Homes England
Planning and Enabling Manager
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Planning and Enabling Manager
Application closing date: 11th August
Interviews will take place in person: Week commencing 24th August
A bit about the role...
Working as part of the North East, Yorkshire and The Humber Planning and Enabling Team, the Planning and Enabling Manager will play a key role in delivering a diverse portfolio of projects across the region, ranging from small sites to large, complex strategic developments.
Based in either Newcastle or Leeds and reporting to a Senior Planning and Enabling Manager, you will contribute to de-risking sites, achieving planning certainty, and enabling the delivery of new homes across Homes England’s land portfolio.
- You will lead and work as part of multi-disciplinary teams on a range of projects and initiatives, providing planning and technical expertise to support successful project outcomes.
- Joining an enthusiastic, motivated, friendly, and experienced team of highly skilled professionals, you will contribute to delivering projects efficiently, ensuring they are appropriately de-risked and brought to market in a way that maximises early delivery and delivers value for money.
- The team is committed to taking an innovative and proactive approach to solving challenges and identifying practical solutions.
- You will be developing planning and technical strategies, procuring surveys, reports, and supporting information to derisk sites, instructing and managing consultants, and overseeing the preparation and submission of planning applications.
- You will also engage with Local Planning Authorities to agree application content and negotiate appropriate planning conditions and Section 106 agreements, ensuring projects remain deliverable and aligned with programme timelines.
- In addition, you may be asked to work across teams and with external partners to provide planning and technical advice with regards land acquisition and disposals, assessing planning risks and opportunities, and shaping planning strategies in accordance with Homes England governance requirements.
- You will work with colleagues across the organisation to procure work packages such as demolition, site clearance, creation of serviced parcels, and the construction of spine roads and drainage infrastructure – helping to unlock large complex sites which may have previously been unviable to the housing market.
- This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the delivery of complex and rewarding housing and regeneration projects across both brownfield and greenfield sites within a national organisation driven by social purpose.
A bit about you…
- You will be educated to degree level, with professional membership (MRICS or MRTPI) desirable or working towards this, and experience within the residential sector.
- You will have several years experience working within the development or housebuilding industry, or as an experienced planning professional, and you will have strong project management skills, with the ability to manage consultants and collaborate effectively within multi-disciplinary teams.
- You will have relevant and recent experience of bringing forward deliverable housing schemes through the planning process.
- A strong understanding of the housing market, development sector, and the Government’s housing agenda is important.
- You will be confident navigating the planning system, with experience across a range of planning matters including community engagement, technical assessments, and negotiations with local authorities.
- You will be well organised, an effective communicator, and have an interest in placemaking. Experience with outline permissions, Section 106 agreements, reserved matters, and discharge of conditions is essential.
- A solid understanding of the development process — including pre-acquisition technical due diligence, land transactions, risk management, development economics, and viability — will be beneficial. Experience of working with engineers and architects to design technically deliverable schemes, and an understanding of the detailed design and construction process would also be beneficial.
- You will be comfortable managing multiple priorities, seeking opportunities to improve processes and innovate.
- You will thrive in a collaborative environment, using your project management skills to manage multiple projects and consultant teams effectively.
- You will be resilient, commercially aware, and confident working with a range of stakeholders, always considering the operational and financial impacts of decisions.
- Strong communication skills (written, verbal, and digital) are essential, alongside the ability to negotiate and influence effectively.
- You will be motivated, proactive, and committed to continuous improvement, with a collaborative and inclusive approach to teamwork.
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Who are we?
Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency
We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital, and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.
- We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations.
- We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities, and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future.
- And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse, and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.
- Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation, and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.
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What we offer...
- As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.
- Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.
- If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support, and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.
- Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.
- If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.
- Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.
- We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.
- We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme.
- We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient, and deliver for communities.
- Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 to 2025 — Second Edition - GOV.UK.
You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK at this stage.
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