Graduate Planner

This Graduate Planner role with a leading housebuilder is based in Lancaster, offering a salary of £26,000 to £28,000 per annum plus extensive company benefits. You will join a small yet busy team, handling a varied range of planning applications for both strategic and immediate sites of varying scales and complexity. Responsibilities include assessing land development opportunities against company criteria, providing internal advice on planning matters, preparing and submitting planning applications, attending meetings with relevant parties during the planning process, and dealing with ongoing planning matters and submitting information to clear planning conditions. The role offers broad responsibility across the development process, including planning policy and promotional work alongside detailed development management and delivery.

Graduate Planner

Are you looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? A leading housebuilder have an opportunity for a Graduate Planner, a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

As a Graduate Planner, you will be part of a small yet busy team, handling a varied range of planning applications for both strategic and immediate sites, of varying scales and complexity. The role offers a broad area of responsibility for all areas of the development process including planning policy and promotional work along with detailed development management and delivery.

What you'll do as Graduate Planner

• Assessing land development opportunities against company criteria
• Providing advice internally on planning matters
• Preparing and submitting planning applications
• Attending meetings with all relevant parties during the planning process
• Dealing with ongoing planning matters and submitting information to clear planning conditions

What experience, qualifications and skills are we looking for?

• Degree/Masters Planning or Real Estate Degree with RTPI or RICS accreditation and a rounded knowledge of planning (we would also welcome applicants with a relevant degree without RTPI/RICS accreditation)
• Strong interpersonal and all round excellent communication skills
• Proactive and willingness to take the lead on own initiative and under minimal supervision
• A proven ability to work to, thrive on and meet tight deadlines
• Your positive outlook and professional attitude will enable you to deal confidently with colleagues at all levels
• Full driving licence

What's on offer?

• Salary competitive (DOE)
• Company car or car allowance
• Contributory pension
• Life cover
• Healthcare
• Bonus
• Employee benefits platform
• Flexible working

If you are looking to join a leading housebuilder where you can build a successful career, please contact Deena at Fawkes & Reece for a confidential chat or apply via the link.