Planner

Permanent – Full Time (40 hours per week)

We have a fantastic opportunity available for a Planner to join us to assist in promoting strategic land and pursuing planning applications for residentially led development for the Strategic Land Team.

Lovell Strategic Land is a business within Lovell, a division of Morgan Sindall Plc. Lovell Strategic Land is a specialist team with the purpose to identify, acquire, promote, master plan, obtain planning permission on longer term opportunities throughout the UK with the aim to feed the Lovell Regions a pipeline of sites for residentially led development.

The vision for the business is to create sustainable homes and communities for all, leaving a positive legacy wherever we work.

Reporting to the Associate Development Director, you will assist in the preparation of preparing planning appraisals, developing and implementing strategies for the promotion of residential-led strategic land, and securing viable, deliverable planning consents as early as possible.

The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping long-term development opportunities and driving projects forward with vision and precision.

Your role will involve monitoring planning performance indicators, reviewing risks, managing consultant teams and budgets, and supporting design evolution through the planning process. You will work closely with various teams across the business, ensuring that developments meet policy, legal, and sustainability standards while also aligning with broader company objectives and KPIs.

We are looking for a qualified Planner with a relevant Degree and who has been a full, chartered member of the RTPI for at least 1 year.

The successful candidate will have knowledge and practical understanding of Planning Legislation, Local Plan Promotion, EIA process and best practice and have had previous success at negotiating Planning Conditions and Obligations.

Experience in preparing, submitting and progressing successful Planning Applications is essential.

Strong communication skills and good knowledge of MS Packages are also required.

As an Investors in People Gold award employer, Lovell is the UK’s leading provider of mixed tenure affordable homes and has a reputation for innovation and excellence in the delivery of high-quality housing development and regeneration projects.

We are committed to enhancing the communities in which we work, building quality homes for real people and looking after our own people; developing talent is key to achieving this. We understand that the success of our organisation comes from the strengths, skills and personalities of our people. Lovell is an equal opportunities employer who encourage and value diversity and inclusion within our teams.

The Lovell culture is one that has been successful for many years. It is based on empowering colleagues to make decisions at a regional and local level, and to challenge the status quo whilst working as one to achieve our goals and make Lovell a great place to work for all.