Associate Planner

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Associate Planner to join our proactive, dynamic, and success-driven internal planning consultancy based in our Head Office in Ringwood.

As an Associate Planner, you will be a pivotal part of our national growth drive strategies, working closely with our 5 regional offices to assess new sites for development potential and check planning constraints with local authorities.

You will liaise with our Design team to ensure the best approach is delivered for each scheme, attend initial planning meetings, and prepare planning applications, including research and submission.

Additionally, you will monitor planning applications, proactively answer any questions and queries, and coordinate, prepare, and submit applications for discharge of conditions.

Our Associate Planners have a real influence on the success of our planning applications and schemes, and you will get to see your efforts rewarded with successful planning applications and customers who love their independent, safe, and secure retirement home.

Key Responsibilities

• Assessing new sites for development potential and checking planning constraints with local authorities.
• Liaising with Design to ensure the best approach is delivered for each scheme.
• Attending initial planning meetings.
• Preparing planning applications, including research and submission.
• Monitoring planning applications, proactively answering any questions and queries.
• Coordinating, preparing, and submitting applications for discharge of conditions.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary.
• Company Car or Car Allowance.
• Annual holiday entitlement - 24 days.
• Day off on your birthday.
• Group Personal Pension Plan.
• Private Medical.
• Health Screening.
• Life Assurance.
• Colleague Introduction reward scheme.
• Eye Care Reimbursement.
• £200 John Lewis vouchers for expectant parents.
• Land Introduction Bonus.
• Annual awards ceremony.
• Colleague wellbeing programmes and company ambassadors.
• Charity fund matching through Churchill Foundation.

About Us

We are Churchill Retirement Living, the fastest-growing company in the UK retirement house building sector, and we're looking for people like you.

We're a family-run, privately-owned business and we're going places. We're proud of what we do, and the people we work with. We have ambitious growth plans for the future, now employing 700 people and growing all the time.

We pride ourselves on building beautiful, quality, purpose-built one- and two-bedroom apartments in desirable locations across the UK for those looking for an independent lifestyle in later life.

Developments are designed to take away all the hassle and fears that can be experienced by older people and provide security, peace of mind, and independence.

We've won a host of awards; including being recognised by The Sunday Times as the 03rd Best Company to Work For in the UK and we were the first ever retirement living specialist ever to be crowned overall 'Housebuilder of the Year' by the WhatHouse? Awards.