Senior Policy & Promotions Planner

The Planner Jobs Redactive Publishing Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Policy & Promotions Planner to join their dynamic team. This role involves leading planning strategies for residential and mixed-use developments, ensuring successful project execution from concept to planning permission. You'll collaborate with a talented team, mentor junior planners, and engage with landowners to promote new sites. With a focus on strategic thinking and effective communication, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of land development. This innovative firm offers a hybrid working environment, competitive salary, and a range of benefits to support your career growth and work-life balance.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Competitive Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Cover - Single Cover

Annual Medical Health Assessment

26 days’ holiday

Choice of Flexible Benefits

Enhanced Family Friendly Policies

Qualifications

• Planning degree or equivalent qualification required.
• Extensive planning experience in consultancy or local planning.

Responsibilities

• Drafting reports for planning applications and policy presentations.
• Supporting senior colleagues in planning matters.
• Conducting site visits and public engagement activities.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Report Writing

Negotiation Skills

Research Skills

Communication Skills

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Education

Planning Degree

RTPI Membership Eligibility

Job description

Senior Policy & Promotions Planner

Gladman Developments are the UK’s most active and successful land 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 Manager/Planning Director, as Senior Planner you will work within the Planning & Projects department to achieve both local planning permissions or promoting major strategic sites through both the Local 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 and in the short and long term. You will also be expected to delegate effectively and in doing so help with the professional development of junior planners within the team.

Your duties will include:

• Drafting and signing off reports to support planning applications, appeals and policy presentations.
• Supporting the Planning Directors, Planning Managers 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.
• Completing 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.
• 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:

• 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 both the Local 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 to 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.

Our Company and Benefits

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 Salary
• 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)
• Choice of Flexible Benefits
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies

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Closing date: 30th April 2025.