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Senior / Principal Major Applications Planner

Employer
Macdonald & Company
Location
London
Salary
£35.00 - £37.00 per hour Umbrella Co
Closing date
15 Dec 2021

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Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time
Discipline
Development Control, Planning
Function
Officer, Planner
Sector
Local Authority

Job Details

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a Senior / Principal Planner at a Central London Borough that is widely regarded as one of the Capitals development hot spots.

As a pivotal figure within a friendly and supportive team, you will play a key role working on the delivery planning applications associated with the councils New Build Homes and Estate Renewal programmes.

Developments incorporated within your caseload will be central to the councils’ ambitions to deliver the next generation of Council Homes coupled with progressing initiatives to deliver their own private housing for sale.

Moreover, you also encounter a broad and varied range of development from infill projects on old garage sites to GLA referable 300 unit residential led mixed use schemes with Tall Buildings.

In this is an extremely prominent role where you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the development of masterplans, manage the planning application process and work collaboratively with councils’ regeneration teams, residential development ALMO’s, Tfl and GLA.
 

  • Undertake complex pre-application meetings with key stakeholders, councils development arm, agents and architects etc.
  • Manage and process large scale Major and Strategic Applications for phased Estate and Renewal schemes
  • Caseloads will include residential led mixed use scheme and residential developments up to 300 units or more encompassing mixed tenure housing such as affordable housing, affordable rents and private housing for sale etc.
  • Trouble shoot and unblock issues surrounding complex planning applications
  • Facilitate close working relationships with internal teams in Design, regeneration and development
  • Consult and liaise with the GLA, TfL and key politicians
  • Coordinate site visits with key stakeholders, community groups and the developer etc
  • Address issues around viability.
  • Represent Council at committee and informal hearings
  • Manage and engage with external consultant teams undertaking studies research on behalf of the council
  • Review EIA scoping reports
  • Negotiate complex conditions and reserved matters
  • Undertaking member briefings
  • Attend Design Workshops

This Council would like to encourage applications from candidates who have acquired practical experience as a Senior or Principal Planner who has processed major applications (GLA referable applications experience preferred but not essential).

In addition, you will have a comprehensive understanding of current issues affecting planning, regeneration and local government in London from a development management and placemaking perspective.

Moreover, you will have a commitment to championing high quality development and customer service with a natural enthusiasm for large scale major and strategic development.

You must have a degree in Town & Country Planning with excellent written and communication skills and an aptitude for dealing with complex planning issues.

For further details, please feel free to contact Jeremy Wright at Macdonald & Company on 0207 318 5263 or email: jwright@macdonaldandcompany.com

Company

Macdonald & Company is the leading professional recruitment consultancy for the real estate, built environment, energy and environmental sectors. Established in 1994 and headquartered in the UK, we apply local knowledge with true global connection through our offices in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.

Our specialist teams act for every class  of organisation owning, occupying, financing or advising on property, construction and engineering – developers, investors, institutions, funds, banks, consultancies and contractors. We are the preferred recruitment partner of RICS - the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Company info
Website
Telephone
020 7629 7220
Location
50 Great Marlborough Street
London
London
W1F 7JS
United Kingdom

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