Planner

• Delivering profitable development opportunities to meet targets and programmes as directed by the Company
• Progressing and managing the planning processes either directly or via consultants to ensure the best opportunity is provided to achieve planning permission to the satisfaction of the Company within appropriate time constraints
• Provide Town Planning advice and co-ordinate with the land, technical, sales, commercial and design departments to assist with land purchase and planning matters as appropriate
• Assessing the planning risk prior to land purchase.
• Overseeing and managing the Project Planning Team.
• Investigate and establish the development potential and risks of each opportunity
• Co-ordinate and manage external consultants as appropriate
• Consider all planning issues in connection with the land e.g. archaeological, ecological, highways, services, TIA’s, EIA’s, BNG, etc
• Investigate and consider all planning matters and quantify any risks
• Where appropriate instruct and liaise with solicitors to achieve satisfactory planning documentation e.g.S106’s etc
• Co-ordinate and manage any public exhibitions/presentations in connection with the promotion of strategic land and planning applications
• Attend meetings with Parish Councils and other bodies as appropriate.
• Assess and respond to Committee agendas / reports and represent the Company at planning committees
• Liaise with in-house or external architects regarding feasibility schemes for strategic opportunities as part of the Project Team.
• Attend site meetings as and when required
• General liaison and co-ordination between other parties, both internal and external
• Maintain good working relationships with external stakeholders
• Maintain an up to date knowledge of all relevant planning matters and provide town-planning advice
• Prepare Project Development assessments as appropriate
• Co-ordinate with the Development Director any planning appeals made by the Company and ensure they are run effectively and efficiently
• Ensure that the Development Director is advised of all matters at all times

Bringing together two trusted housebuilding brands, Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes, untypical aims to make a positive difference to the UK housebuilding market and help to provide greater access to homes which are affordable for buyers. 

Guided by an innovative approach and a commitment to excellence, untypical focuses on creating sustainable, inclusive communities, delivering homes across the UK that people want to live in and are good for the planet. 

untypical is guided by its ambition to become the UK’s most customer-centric housebuilder. By putting people and the planet at the heart of the communities that it builds, untypical aims to make a positive difference to the UK housebuilding market and help to provide greater access to homes which are affordable for buyers.