Vistry North Midlands needs an Assistant Planning Manager to handle planning-related matters for residential developments, ensuring timely planning consents, condition discharges, and compliance with obligations.
Requirements
- Competent in Word, PDF, Excel, etc.
- Strong mathematical ability
- Able to manage and lead a team of consultants
- An awareness of the social and environmental impact of your work
- Accurate with an eye for detail
- Capable of strategic vision
- Decision making/problem solving/multi-tasking
Responsibilities
- Under the wing of the Senior Planning Manager, manage and positively contribute to the preparation of layouts and planning applications for all sites.
- Organise, programme, positively influence and manage project consultant design teams, ensuring fantastic projects are designed, within tight timescales.
- Reviewing, understanding, interpreting and commenting on various design information and reports with an aim of making every project a success.
- Understanding the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and how this is calculated.
- Assist in discussions and with all relevant bodies and Local Planning Authorities, in conjunction with external project teams, and engage with the public and relevant stakeholders.
- Being able to review/understand relevant local authority policies and nationally described space standard (NDSS) requirements.
- Manage and maintain planning condition trackers. Gathering all necessary information, submitting and pushing for discharge in a timely manner.
Other
- Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
- Further education in Architecture or Planning related course or; Further education in Design, such as, Urban Layout, Landscape, Architectural Technology or; Relevant experience in the industry
- Experience in people management and project leading
- Able to influence and persuade others to their point of view
- Capable of implementing change and of using their initiative
