Redrow: Senior Planning Manager - Redrow Homes South Wales

Senior Planning Manager

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Redrow Homes South Wales
Cardiff
Permanent
Competitive salary

Closing Date: 13/05/2022

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Summary

To contribute to managing the Company’s Land Bank to ensure that development sites (greenfield/brownfield) are progressed through the Planning System as efficiently as possible; and provide planning expertise as required regarding new development opportunities. 

The role will involve working on projects from inception to completion from day one and you will be given a level of ownership of projects that very few planners experience. You will provide pre-acquisition planning advice, project-manage planning applications and where appropriate complete the requisite reports and supporting documents.  You will follow each project to its successful conclusion.

Responsible for: Planning Assistant / Planning Graduate

Responsible to: Planning Director

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure all consultants understand Redrow’s objectives and are designing to the appropriate and local authority requirements as well as other regulatory body requirements.

  • Assist with optimising pre planning layouts as well as performing design audits on consented schemes. 

  • Organise geo-tech and geo-environment inspections

  • Organise acoustic, daylight reports, structural, sustainability reports etc

  • Good knowledge of the planning system particularly non-material amendments and s73 applications etc.

  • Build strong relationships with planning officers, highways officers etc within your region.

  • Monitor fee budgets.

  • Understand the technical opportunities and constraints of a construction site.

  • Management of all planning conditions including fee proposals, obtaining documents and submission;

  • Handling of enforcement queries and complaints;

  • Ongoing liaison with Local Authority officers to maintain positive relationships;

  • Generation and maintenance of condition trackers ;

  • Resolution of issues arising as construction continues due to deviation from planning permission: amendment of planning permission through non material amendments/s73 applications, amendment of s106 through deed of variation;

  • Attendance of site based project meetings providing planning input;

  • Planning advice in terms of potential re-planning to intensify site or amend mix to improve viability;

  • Provide reports and updates to senior management team as required.  

What we can do for you

We've been building a proud reputation for beautiful high quality homes across England and Wales for nearly 50 years. Key to our success are the many talented people working in every department across the business who are committed to excellence. We encourage them all to grow and maximise their potential by working with like-minded people who share their vision and values.

At Redrow we are committed to continuously promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) throughout the business to build a culture that is inclusive to all, actively values difference and ensures everyone is treated fairly.

Supporting the physical, emotional and financial wellbeing of our people really matters and it\'s something we take very seriously. The health and wellbeing of our employees and sub-contractors is embedded at the heart of our culture and as part of this, we offer a wide range of wellbeing programmes, initiatives and education to support our colleagues both in work and in their personal lives.

We promote a culture of development and believe in investing in each individual to help them fulfil their personal goals, excel in their current role and support their future career progression.

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