Planner/ Senior Planner

at  CBRE

PERSON SPECIFICATION/REQUIREMENTS

• Professional Membership of either the RICS (P&D) or RTPI with relevant experience post qualification experience.
• Dynamic, enthusiastic, flexible and commercially astute with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong focus on own professional skills and integrity.
• The ability and confidence to engage directly with clients and be the primary point of contact on major projects.
• Manage and coordinate the input and activities of other professionals within project design teams, give advice and direction, and make decisions.
• Experience of working on major schemes either within the private or public sectors.
• The ability to multi-task, work to tight timescales, often under challenging circumstances, with minimal supervision and to a high standard.
• Willingness and/or ability to identify and nurture new business opportunities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and analytical abilities.
• Confident team player able to work well with colleagues and clients as well as manage, nurture and mentor junior members of the team.

ROLE PURPOSE

This is a fantastic opportunity to join us and work on some major schemes with the team, whilst having a clear structured pathway for career development. The CBRE Planning team across the north is 20 strong and has four distinct core activities around Development Management, Development Promotion, Regeneration/Economics and Viability.
The team is involved in the largest planning/ development/ regeneration schemes across the North and our pipeline of new instructions for 2024 and 2025 is substantial, including:
‒ Salford Crescent – multi-phase mixed-use scheme for Muse/ECF
‒ Chorlton District Centre – residential-led redevelopment of existing shopping centre in conjunction with PJ Livesey and GMPVF
‒ Parkside East – started a 4 year Development Consent Order process to deliver a nationally significant Strategic Rail Freight Interchange and c. 3m sq. ft of associated commercial development
‒ Oldham – multiple regeneration schemes within the town centre for Muse/ECF following the production of a Development Framework
‒ Stoke-on-Trent – next phases of the Smithfield city centre regeneration scheme for Genr8
‒ East Midlands Airport - logistics scheme on freeport designated site for Manchester Airport Group
‒ Airedale General Hospital – masterplan and planning strategy including delivery of enabling works to facilitate the new hospital
‒ Lancaster – new innovation campus for the University
‒ Bury Interchange – new interchange facility for TfGM

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Providing planning advice to external and internal clients across all sectors/land-uses, with a focus on projects across the North.
• Day to day involvement in major/complex applications and planning instructions, including coordination and project management.
• Preparing Planning Appraisals, Statements and Evidence documents, as appropriate, including analysis of planning policy and assessment of client proposals both against policy and other considerations.
• Undertaking planning due diligence.
• Preparing and coordinating planning appeals.
• Advising, directing and managing project outputs from a range of disciplines/professionals.
• Financial responsibility and management of projects.
• Identifying, developing and pursuing new business and marketing opportunities in a range of sectors.