Rating/Business Rates - Surveyor to Director/Partner Level

  • Place North West
  • Manchester, Lancashire
  • Oct 19, 2025
Full time Construction

Job Description

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.