Planning Manager

Barratt Developments plc; Congleton; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Cover - Single

Annual Health Assessment

26 days’ holiday

Job summary

Gladman Developments, part of Barratt Redrow PLC, seeks a Planning Manager to lead planning strategies and secure permissions for major sites in Congleton and surrounding areas. You will work within the Planning & Projects department, directing reports, coordinating with directors and junior planners, and driving planning submissions.

You will draft strategic plans, manage engagement with landowners and authorities, and mentor junior planners while maintaining strict deadlines and quality

Qualifications

• Planning degree or equivalent qualification and eligibility for RTPI Membership.
• Extensive planning experience in consultancy or local planning.
• Experience of instructing and negotiating Section 106 agreements.
• Experience of promoting sites through development plan and planning applications.
• Significant experience of preparing reports to support planning applications and site allocations in Local Plans.
• Demonstrable experience in undertaking research projects to support project delivery.
• Ability to formulate and implement clear site-promotion strategies with limited senior input.
• Understanding drivers for growth at local, regional and national levels.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate with different audiences.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Effective time management.
• Strong organisational and coordination skills.
• Ability to build rapport with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Drafting and signing off reports to support planning applications, appeals and policy presentations.
• Support the Planning Directors and Senior Project Managers, and contribute to broader planning matters.
• Reviewing reports from external consultants and providing feedback.
• Conduct research for site promotion and planning submissions.
• Produce well-researched reports and representations for site promotion and planning submissions.
• Attend meetings with landowners and agents to secure new sites for promotion.
• Set out planning and engagement strategies for sites and ensure implementation.
• Undertake site visits and meetings with landowners, agents and local authority officers.
• Draft instructions to Counsel and coordinate with solicitors on s106 planning obligations.
• Ensure contractual obligations on site promotion are met.
• Manage workload and delegate tasks to meet deadlines.
• Conduct public engagement, including formal consultation events.

Education

Planning degree or equivalent qualification

Eligibility for RTPI Membership

Job description

Gladman Developments are the UK’s most active and successfulland promoter based in Congleton, Cheshire. We believe in using our expertise to partner with landowners to help them to realise the true potential of their land through its development for residential or residential led mixed-use development.

Reporting to the Planning Director / Senior Planning Director as Planning Manager you will be w orking within the Planning & Projects department to achieve planning permissions by promoting major strategic sites through the development plan process and by way of planning application. You will often be the Lead Planner assigned to a site working under a Senior Project Manager/Planning Director as Project Lead. You will be involved with formulating the planning strategy for sites and implementing once agreed. The role will require an ability to think strategically in the short and longer term. You will also be expected to delegate effectively and in doing so help with the professional development of junior planners within the team.

Responsibilities:

• Drafting and signing off reports to support planning applications, appeals and policy presentations.
• Support the Planning Directors, and Senior Project Managers as required, but also a wider brief on planning matters as requested by senior colleagues.
• Reviewing reports produced by external consultants, providing feedback and final sign off.
• Complete research and reading to assist in developing a strategy for the promotion/allocation/planning application of a site.
• Producing well researched and presented reports and representations to assist in the promotion of sites and/or preparing reports to accompany the submission of planning applications.
• Attending meetings and interviews with prospective landowners and agents to help secure new sites for the business to then promote.
• Setting out planning and engagement strategies for sites, then ensuring their implementation.
• Undertaking site visits and meetings with landowners, agents and local authority officers.
• Drafting documents for planning appeals and attending appeal inquiries/hearings.
• Drafting hearing statements and attending Local Plan examinations
• Drafting instructions to Counsel and working within internal and external solicitors on s106 planning obligations.
• Ensuring contractual obligations on the promotion of our sites are met.
• Effective management of workload and keeping to task deadlines, this will require delegation of tasks.
• Carrying out public engagement, including formal consultation events where necessary.
• Assisting planners and graduate planners within your team with any queries they may have in a positive and constructive manner.
• Co-ordinating and inputting to complex planning research tasks.

To be successful in the role, we are looking for:

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• Planning degree or equivalent qualification and eligibility for RTPI Membership.
• Extensive planning experience, either within a consultancy or local planning environment.
• Experience of instructing and negotiating Section 106 agreements.
• Experience of working within an environment focused on the promotion of sites through the development plan and planning application process.
• Significant experience of preparing reports to support the submission of planning applications and/or the allocation of sites in a Local Plan.
• Demonstrable experience of undertaking research projects to support the delivery of a project.
• The ability to formulate and implement clear strategies for the promotion of sites, with limited input from senior colleagues.
• Understanding of the drivers for growth at the local, regional and national level.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to communicate with different audiences.
• The ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Effective time management.
• Strong organisational and coordination skills.
• Ability to build rapport and relationships, both internally and externally.
• A strong work ethic.

Gladman Developments are part of Barratt Redrow PLC. With over 30 years' experience in achieving planning permissions, our team have years of professional experience and a wide range of industry contacts, from central government, local councils, professional consultants to major housebuilders.

We operate on a hybrid working basis, with dedicated office days and flexible start and finish times.

We are building an organisation where anyone with drive and talent can pursue the career they want. We are building a culture where anyone, regardless of gender, race, age, sexuality, disability, background or any other characteristic, can progress and be proud to work for us.

As part of working for Gladman Developments and specifically for this role we offer:

• Competitive Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Cover - Single Cover
• Annual Medical Health Assessment
• 26 days’ holiday (increase by 1 day for every 3 years’ continuous service up to 29 days)

Today’s housebuilding professional need tomorrow’s benefits, so they’re ready for whatever the future brings. When you join Barratt, you get the kind of support you would expect from a business built for a modern working world.

Private medical cover

Private healthcare support is available for timely access to a virtual GP, for diagnosis, treatment and more - including physio and talking therapies. You can even add family members.

Pension

First-class pension schemes with the option of up to 10% employer contributions.

Annual Health Assessment

All colleagues are able to access a fully funded annual health assessment, helping you to proactively manage your health and wellbeing.

As well as a competitive salary, we offer many ways to make life more affordable - from access to employee loans and savings accounts, to house purchase discounts.

Cycle to Work scheme, reduced hotel rate, discounts at major retailers... These make a massive difference to the quality of your lifestyle.

So much more...

From death in service, paid volunteer and study leave, enhanced family friendly policies (including our Parents and Carers leave) to a share buying scheme, we have an incredible range of additional benefits.

About Gladman Developments

Gladman is all about innovation. We are passionate about winning and invest significant expenditure on robust evidence, research, specialist studies and investigations. With over 25 years’ experience in obtaining planning permissions, we are the UK’s most active and successful land promoter. We have enjoyed significant and prolific success in a range of property sectors, and we continue to go from strength to strength as we look to the future.

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