Senior Planner

From the commitment we pour into our homes, to the belief we bring to supporting amazing careers, a role at Persimmon is a springboard for Building Your New Possible. Discover new opportunities to grow, learn new skills and release your potential.

We’re Persimmon Homes, a FTSE 250 listed company and a leading UK house builder serving local communities across the UK and delivering around 10,000 homes a year. We have 29 operating businesses in England, Wales and Scotland, three house-building brands and three off-site manufacturing facilities.

**We’re looking for people like you, and this could be your opportunity to start Building Your New Possible.**

**What is the role?**

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Planner to join the Planning Team. This role reports to the Planning Director. The key responsibilities of the role will be to convert our existing land interests into planning consents as well as replacing and adding to our land reserves. It involves working with a diverse range of people, including landowners, public and private sector professionals, politicians, developers and local residents.

**The role will include**:

- Produce 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 good time to maintain the relationship with the Land team and protect the interests of the company
- 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
- 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 Director to continue a pipeline of new sites for the region

**What we need from you?**
- Degree / Masters Planning Degree with an RTPI accreditation and a rounded knowledge of planning
- Ability to adapt to change and to work accurately and efficiently under pressure
- Enthusiastic, hardworking individual who is willing to show their initiative working as part of a small team in a busy commercial office
- Professional communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills are essential
- Full UK driving licence

**What’s in it for you?**

Salary and benefits package
- Competitive Salary (DOE)
- Company Car/Car Allowance
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Bonus
- Health Care

**Persimmon are Proud Sponsors of Team GB**

**No Agencies please** - Persimmon will not accept speculative CVs as a means of introduction
- Persimmon is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination._
- Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best._