Senior Planner/Planning Manager

Cognisant; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognisant is seeking a RTPI-qualified Senior Planner or Planning Manager to work from Nottingham on residential, strategic land and mixed-use schemes. You will manage planning applications, coordinate consultants and teams, and help move sites through the planning system toward delivery.

Ideal candidates will have 2+ years' experience, a strong residential background, and the ability to work across live and emerging sites while engaging with local authorities and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• RTPI qualification and strong knowledge of planning processes.
• Experience with residential development and strategic land projects.
• Ability to manage multiple sites, deadlines and client expectations.
• Excellent communication with authorities, consultants and teams.

Responsibilities

• Managing planning applications across residential and mixed-use schemes.
• Supporting the promotion of strategic land.
• Coordinating external planning consultants and project teams.
• Reviewing planning policy and identifying development opportunities.
• Managing planning conditions, obligations and associated agreements.
• Engaging with local authorities and other key stakeholders.

Skills

Planning applications

Stakeholder engagement

Project coordination

RTPI qualified

Education

RTPI-accredited planning qualification

Job description

Residential Development & Strategic Land.

Nottingham.

Cognisant is working with a privately owned developer looking to appoint an RTPI-qualified Senior Planner or Planning Manager. The business is active across strategic land, residential and mixed-use development, with a strong pipeline of sites at different stages of the planning process. The role will involve working across both existing development opportunities and new strategic sites, helping to move schemes through the planning system and into delivery.

Key areas will include:

• Managing planning applications across residential and mixed-use schemes
• Supporting the promotion of strategic land
• Coordinating external planning consultants and wider project teams
• Reviewing planning policy and identifying development opportunities
• Managing planning conditions, obligations and associated agreements
• Working closely with Land, Technical and Development teams
• Engaging with local authorities and other key stakeholders

We're looking for someone who is RTPI qualified, with a background in residential development, strategic land or planning consultancy.

This could suit someone with 2+ years' experience who is looking to take on more responsibility and get closer to the development process.

You might currently be working in consultancy, a local authority or for another developer. The key is that you understand the planning process, can manage your own workload and are comfortable working across a number of live and emerging sites. For someone coming from consultancy or local authority, it's a good opportunity to move client-side and gain wider exposure to land, technical, commercial and development decisions rather than focusing purely on the planning application itself.

Equally, an existing Senior Planner or Planning Manager within a housebuilder or developer could suit the role well.