Planning Condition Manager
Contract & Role Details
- Location: Glasgow (Hybrid)
- Contract Length: 6 months
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Pay Rate: £650–£750 per day (Umbrella PAYE)
Role Purpose
The Planning Condition Manager is responsible for the effective management of planning conditions, planning variations, and associated planning applications across live projects. The role ensures robust governance, proactive engagement with Local Planning Authorities (LPAs), and structured coordination across stakeholders to support timely, well‑informed decision‑making and minimise programme risk.
This is a coordination, oversight, and assurance role rather than a statutory decision‑maker position.
Key Responsibilities
Discharge of Planning Conditions
- Drive and oversee the discharge of planning conditions with relevant Local Planning Authorities.
- Coordinate internal teams, external consultants, contractors, and LPAs to ensure timely and complete submissions.
- Track progress, risks, and dependencies, proactively resolving issues to prevent delays.
- Utilise and build upon the existing consent condition tracker within ACC, ensuring accuracy, visibility, and consistency.
Planning Variations and Amendments
- Monitor and manage variations or amendments to existing planning permissions.
- Maintain clear visibility of status, risks, interfaces, and key decision deadlines.
- Collate, structure, and present information required to enable timely, informed decisions by Project Teams.
- Escalate matters where required to ATLAS or PDSC, ensuring a consistent and auditable approach.
- Provide assurance that changes are appropriately governed and aligned with programme objectives.
Additional Planning Applications
- Track planning applications submitted by third parties acting on behalf of the organisation, particularly Principal Contractors.
- Ensure alignment with existing consents, scope, and governance requirements.
- Provide appropriate oversight and constructive challenge where necessary to ensure compliance.
- Ensure a clear feedback loop into the strategic stakeholder engagement plan.
Governance, Reporting and Continuous Improvement
- Establish and embed structured systems, reporting, and governance processes for planning condition management.
- Provide clear reporting on progress, risks, and forward actions to project and senior stakeholders.
- Support change management and continuous business improvement initiatives within the planning function.
- Act as a focal point for planning condition and variation‑related matters across projects.
Skills and Competencies
- Strong understanding of planning processes and engagement with Local Planning Authorities
- Experience in change management and business improvement
- Ability to establish and maintain structured systems and governance frameworks
- Proactive, confident, and engaging stakeholder management style
- Excellent time management, organisation, and prioritisation skills
- Decisive, determined mindset with a focus on delivery
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving capability
- Ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams
- Confidence to challenge constructively and drive high standards