Town Planning Manager

Ready to lead on planning strategy and guide development from concept to operation? Join our Land & Mineral Resources team as a Planning Manager.

You’ll take ownership of ensuring compliance with existing planning permissions, while playing a central role in identifying, appraising and promoting opportunities—securing the consents needed to enhance our estate.

You’ll be a confident communicator, able to drive projects forward leading multi-disciplinary teams at every stage of the development process. You’ll provide practical, detailed advice both internally and externally, backed by a strong grasp of the plan-led system and a track record of promoting land for development and securing planning permissions.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead on site promotion and local plan consultations.
• Manage the dynamic nature of our estate to ensure compliance with extant planning permissions. 
• Collaborate with our colleague’s business wide. Lead and support multi-disciplinary project teams to deliver high-quality planning, property, environmental and sustainability advice to internal stakeholders.
• Lead planning strategy for existing and new assets, from appraisal and local plan promotion through to permission and delivery, applying sound judgement and making clear, actionable recommendations.
• Engage proactively within the business, with industry, stakeholders and the community. Working with communications teams to fully explain and promote our operations and proposals. 
• Procure planning and environmental support, manage and instruct technical teams and ensure consistency, including managing and maintaining budgets and reporting progress. 
• Ensure compliance with legal, environmental and health & safety obligations across the mineral estate.
• Maximisation of returns on non-operational property including identifying surplus property for disposal.
• Maintain accurate GIS and estate records to support operational and strategic decision making.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Experienced or interested in land promotion and the plan led system. 
• Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute, Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or working towards chartership.
• Experience in development, minerals, rural estates, utilities, infrastructure or similar land-based sectors.
• Confident negotiator with excellent communication skills.
• Comfortable managing multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Ability to interpret planning permissions, legal documents, plans and technical information.
• Proactive, organised and confident working independently across multiple sites.

Job Benefits

• Company car or car allowance
• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays 
• Contributory Pension Scheme 
• Free on-site Parking 
• Holiday Buy Scheme 
• Volunteer Scheme 
• Share Save Scheme 
• Life Assurance 
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption & Paternity Scheme 
• Health & Wellbeing Initiatives 
• Discount Scheme