OVERVIEW

• The purpose of the role is to provide planning advice and manage all aspects of planning projects to support the overall objectives of the business.
• Reporting to Senior Area Planning Director / Planning & Operations Director at Catesby Estates
• This role will be covering primarily the easter half of the central patch.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Note: there may be a requirement from time to time to undertake other duties and perform other roles

• Provide planning advice;
• Assist other members of the planning team;
• Undertake planning reviews of new sites;
• Lead planning projects;
• Prepare site promotion strategies;
• Prepare and agree project programmes and budgets;
• Instruct and manage external professional teams;
• Coordinate, collate and submit planning representations and applications;
• Chair regular planning and project review meetings;
• Negotiate commercially viable planning consents and S106 agreements;
• Proactively work on business development and site finding exercises;
• Communicate relevant planning / policy news, intelligence and developments.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Experience – Prior planning role, either with a planning consultancy, land promoter, housebuilder or developer - ideally with experience in residential development / strategic land promotion.
• Skills – Project management, people / team management, negotiation, strategy formation, commerciality.
• Qualifications – Bachelor’s degree and / or MRTPI (or equivalent) professional accreditation.