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Location: Plymouth, PL6

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Job Title: Development Planner

Location: Plymouth, PL6

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Development Planner and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

We're one of the UK's largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.

At Persimmon, We Don't Just Build Homes — We Build Careers. When You Join Us As a Development Planner, You'll Benefit From

• Competitive salary
• Bonus
• Car Allowance or Company Car
• Hybrid Working
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Healthcare
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development
  
  

• Producing site assessments, detailed examination of planning histories, policy analysis, interpretation and consideration of material considerations, and new site appraisals for immediate and strategic sites in a timely manner to meet required deadlines to maintain the relationship with the Land team and protect the interests of the company.
• Prepare and project manage different types of planning applications from Outline/Full and Reserved Matters to the discharge of planning conditions accurately so that the Region can maintain new sites to develop
• Liaise and brief internal layout designers, external consultants and officers at local planning authorities prior, during and post submission in order to develop strong working relationships
• Prepare Planning Statements, Design & Access Statements and a range of other planning documents required to support applications accurately and on time so the business can continue to achieve the necessary planning approvals
• Organise supporting information and attend required stakeholder/public consultation events with professionalism at all times to build confidence with the general public
• Formulating planning strategies to promote medium and long term development sites through the plan-making process under the guidance of the Planning Manager to continue a pipeline of new sites for the region
• On occasion to deputise for the Head of Planning to provide support and assistance to the team
• Monitor development plan progress and associated evidence based and policy documents within each local planning authority area
  
  

• Previous experience working in the private or public sector in the field of development management / planning policy
• Degree / Masters Planning Degree with an RTPI accreditation and a rounded knowledge of town planning
• Ability to adapt to change and to work accurately and efficiently under pressure
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Full UK driving licence
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Consulting

• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services

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