Assistant Land & Planning Manager

We have a role for an Assistant Land & Planning Manager within a regional house builder. Working closely with the Land Director, you will collaborate with internal teams and statutory bodies to deliver planning applications and strategies.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Promotion of sites through the planning process with a view to securing allocations of land for housing and managing planning applications and the handling of appeals.
• Appointment of external consultants.
• Identification of new strategic land opportunities and negotiation of legal agreements on appropriate terms.
• Liaison with landowners over progress on site promotion.
• Responsibility for the renewal/extension of options.
• Input into the production of developer collaboration agreements.
• Monitoring of Local Plan documents, housing land supply and competitor activity.
• Community engagement on site promotions and planning applications.
• Management of planning and acquisition activity to deliver key targets in priority areas of search.
• Production of monthly progress reports on key projects.
• Preparation of planning strategies.
• Produce and manage budgets and professional fees.
• Management of external consultants to ensure that they deliver effectively on time and to budget.
• Management of fee spend in line with budget forecasts.

Role Requirements

• Experience and background in either land and / or planning.
• Professional accreditation (RTPI / RICS) is desirable.
• Be commercially aware of contractual obligations on each project to ensure that these can be met before committing expenditure to a given project.
• Ensure that infrastructure and S106 obligations are capable of being supported by the scheme commercially and contractually.
• Aim to secure best value when appointing consultants with close control kept over cost.
• Be able to forecast likely fee spend accurately.
• Be conversant with land values, build and infrastructure costs in producing scheme viabilities.

What's on Offer?

In return for your skills the company is offering a competitive basic salary, car allowance and additional company benefits package including pension, healthcare and company bonus.