser to a refund.

Campaign amendment or cancellation requests should be submitted in writing.

Where a minimum cancellation period has been agreed, campaigns cancelled after that point may remain chargeable in full.

15. FEES AND PAYMENT

All commercial fees are exclusive of VAT unless expressly stated otherwise.

Invoices are payable according to the payment terms stated on the relevant invoice, order form, proposal or agreement.

Failure to pay may result in suspension of Services, removal of advertisements, restriction of database access, debt recovery action and recovery of applicable statutory interest and costs.

16. SUBSCRIPTIONS, RENEWALS AND REFUNDS

Subscription Services continue for the agreed term.

Any automatic renewal arrangement will be set out in the relevant order form, agreement, proposal or invoice.

Except where required by law or agreed otherwise in writing, fees for advertising, subscriptions, database access and recruitment-related Services are non-refundable once the relevant Service has been supplied or made available.

17. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

The Site may link to Employer websites, applicant tracking systems, recruitment portals, public-sector recruitment websites and other third-party services.

When a User follows a third-party link, they leave TownPlanning-Jobs.com and may become subject to the third party’s own terms, privacy notice, cookies and recruitment process.

FGN Group does not control and accepts no responsibility for the availability, security, content, privacy practices or recruitment decisions of third-party websites except where liability cannot lawfully be excluded.

18. DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY

FGN Group processes personal information in accordance with applicable data-protection legislation, including UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Our Privacy Notice explains, among other matters:

what personal information we collect;
how Candidate information is used;
how vacancy interests and application referrals may be recorded;
how CVs and professional profiles may be used;
the lawful bases on which personal information is processed;
circumstances in which information may be shared;
retention of information;
Users’ data-protection rights; and
how to contact us regarding personal information.

Users should read the Privacy Notice before submitting personal information through the Site.

Where consent is required for a particular activity, including certain direct-marketing activities, consent may be requested separately from acceptance of these Terms.

Employers and other Users obtaining personal information through the Site are independently responsible for ensuring their subsequent processing complies with applicable law.

19. WEBSITE AVAILABILITY

We aim to make the Site available reliably but do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access.

FGN Group may carry out maintenance, upgrade systems, modify functionality, add or remove Services, suspend features or temporarily restrict access.

We will not be liable for temporary interruption or unavailability except where liability cannot lawfully be excluded.

20. DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where exclusion or limitation is prohibited by law.

Subject to this, FGN Group does not guarantee:

successful recruitment outcomes;
Candidate or Employer suitability;
the continued availability of vacancies;
that Third-Party or Sourced Vacancy information will remain current;
uninterrupted Site availability; or
any particular response to an advertisement.

To the extent permitted by law, FGN Group shall not be liable for loss of profit, revenue, anticipated savings, business opportunity or goodwill, or indirect or consequential loss.

Where an advertising error attributable to FGN Group occurs, our liability may, where appropriate and lawful, be limited to correcting the error, extending the advertisement or re-running it.

For paying business customers, where liability is capable of limitation, our aggregate liability arising from the relevant Services shall not exceed the fees paid by that customer to FGN Group for the affected Services during the preceding twelve months.

Nothing in this section restricts statutory rights which cannot lawfully be excluded.

21. ACCOUNTS AND SECURITY

Users who create an account are responsible for keeping login details secure, preventing unauthorised access, keeping account information reasonably accurate and notifying us if they believe their account has been compromised.

Users may not share paid or restricted-access credentials unless expressly permitted.

22. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION

FGN Group may suspend or terminate access to some or all Services where these Terms are materially breached, payment obligations are not met, unlawful activity or misuse of Candidate information is suspected, Site security is threatened or continued access may expose FGN Group or another User to material risk.

Termination does not affect rights or liabilities arising before termination.

23. CHANGES TO THE SITE OR SERVICES

FGN Group may update, amend, replace or discontinue Site functionality or Services from time to time.

Where a material change affects a paid Service, applicable contractual rights will be governed by the relevant order, proposal or service agreement.

24. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We may update these Terms to reflect changes to our Services, technology, business practices, legislation, regulation or operational requirements.

The latest version will be published on TownPlanning-Jobs.com together with its effective date.

Where appropriate, we may provide additional notice of material changes.

Revised Terms will apply to subsequent use of the Site from their effective date, subject to rights which cannot lawfully be varied in this way.

25. SEVERABILITY AND NO WAIVER

If any provision is found by a competent court or authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect.

Failure by FGN Group to immediately enforce a right under these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that right.

26. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

These Terms & Conditions are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Subject to any mandatory legal rights available to consumers, disputes arising in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

27. CONTACT DETAILS

FGN Group Limited
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.townplanning-jobs.com

Employers wishing to request a correction, update or review of a Sourced Vacancy may contact us using the email address above.

For privacy-related enquiries, please refer to the contact information contained in our Privacy Notice.