Planner, Engineering, Environmental​/ Urban Planning

Crest Nicholson is hiring a Planner for their Engineering, Environmental/Urban Planning team in Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire. The role involves providing planning appraisals, managing planning applications, and collaborating with external consultants. Candidates should have a relevant degree and experience in house building or consulting. The company offers competitive pay, benefits, and flexible working requests, promoting a culture of openness and professional development.
Location: Gloucestershire

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Crest Nicholson's South West Division are recruiting for a Planner to join their team based in our offices in Stoke Gifford.

Key Responsibilities:
• Provide planning appraisals on all potential development sites.
• Responsible for submission and strategy for all planning applications (to include s106 agreements and appeals where necessary)
• Build relationships with external consultants including negotiating scope of works and budget.
• Provide assistance and advice to the team on all planning matters.
• Responsible for managing, researching and monitoring Local Plan preparation to inform site searches in key regions.
• Review planning conditions (Outline/RM), produce Condition Trackers and collate information from the Technical Team to discharge conditions.
• Other duties as required.

What are we looking for in a successful candidate?
• Relevant Degree or Diploma
• Experience in the house building industry or consulting.
• Highly competent in computer skills, including emails, Excel, Word, Outlook and Power point.
• Some public sector experience an advantage but not essential
• Flexible approach to work.
• Good time management skills.
• Attention to detail,
• Excellent organisational skills.

If you're looking to build a long-term career with rewards, working with experienced teams and delivering homes to be proud of, join us on our journey.

The Company

Crest Nicholson is a leading developer of quality homes and thriving, sustainable communities.

We create great places for our customers to live, selecting desirable locations for our developments and taking a holistic approach to the design of our homes and their surroundings.

Attractive place making helps us deliver appealing and well-connected communities where people and nature can thrive.

As an employer of choice, we offer an extensive range of benefits, to include:
• Competitive Salary
• Company Bonus Scheme
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Private pension
• Private healthcare and cash plan options
• 25 days' annual leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Share save scheme
• Gym membership discounts

We are an inclusive employer; the Company will consider flexible working requests for all roles.

We seek to be an ethical and progressive employer which encourages a culture of openness, creativity and continuous professional development and which rewards the effectiveness and loyalty of our employees as an equal opportunities employer. If you are applying to work at Crest Nicholson, we will ask you to supply us with sufficient personal information to help us process your application.

To learn more about what personal information we will need to process and why, please refer to our recruitment privacy notice which can be found on the Crest Nicholson website under 'Recruitment Privacy Policy'.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!