Your duties will include:
- Producing comprehensive initial draft reports to support the submission of planning applications, appeals, policy representations and site appraisals.
- Monitoring of planning applications and appeals and/or local and neighbourhood plans within specific authorities.
- Support more senior planners and project managers with specific application and appeal preparation, but also a wider brief on planning matters as requested by senior colleagues.
- Reviewing reports produced by external consultants, providing feedback.
- Complete research and reading to assist in developing a strategy for the promotion/allocation/planning application of a site.
- Producing well researched and presented reports and representations to assist in the promotion of sites and/or preparing reports to accompany the submission of planning applications.
- Attending meetings and interviews with prospective landowners and agents to help secure new sites for the business to then promote.
- Undertaking site visits and meetings with landowners, agents and local authority officers.
- Effective management of workload and keeping to task deadlines.
- Carrying out public engagement, including formal consultation events where necessary.
- Assisting Graduate Planners within your team with any queries they may have in a positive and constructive manner.
To be successful in the role, we are looking for:
- Planning degree or equivalent qualification with chartered membership of the RTPI or RICS.
- Planning experience, either within a consultancy or local planning environment.
- Experience of Section 106 agreements.
- Experience of working within an environment focused on the promotion of sites through both the Local Plan and planning application process.
- Experience of preparing reports to support the submission of planning applications and/or the allocation of sites in a Local Plan.
- Demonstrable experience of undertaking research projects to support the delivery of a project.
- Understanding of the drivers for growth at the local, regional and national level.
- Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
- The ability to communicate to different audiences.
- The ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Effective time management.
- Strong organizational and coordination skills.
- Ability to build rapport and relationships, both internally and externally.
- A strong work ethic.