Land & Planning Manager

ZipRecruiter; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional house builder is seeking a Land & Planning Manager to join their team in England. In this role, you will collaborate with various internal teams and statutory bodies to manage planning applications and land negotiations, ensuring business objectives are met. This role demands strong project management skills and commercial awareness, with responsibilities including the production of planning strategies, budget management, and community engagement during site promotions.

Qualifications

• Experience in land and/or planning required.
• Desirable RTPI/RICS accreditation.
• Ability to manage budgets and monitor planning activities.

Responsibilities

• Promotion of sites and securing land allocations.
• Handle planning applications and appeals.
• Management of external consultants and budgets.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Liaison with statutory bodies

Land values knowledge

Project management

Education

Professional accreditation (RTPI / RICS)

Job description

Job Description

Land & Planning Manager

A regional house builder have a requirement for a 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 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 and responsibilities:

• 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
• Produce scheme viabilities
• Management of external consultants to ensure that they deliver effectively, on time and to budget,
• Management of 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 spend accurately,
• Be conversant with land values, build and infrastructure costs in producing scheme viabilities