STONEBRIDGE
Planning Specialist
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Planning Specialist
Experienced Planner – Maternity Cover Contract (12 Months)
About the Role
Join Stonebridge Homes, a Leeds-based housebuilder with a reputation for designing and delivering quality, high-specification homes across Yorkshire, the North-East, and Lincolnshire. We’re looking for an experienced Planner on a 12-month maternity cover contract to lead our Design & Planning Team, ensuring our long-term projects align with our brand values and business goals.
In this role, you’ll work closely with internal teams, external stakeholders, and planning authorities, guiding projects from feasibility to planning consent. We value collaboration, innovation, and a culture where every voice contributes to our vision.
Key Responsibilities
- Align planning with the business strategy by proactively engaging with teams across functions to define planning requirements for current and future sites, providing clear programmes and timescales to support the overall business plan
- Monitor and interpret national and local planning policies, offering commercially sound recommendations and leveraging pre-application advice to guide land acquisition and planning strategy
- Prepare, manage, and submit high-quality, time-sensitive planning applications, including:
- Ancillary applications (discharge of conditions, variations, statutory diversions)
- Detailed planning documentation
- Maintain accurate planning records, tracking, and documentation
- Manage external planning consultants to ensure timely, effective deliverables
- Engage and manage relationships with key stakeholders, including:
- Planning officers
- Highways teams
- Councillors
- Local MPs
- Community groups
- Design and deliver effective, brand-aligned consultation events to promote Stonebridge Homes
- Identify opportunities within the Local Plan process
- Proactively identify risks and delays, develop mitigation strategies, and provide regular updates to internal stakeholders
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Experience & Qualifications
- Planning-related qualification (e.g., RTPI) or equivalent industry experience
- Experience of both public and private-sected planning development control* (*UK English correction applied)
- Strong communications skills with a focus on stakeholder engagement
- Understands **urban design policies’
- Proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to prioritise multiple responsibilities efficiently
- Can work ** autonomously** as well as collaboratively in a team*
Benefits
Join a fast-growing business led by core values, where your input makes a real difference. Our package includes:
- Salary: Circa £35,000 (depending on experience)
- Car Allowance
- Private Healthcare coverage
- Pension scheme access
- Supported hybrid working policy
- Enhanced holiday entitlement
- Full-time position
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a dynamic, customer-focused business in regional housebuilding.
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