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Senior Planner

Employer
Parker Planning Services
Location
Norfolk
Salary
Up to £40,000 plus benefits
Closing date
4 Mar 2020

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Find a home for your Planning Career

Are you an experienced planner looking to find somewhere which feels like the place you want to stay?

Parker Planning Services is a successful and growing Chartered Planning Practice with multi-disciplinary specialists.  We have worked very hard to ensure that we have a highly competent team and treat our team well  in order to retain good people.   

We are recruiting for a Planner or Senior Planner for our Norfolk Office. We are a planning consultancy with other specialists providing; planning consultancy, highways, landscape, archaeology, land surveying, ecology and other specialist services which complement the planning services we provide.

This role is to be based in our Norfolk Office, which is located in East Tuddenham, not far from Norwich City or Dereham. The Office is located in an area which is away from the City Traffic but is easy to get to from the City by car or bus.

We have 20 staff members across three offices in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, with plans to open a further office next year. Whilst we are a growing company with our approach to having individual offices in different areas, we retain the feel of a small business in each office.

Why work with us?

  • One of our strengths is the diversity of projects we deal with, which keeps the staff interested and ensures that we are not reliant on a particular project sector for work.  We deal with tourism, commercial, mixed-use, education, residential, changes of use, farm and agriculture, renewable energy, industrial and many other types of applications ranging from small scale minor applications up to large major developments. 
  • We have a high success rate and an excellent client base. 
  • We pride ourselves on excellent customer service and high quality work.  
  • We have dealt with some fantastic projects and our client base keeps on growing with many of our clients recommended to us.   
  • The Planners are supported by in house marketing, finance and administration staff as well as planning technical staff.   
  • We have also purchased new high specification I.T. equipment and an industry specific project management system.   
  • Unlike many of our competitors who have significant debts, we are in a position where the company has no debt or leasing arrangements and we have re-invested the income made from the company back into the business to ensure our longevity and that our overheads are low, meaning that we can focus on doing a good job for our clients. 
  • All the team are treated very well with generous benefits, annual leave entitlement and a paid Christmas and Summer Event. 
  • Staff are provided with opportunities to progress with their career. 
  • It is generally a friendly and professional place to do where we enjoy our success.

Your main duties will include:

Managing a caseload of planning applications and Appeals relevant to your experience.  We aim to give people a good diversity of projects or projects they will enjoy Working with the planning team and providing support to other members of the team Undertaking feasibility and site assessments Providing professional planning advice Dealing with a wide range of planning applications, appeals and other related projects which are suitable for your level of experience. Consultation with external and internal stakeholders Researching and visiting sites when required Working with other members of the team and other specialists

Applicant: 

  • Highly motivated, initiative driven and able to prioritise your own workload Strong IT, Verbal and presentation skills Strong written communication and friendly approach

Requirements for the Senior Planner role:

  • Chartered Member of the RTPI
  • At least 6 years of planning experience, with some private sector experience (we may accept someone for this role who has very good local authority experience of dealing with planning applications and private sector understanding)

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