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Planning Manager
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About the Role
Our client, a strategic land business operating across the North West, is looking for a Planning Manager to join their north west team.
This is a genuine step-up role. They're not looking for someone who's already carrying the "Planning Manager" title elsewhere — they want a strong Senior Planner ready to take on more ownership, responsibility, and client/stakeholder-facing work. Ideal candidate is around 4-6 years post-grad experience.
You'll be involved from initial land buyer input at acquisition stage, right through to disposal, giving you exposure to the full lifecycle of a strategic land project.
Responsibilities
- Support land buyers with planning input pre and post acquisition, including site appraisals and planning risk assessment
- Take ownership of sites post-acquisition, managing the planning promotion strategy through to consent
- Instruct and manage external consultant teams (planning, technical, environmental)
- Lead engagement with local planning authorities, parish/town councils, and local stakeholders
- Manage public consultation processes
- Prepare and submit planning applications, including outline and hybrid applications
- Monitor plan-making processes and identify promotion opportunities within Local Plans
- Support land buyers and directors with land promotion agreements and option negotiations
- Assist with site disposal, including working with housebuilders/developers post-consent
- Report on site progress and planning strategy to senior management
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- Circa 4-6 years post-graduate planning experience
- Background gained in strategic land, land promotion, housebuilder, or planning consultancy environment
- Strong working knowledge of the planning system, Local Plan processes, and the NPPF
- Track record of progressing sites through planning, ideally including outline consents
- Confident managing external consultants and multi-disciplinary teams
- Comfortable engaging directly with local authorities, councillors, and communities
- RTPI membership or working towards chartership preferred
- Ambitious, ready to step up into a role with more autonomy and client exposure
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