Graduate Planner - New Homes

Changeworknow is part of the Access Group; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care

Life Cover & Contributory Pension

Bonus

Employee Benefits Platform

Job summary

Persimmon Homes in the UK is seeking an Assistant Planner to join the Planning Team. The role involves supporting planning appraisals, submissions, and policy analysis for residential sites, working with consultants, local authorities, and stakeholders.

You will help prepare planning statements, design and access statements, and manage site assessments to meet deadlines, while developing plans for both immediate and strategic sites.

Qualifications

• Degree or RTPI-accredited planning qualification preferred.
• Experience in development management or planning policy.
• Commercially minded and adaptable to change.

Responsibilities

• Produce site assessments and analyse planning histories.
• Prepare planning submissions and statements (Outline/Full/Reserved Matters).
• Coordinate with internal and external planners, authorities and consultants.
• Support plan-making processes and monitor progress with authorities.
• Potentially deputise for Head of Planning when needed.

Skills

Planning knowledge

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Education

RTPI accredited Planning degree

Job description

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as an Assistant Planner and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

We’re one of the UK’s largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.

At Persimmon, we don’t just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Senior Engineer, you’ll benefit from:

• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Health Care
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Bonus
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Planning Team. This role typically reports to the Head of Planning and will have contact with consultants, local planning authorities, stakeholders and local communities.

The purpose of the role is to assist planning and development appraisals, planning submissions and other related applications within the residential sector for both immediate and strategic sites.

The role will include:

Producing site assessments, detailed examination of planning histories, policy analysis, interpretation and consideration of material considerations, and new site appraisals for immediate and strategic sites in a timely manner to meet required deadlines to maintain the relationship with the Land team and protect the interests of the company.

Prepare and project manage different types of planning applications from Outline/Full and Reserved Matters to the discharge of planning conditions accurately so that the Region can maintain new sites to develop

Liaise and brief internal layout designers, external consultants and officers at local planning authorities prior, during and post submission in order to develop strong working relationships

Prepare Planning Statements, Design & Access Statements and a range of other planning documents required to support applications accurately and on time so the business can continue to achieve the necessary planning approvals

Organise supporting information and attend required stakeholder/public consultation events with professionalism at all times to build confidence with the general public

Formulating planning strategies to promote medium and long term development sites through the plan-making process under the guidance of the Planning Manager to continue a pipeline of new sites for the region

On occasion to deputise for the Head of Planning to provide support and assistance to the team

Monitor development plan progress and associated evidence based and policy documents within each local planning authority area

What experience, qualifications and skills are we looking for?

• Previous experience working in the private or public sector in the field of development management / planning policy
• Degree / Masters Planning Degree with an RTPI accreditation and a rounded knowledge of town planning preferable, but not essential
• Ability to adapt to change and to work accurately, efficiently and be commercially minded