Graduate Planner - New Homes

Persimmon Homes; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company car/Car allowance

Health Care

Life Cover & Contributory Pension

Bonus

Employee Benefits Platform

Job summary

Persimmon Homes is seeking an Assistant Planner in Telford to support the Planning Team. You will assist planning appraisals, submissions, and related documents, engaging with consultants, authorities, and communities to progress residential projects.

The role requires RTPI-accredited planning education (preferred) or equivalent, strong communication, adaptability, and a valid UK driving licence. A dynamic housebuilder ethos with development opportunities awaits.

Qualifications

• Experience in development management or planning policy.
• RTPI-accredited degree preferred but not essential.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist planning and development appraisals and planning submissions.
• Support preparation of Planning Statements and Design & Access Statements.
• Coordinate with consultants, authorities, stakeholders and communities.
• Prepare site assessments and planning histories for immediate and strategic sites.
• Project-manage Outline/Full and Reserved Matters applications.
• Monitor planning progress and ensure timely delivery of documents.

Skills

Verbal communication

Adaptability

Commercial mindset

Driving licence

Education

Degree / Masters Planning Degree (RTPI accredited)

Job description

Location: Telford Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity?

Location: Telford 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

• Competitive salary
• Company car/Car allowance
• 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
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Full UK driving licence