town planning manager

We are working with a growing house builder, who are looking to recruit a planning manager for their South West region.

You will be an experienced town planner with detailed experience of managing planning application on immediate and strategic sites. You will be used to managing both internal and external consultants on both short term immediate projects and large multi-phased masterplan on strategic land.

You will ideally be working for house builder in a planning manager role or in consultancy at associate director level and have had experience of running planning applications for national house builders. You will be experienced in dealing with planning applications in the South West

You will report into the regional land & planning director but manage a small team, you will be given a high level of autonomy to run the regional planning function.

Responsibilities

• Managing current and future planning applications
• The appointment and coordination of external planning consultants to oversee workloads on applications and appeals
• Support the land buying team on appraisals on future land purchases
• Keep the planning director updated on monthly reports for each project you are handling
• Keep abreast and current on planning policy changes or updates in the South West local authorities

Key experience

• Degree qualified with MRTPI
• 3 plus years post graduation experience.
• Currently working for a house builder in a Planning manager role or consultancy as an associate director
• Good knowledge and experience of handling planning applications in the South West
• Detailed experience on large complex strategic land planning applications
• Detailed experience on 50 unit plus projects