Overview
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Location: Norwich, NR7
Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity?
Why Persimmon Homes?
We're one of the UK's largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.
At Persimmon, We Don't Just Build Homes — We Build Careers. When You Join Us As a Senior Planner, You'll Benefit From:
* Competitive salary
* Bonus
* 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
* Healthcare
* Life Cover & Contributory Pension
* Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
* Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development
What is the role?
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Planner to join the Technical Team. This role typically reports to the Planning Director. The key responsibilities are to convert existing land interests into planning consents as well as replacing and adding to land reserves. It involves working with a diverse range of people, including landowners, public and private sector professionals, politicians, developers and local residents. The successful candidate will be responsible for a programme of planning promotion and planning submissions while taking a leading role in the formulation and submission of planning applications large and small, including the discharge of planning conditions to support the growth of the business.
What you'll Do As a Senior Planner
* Produce site assessments, detailed examination of planning histories, policy analysis, interpretation and consideration of material considerations, and new site appraisals for immediate and strategic sites in good time to maintain the relationship with the Land team and protect the interests of the company
* Prepare and project manage different types of planning applications from Outline/Full and Reserved Matters to the discharge of planning conditions accurately so that the Region can maintain new sites to develop
* Liaise and brief internal layout designers, external consultants and officers at Local Planning Authorities prior, during and post submission to develop strong working relationships
* Prepare Design & Access Statements and a range of other planning documents required to support applications accurately and on time so the business can continue to gain positive planning consents
* Organise supporting information and attend required stakeholder/public consultation events with professionalism at all times to build confidence with the general public
* Formulating planning strategies to promote medium and long term development sites through the plan-making process under the guidance of the Planning Manager to continue a pipeline of new sites for the region
* Assist Deputy/Director as needed, ensuring quality of work is maintained to a good standard within company guidelines
* Mentor and train junior team members to develop their skills and add value to the team
* Provide assistance to the Director when making key business decisions and attend regional meetings as the relevant subject expert
What experience do I need?
* Experience of leading on the management of planning applications in private or public sector roles
* Degree / Masters in Planning with RTPI accreditation
* Ability to adapt to change and work accurately and efficiently under pressure
* Enthusiastic, hardworking individual with initiative in a busy commercial office
* Professional communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
* Full UK driving licence
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Other
Industries
* Business Consulting and Services
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