Planning Manager

tdm recruitment; Greater London; In loco; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

TDM Recruitment Group is partnering with a well-funded residential investment business to appoint a Planning Manager who will become the lead in-house planning specialist across a large portfolio.

From acquisition through completion and beyond, you’ll own planning risk, coordinate due diligence, manage external consultants and report risks to senior management.

Competenze

• 5+ years’ planning experience in housing developments or related sectors.
• Strong knowledge of the English planning system including s106/278/38/104, CIL and appeals.
• Able to translate complex planning issues into clear commercial advice for senior management.
• Highly organised with experience across multiple live sites and due diligence.

Mansioni

• Provide planning advice across the development lifecycle from opportunity to handover.
• Coordinate planning due diligence on acquisitions and disposals, reviewing permissions and conditions.
• Track permissions, obligations and discharge requirements across the portfolio and advise readiness for completion.
• Advise on non-compliance, enforcement risk, and s106 interpretation.
• Collaborate with developers, local authorities, legal advisers and consultants to secure practical outcomes.
• Maintain trackers, risk registers and reporting for decision-makers.
• Appoint, brief and manage external planning consultants while owning the final advice.

Conoscenze

Planning expertise

Risk assessment

Stakeholder communication

Organisational skills

Residential development experience

Formazione

Degree in town planning

RTPI chartered desirable

Descrizione del lavoro

TDM Recruitment is working exclusively with a well-funded, growing residential investment business. They’re recruiting a Planning Manager to become their lead in-house planning specialist. It’s a newly created role: you’ll own planning risk across a large portfolio of residential sites delivered with developer partners, from acquisition through to completion and beyond.

Key responsibilities

• Planning advice: be the business’s main source of planning advice across the development lifecycle, from opportunity and due diligence through to completion and handover.
• Due diligence: coordinate planning due diligence on acquisitions and disposals. That covers reviewing permissions, decision notices, reserved matters, conditions, s106, highways and drainage agreements, and CIL exposure.
• Portfolio tracking: track permissions, conditions, obligations and discharge requirements across the portfolio, and advise on whether each site is ready to complete.
• Compliance: advise on non-compliance, enforcement risk, Section 73 and non-material amendments, and s106 interpretation.
• Working with others: deal directly with developers, local authorities, legal advisers and consultants to resolve issues and secure practical outcomes.
• Governance: build and maintain trackers, risk registers and reporting that are accurate, ready for audit and trusted by decision-makers.
• Advisers: appoint, brief and manage external planning consultants while keeping ownership of the advice.

Experience and skills

• 5+ years’ planning experience at a housebuilder, developer, housing association, planning consultancy or local authority.
• Strong working knowledge of the English planning system: conditions, reserved matters, s106/278/38/104 agreements, CIL, appeals, enforcement and discharge.
• Confident translating complex planning issues into clear, commercial advice for senior management and investors.
• Highly organised and comfortable across multiple live sites, from high-level risk judgement down to detailed document review.
• Degree in town planning or equivalent; chartered membership of the RTPI desirable.
• Experience in residential development, build-to-rent or the private rented sector would be an advantage.