Land and Planning Manager

Fawkes & Reece; Chester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fawkes & Reece is seeking an experienced Land & Planning Manager to join their regional house-building team in the United Kingdom. You will work with the Land Director and internal teams to drive land promotions, planning applications, and strategic site opportunities while liaising with statutory bodies to resolve technical and design issues.

You will lead the appointment of external consultants, manage budgets, forecast fees, and ensure schemes are viable both commercially and contractually.

Qualifications

• Experience and background in land and/or planning.
• RTPI accreditation desirable.
• Be commercially aware of contractual obligations on each project.

Responsibilities

• Promote sites through the planning process to secure land allocations.
• Handle planning applications and appeals where required.
• Manage external consultants and budget for planning work.
• Identify strategic land opportunities and negotiate legal agreements.
• Liaise with landowners and monitor Local Plan documents and housing land supply.
• Provide monthly progress reports on key projects and contribute to planning strategies.

Skills

Land planning

Budget management

Project coordination

Stakeholder liaison

Education

RTPI accreditation

Planning degree

Job description

A regional house builder have a requirement for an experienced Land & Planning Manager to join their team.

Working closely with the Land Director you will work closely with internal teams (land/technical/commercial/sales) to ensure that business objectives are met on land & planning applications. You will also, liaise with statutory bodies to assist in the resolving of technical and design issues and with the production of technical and layout information in support of applications and planning strategies

Duties to include:

• Promotion of sites through the planning process with a view to securing allocations of land for housing
• Planning applications and the handling of appeals,
• Appointment of external consultants,
• Identification of new strategic land opportunities and negotiation of legal agreements on
• appropriate terms,
• Liaison with landowners over progress on site promotion
• Responsibility for the renewal/extension of options
• Input into the production of developer collaboration agreements
• Monitoring of Local Plan documents, housing land supply and competitor activity
• Community engagement on site promotions and planning applications
• Management of planning and acquisition activity to deliver key targets in priority areas of search
• Production of monthly progress reports on key projects
• Preparation of planning strategies
• Produce and manage budgets and professional fees
• Management of external consultants to ensure that they deliver effectively on time and to
• budget
• Management of fee spend in line with budget forecasts.

Role requirements:

• Experience and background in either land and / or planning
• Professional accreditation (RTPI / RICS) is desirable
• Be commercially aware of contractual obligations on each project to ensure that these can be
• met before committing expenditure to a given project
• Ensure that infrastructure and S106 obligations are capable of being supported by the scheme commercially and contractually
• Aim to secure best value when appointing consultants with close control kept over cost
• Be able to forecast likely fee spend accurately
• Be conversant with land values, build and infrastructure costs in producing scheme viabilities