Overview
Land & Planning Manager
A regional house builder have a requirement for a Land & Planning Manager to join their team.
Responsibilities
* Promotion of sites through the planning process with a view to securing allocations of land for housing
* Planning applications and the handling of appeals
* Appointment of external consultants
* Identification of new strategic land opportunities and negotiation of legal agreements on appropriate terms
* Liaison with landowners over progress on site promotion
* Responsibility for the renewal/extension of options
* Input into the production of developer collaboration agreements
* Monitoring of Local Plan documents, housing land supply and competitor activity
* Community engagement on site promotions and planning applications
* Management of planning and acquisition activity to deliver key targets in priority areas of search
* Production of monthly progress reports on key projects
* Preparation of planning strategies
* Produce and manage budgets and professional fees
* Produce scheme viabilities
* Management of external consultants to ensure that they deliver effectively on time and to budget
* Management of fee spend in line with budget forecasts
Role requirements
* Experience and background in either land and / or planning
* Professional accreditation (RTPI / RICS) is desirable
* Be commercially aware of contractual obligations on each project to ensure that these can be met before committing expenditure to a given project
* Ensure that infrastructure and S106 obligations are capable of being supported by the scheme commercially and contractually
* Aim to secure best value when appointing consultants with close control kept over cost
* Be able to forecast likely fee spend accurately
* Be conversant with land values, build and infrastructure costs in producing scheme viabilities
What’s on offer?
In return for your skills the company are offering a competitive basic salary, car allowance and additional company benefits package including pension, healthcare, company bonus.
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