Planning Manager
Leeds
£55,000 to £65,000
I’m working with a privately owned developer that builds out its own schemes across the UK. Land, design and construction all sit in-house, so the planning work here actually gets delivered rather than handed off. It’s a funded, national pipeline in a resilient market with genuine social purpose behind it.
The role:
• Take sites from pre-application through to consent
• Manage applications, conditions and Section 106 negotiations
• Lead public consultation and community engagement on new schemes
• Present at planning committee and represent the business at appeals where needed
• Coordinate design, technical and external consultant teams
• Provide planning advice on new site acquisitions
• Own the planning strategy and risk across your own pipeline
About you:
• Solid experience managing planning applications through to consent, client-side or consultancy
• Strong working knowledge of the English planning system and the NPPF
• Confident dealing with LPAs, consultees and communities, and speaking in public forums
• Proactive, the sort who solves planning problems rather than just flagging them
• Commercially minded, with good judgement on strategy and risk
• RTPI membership is a plus but not essential if the experience is there
Benefits:
• Salary £55,000 to £65,000 DOE
• Car allowance
• Bonus scheme
• Contributory pension
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Great option if you’re at a consultancy and tired of timesheets, or client-side and after a bigger pipeline with real autonomy.
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