Senior Development Planner

2 weeks ago


sheffield south yorkshire, United Kingdom Hallam Land Full time

Part of Henry Boot, Hallam Land is where great places begin. As one of the UK's largest land promoters, we excel in land assembly, strategic promotion, and project delivery. For over 35 years, we've acquired, promoted, developed, and traded land, guiding landowners through the intricacies of the UK planning system. We work alongside industry peers to create successful, high-quality outcomes. Our speciality lies in promoting residential, commercial, and mixed-use sites, ensuring sustainable and profitable development for our clients.

In 2023, we invested £38.5 million, bringing our total current land investment to over £120 million. With the potential to deliver over 100,000 homes, Hallam Land boasts one of the largest and highest-quality portfolios in the housing and land promotion industry.

Due to our ongoing success and planned strategic growth, we're expanding our team in Sheffield seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Development Planner / Surveyor.

The role

As a Senior Development Planner, you will play a crucial role in managing and promoting our strategic land cycle, from identification through to sale. We are looking for someone who has lots of energy, drive and ambition; someone who can work productively with consultants, landowners and local planning authorities to deliver results and meet deadlines. Youll need to have the ability to communicate clearly with individuals at all levels, strong management skills, the ability to prioritise, and great negotiation and networking skills.

Key responsibilities:

Lead and manage the planning and promotion of strategic land projects.

Conduct thorough site appraisals and feasibility studies.

Prepare and submit planning applications and appeals.

Liaise with local authorities, stakeholders and consultants.

Monitor and influence local planning policies and frameworks.

Provide expert advice on planning and development matters.

Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Identifying and appraising potential development sites.

Managing key projects throughout the promotion process.

Preparing submissions and reports for landowners, agents, and internal teams

Foster strong relationships with consultants, local authorities, and landowners.

Qualifications and skills:

  • Experience in a similar role, either within the private or public sector.

  • Strong knowledge of UK planning legislation and policy.

  • Experience of successfully identifying new development opportunities, & managing planning applications

  • Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation and project management skills.

  • Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritise effectively and abilityto work independently and as part of a team.

  • Degree in town planning or urban planning or related field

  • Chartered Membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or RICSorequivalent, is desirable but not essential

Our offer:

We are passionate about our people, and we are committed to your career development with us. You will have full access to our People Development team, and we encourage you to consider your own personal development desires. We pride ourselves on fully supporting you in undertaking development and education to achieve your goals and objectives.

We have a competitive and progressive benefits package to help shape and support you inside and outside of work.

  • We pay you a competitive salary we are committed to promotingequity and diversity and gender pay parity;

  • We will provide you with car allowance and access to electric and hybrid vehicle leasing through our salary sacrifice scheme;

  • We share our financial success with our bonus scheme;

  • We invest in your future with our pension plan provided by AVIVA;

  • We protect your loved ones by giving a life assurance benefit based on multiples of salary;

  • We support you when you might have health concerns for you or your family with our Digital GP app;

  • We will help you manage the balance of work and home with agile working (where possible) and flexibility to ensure that you can be there for those important life events;

  • We give you 26 days of annual leave, with the ability to buy additional leave;

  • We support a complete business closure between Christmas and New Year, which does not require you to use your annual leave entitlement;

  • We give you enhanced pay if you take leave due to becoming a parent; however, you become a parent;

  • We support your career aspirations; we are committed to personal growth and internal talent development;

  • We offer you access to our Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme, which includes access to e-bikes;

  • We support you when you need external support with our Employee Assistance Programme.

We put our people first. As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to creating an environment in which we can all be our best and bring our authentic selves to work.

People are the heart of our business. We believe that we only succeed by investing in our people, and in creating the conditions for them to thrive. With a shared sense of purpose and via strategies that include industry-leading equality, diversity and inclusion, professional development, and health and wellbeing, we are a values-driven business that puts people first.

We are working hard to build on our inclusive culture. We have, for example, seen a significant rise in our gender diversity, while we have launched a series of new employee networks, such as our LGBTQ+ Network, Neurodiversity Network and Family Matters. That ethos - of care and consideration to all who work for and with us is reflected not just in the way we treat our people, but in the way they behave. Responsibly, strategically, with pride, and with a genuine desire to do the right thing.

Whatever you do, wherever you are in your life and career, your work is key to building a bright, sustainable future. If you share our values and have the tenacity and determination to achieve the highest standards in a demanding work environment, wed love to hear from you.

We ensure our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably, should you wish to discuss any adjustments please email the people team at Henry Boot.

We reserve the right to closes this vacancy at any time in advance of the closing date.

We are unable to accept applications from agencies who have not been directly instructed to act on our behalf, this includes communications shared with hiring managers


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