Persimmon Homes
Assistant Planner
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Location: Telford
What is the role?
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Planning Team. This role typically reports to the Head of Planning and will have contact with consultants, local planning authorities, stakeholders, and local communities.
The purpose of the role is to assist planning and development appraisals, planning submissions, and other related applications within the residential sector for both immediate and strategic sites.
The role will include:
- Producing 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 a timely manner to meet required deadlines 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 Planning Statements, Design & Access Statements, and a range of other planning documents required to support applications accurately and on time so the business can continue to achieve the necessary planning approvals.
- 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.
- On occasion to deputise for the Head of Planning to provide support and assistance to the team.
- Monitor development plan progress and associated evidence-based and policy documents within each local planning authority area.
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- Previous experience working in the private or public sector in the field of development management / planning policy.
- Degree / Masters Planning Degree with an RTPI accreditation and a rounded knowledge of town planning preferable, but not essential.
- Ability to adapt to change and to work accurately, efficiently, and be commercially minded.
- Excellent verbal communication skills.
- Full UK driving licence.
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