New Development Planner

Pertemps Newcastle & Gateshead; Washington; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A key regional service provider is seeking a Development Planner in Washington. This temporary role focuses on supporting planning applications and strategic consultations to protect water and wastewater assets. Key responsibilities include acting as a decision maker on consultations, providing technical support, and managing relationships with local authorities and developers. The position requires compliance with regulatory standards and quality targets, making it crucial for ensuring high-quality service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Act as a decision maker within the planning application and strategic policy consultation process.
• Ensure protection of water and wastewater assets to agreed quality standards.
• Provide planning technical support to New Development Planning Assistants.

Job description

New Development Planner

Washington, 37 hours per week, Temporary 6 month contract.

We are working in partnership with Northumbrian Water to recruit a Development Planner to join their New Development Planning team. This is a key role supporting the planning application and strategic policy consultation process, ensuring the protection of water and wastewater assets while delivering high‑quality customer service to developers, local authorities, and internal stakeholders. You will act as a decision maker on planning consultations, provide technical expertise on complex applications, and help shape planning policy to ensure sustainable development across the North East.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a decision maker within the planning application and strategic policy consultation process, ensuring the protection of water and wastewater assets to agreed quality standards and timescales.
• Meet agreed personal and team performance targets, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
• Provide planning technical support to New Development Planning Assistants on larger or more complex planning applications and strategic policy development.
• Lead day-to-day consultation with local authority planning officers, developers, consultants and contractors on planning applications and strategic planning policy.
• Proactively manage customer, developer and local authority...