Job Description
Competitive Salary & Discretionary Performance Bonus & Company Car Plan/Cash Allowance & Holidays (Buy, Sell and Accrual Scheme) & Company Pension & Private Healthcare & Life Assurance & Benefits\n\nWith lots of exciting plans in the pipeline, there's never been a better time to join Avant Homes, let us tell you why…\n\nAvant Homes is a housebuilder operating in Scotland, the North East and West of England, across Yorkshire, the East and West Midlands and Wales, with eight regional offices and a Group head office employing over 600 people.\n\nWe have ambitious growth plans and are looking for passionate individuals to help us achieve them. Our mission is to provide affordable homes to our communities, ensuring that new homes are accessible and attainable for all with a product suitable for everyone.\n\nAvant Homes are proud to employ local people across our developments and within our regional offices, teamwork is key to everything that we do.\n\nWe are looking for people who want to be a part of something special, so why not start the foundations and build your career with us today?\n\nDue to continued success and future business growth, we have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Planning Manager to join our East Midlands regional team based in Nottingham.\n\nThe Role\n\nAre you a successful Planner or Planning Manager with a proven track record of securing planning approvals?\n\nAre you commercially minded, passionate and have strong relationship building skills?\n\nIf yes then look no further, your next career could be with us!\n\nJoining our team as Regional Planning Manager you will support the Land, Technical and Commercial teams to develop, agree, implement and deliver the regions land acquisition and development requirements through successfully advising on and gaining planning approvals that meet the Region's business plan and future growth requirements.\n\nKey duties and requirements\n\nYou will also be responsible for but not limited to;\n\nProviding the technical and land teams with operational & tactical land appraisal planning reports, assessments presenting clear and reasoned planning advice in terms of potential risks/opportunities and likely planning gain requirements.\nWorking closely with regional teams and third-party providers to ensure that planning applications are prepared in accordance with Local Authority requirements.\nManaging the regional planning application process through direct liaison with the Local Planning Authority.\nProactively identifying, under the guidance of the Land and Commercial Directors to negotiate planning gain contributions.\nManaging the drafting and completion of all section agreements with the Local Authority and legal team.\nManaging the compliance and coordination on the discharge of planning conditions.\nProviding key status, project information, assessments, analysis and recommendations in relation to all planning matters, take action to mitigate planning risk, protect land acquisition, site start development targets and KPIs.\nMonitoring and reporting on both local and national planning policy changes and movements.\nEngaging in the process of determining, agreeing & delivering site start programmes so that planning matters are not a risk to meeting the agreed timescales.\nProviding effective & relevant planning reports and documentation for each development or phase of development.Who are we looking for?\n\nTo be successful as our Regional Planning Manager, you will be able to evidence your previous success on delivering planning requirements.\n\nTo be considered for the role you will currently be working within a Town Planning discipline with a minimum of 2 years' experience. You will currently be working for either a private sector consultancy, housebuilder or local authority where you will have gained diverse experience in planning management and securing commercially deliverable planning approvals.\n\nWe are also open to receiving applications from senior candidates who are experts in the planning field and an effective business/project delivery manager.\n\nDelivering on excellence and control are key to the success within this role.\n\nWhat will you get in return?\n\nDiscretionary bonus\nCompany car plan/cash allowance\nBuy, sell and accrual holiday scheme\nPrivate Health care\nCompany Pension\nLife Assurance\nOther Benefits including our exclusive Avant discount platformIf this sounds like you, join us and be a part of Avant's future success!\n\nPlease note: we reserve the right to fill this vacancy and/or remove this advert prior to the vacancy end date