Job title: Associate Planning Director
Location: Ringwood, Hampshire
Hours: 37 per week, Monday to Friday
Rewards and Benefits:
Competitive basic salary, company car or car allowance, private medical, life assurance and many other benefits
About the role
1. Assessing new sites for development potential and checking planning constraints with local authorities and providing reports to land teams.
2. Liaising with Design to ensure the best approach is delivered for each scheme.
3. Attending initial planning meetings.
4. Preparing planning applications, including research and submission.
5. Monitoring planning applications, proactively answering any questions and queries.
6. Coordinating, preparing, and submitting applications for discharge of conditions.
7. Supporting the business to manage any appeals. Including attending the hearing.
Our Associate Planning Director will have a real influence on the success of our planning applications and schemes. Ultimately, you’ll get to see your efforts rewarded with successful planning applications and customers who love their independent, safe and secure retirement home – knowing you’ve had a part to play in this.
Hours of work: 9.00am to 5.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00am to 5.00pm on Fridays with one hour for lunch.
About you
Our new Associate Planning Director will have a thorough understanding of Planning Policies, procedures and law, with a PQE in public or private practice. We’d love it if you had knowledge of affordable housing policies and law. You must be a member of MRTPI, and ideally have a Degree/Diploma in Town Planning.
In addition, you will have proven negotiation, communication and influencing skills, as you’ll be liaising with a wide range of external contacts to resolve issues.
You’ll enjoy managing your own case load, whilst also working as part of a close knit team. Who provide support, advice, and guidance to one another, ensuring the most positive outcomes.
How you’ll be rewarded
* Competitive salary
* Company Car or Car Allowance
* Annual holiday entitlement - 26 days
* Day off on your birthday
* Group Personal Pension Plan
* Private Medical insurance
* Health Screening
* Life Assurance
* Colleague Introduction reward scheme
* Eye Care Reimbursement
* £200 John Lewis vouchers for expectant parents
* Land Introduction Bonus
* Annual awards ceremony
* Colleague wellbeing programmes and company ambassadors
* Charity fund matching through Churchill Foundation
About us
We are Churchill Retirement Living, the fastest growing company in the UK retirement house building sector and we’re looking for people like you.
We’re a family-run, privately-owned business and we’re going places. We’re proud of what we do, and the people we work with. We have ambitious growth plans for the future, now employing 700 people and growing all the time.
We pride ourselves on building beautiful, quality, purpose-built one- and two-bedroom apartments in desirable locations across the UK for those looking for an independent lifestyle in later life. Developments are designed to take away all the hassle and fears that can be experienced by older people and provide security, peace of mind and independence.
We’ve won a host of awards; most recently ranked in the Sunday Times Top 10 'Best Places to Work' and we were the first ever retirement living specialist ever to be crowned overall ‘Housebuilder of the Year’ by the WhatHouse? Awards.
Join the Churchill family and be part of an ambitious and successful business who value and appreciate their people. Apply today!
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