Title: Senior Strategic Planning Manager

Location: East Sussex

The Company:

Penguin Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a housebuilder for the hire of a Senior Strategic Planning Manager to join the team.

Job Purpose:

A leadership role within the Strategic Land Team, with a responsibility for leading the planning promotion of the strategic portfolio. The role will involve forming and implementing planning strategies to secure sites, planning permission or allocation through Local Plan promotion. The aim is to secure permissions and provide a pipeline of sites to achieve the overall business objective.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead on the planning promotion of the strategic land portfolio

• Assist in the production of a Strategic Land Strategy that will take into consideration regional land requirements. The strategy will consider changes to planning policy and housing/employment need.
• Produce ad-hoc planning advice to the business to update on emerging planning policy
• Produce site assessments for new opportunities to include policy analysis, planning history and advising on the material considerations to consider the developability of a site
• Attend interviews either independently or with the relevant land lead for land acquisition
• Form and guide complex developments from concept to outline permission/allocation. This will include the identification and engagement with key stakeholders and decision makers.
• Local Plan promotion of the portfolio including the managing of consultants, engaging with Local Authorities and other stakeholders

• Provide input into viabilities concerning affordable housing requirements, commuted sum payments, obligations and CIL.
• Network and build relationships with Council planning officers, local politicians and members of the public engaged in the planning process.

Qualifications

• RTPI qualified.
• At least 5 years' experience within housebuilding, consultancy, land promoter or local authority.
• Experience of promoting sites through the Local Plan process.

Interested?

The hiring manager is looking to meet with suitable candidates ASAP so if you meet the above criteria, please contact Josh Jones on (phone number removed) or (url removed)