Senior Planner

One Way; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading regional house builder in the United Kingdom seeks a Planning Manager / Senior Planner to support their planning department. The successful candidate will ensure the delivery of regional planning targets, coordinate actions with design teams, and liaise with local authorities. Candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of planning experience, project management skills, and excellent communication abilities. This role presents an opportunity to influence cost-effective planning initiatives within a growing organization.

Qualifications

• Full UK Driving License required.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in planning for developer or local authority.
• Experience in major residential or mixed use development projects.

Responsibilities

• Support the Design & Technical Team to meet planning targets.
• Liaise with local authorities to implement site consent.
• Prepare monthly progress reports on planning schemes.

Skills

Project management

Persuasion and negotiation

Interpersonal communication

Job description

A well established and growing regional house builder are looking for a Planning Manager / Senior Planner to join their planning department, to help support in the delivery of regional planning and profit targets, identifying opportunities for cost savings from meeting conditions and reserved matters in the most cost-effective manner.

Senior Planner Duties:

Supporting the Design & Technical Team to deliver the regional planning and profit targets. Monitoring the individual programme and co-ordinating and managing the necessary actions in conjunction with the design and technical teams and (where necessary) the town planning team. Liaising with the local authorities and agreeing mechanisms and action plans with local authority staff to discharge all individual conditions and consents that are necessary to implement a site consent. Discharging all necessary 'pre start' Section 106 obligations or requirements. Chasing progress and coordinating activity and liaisons across the company functions so as to ensure that programmes are adhered to. Chasing progress by local authorities and external agencies to maintain programmes and discharge individual tasks. Preparing a monthly progress report of all relevant schemes and highlighting progress or slippage against original estimates.

Senior Planner – Specification:

• Full UK Driving License
• Post qualification experience in a planning role (developer, consultant or LPA)
• Project management experience of major residential / residential led mixed use development schemes
• Ability to persuade and negotiate (written and verbal)
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• A minimum of 3 years working for a Developer or local authority.

If this rol;e is of interest, please call alex on 07442070998 or email directly [e-mail]