Planning Director

This role offers the opportunity to act as the organisation’s in-house planning authority, shaping strategy and guiding planning-led decisions across acquisitions, development, and asset enhancement initiatives.

• Internal Collaboration: Partner with development, investment, and asset teams. Provide internal guidance, mentor colleagues, and contribute to strategic and capital decision-making.
• Strategic Leadership: Define and implement planning strategy across the portfolio, identify opportunities to unlock value, and anticipate planning policy and market changes.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with local authorities, statutory bodies, and other key stakeholders. Represent the business at committees, consultations, and public forums.
• Commercial & Investment Support: Provide planning input to acquisitions, due diligence, repositioning, feasibility studies, design briefs, and appraisals.
• Planning Execution: Lead planning applications, pre-application discussions, appeals, and negotiations. Manage external consultant teams and ensure submissions are aligned with commercial objectives.

• Pragmatic, solution-oriented, and capable of leading both strategy and delivery.
• Proven success in securing planning consents for complex schemes, particularly in London and the South East.
• Strong understanding of London planning policy, GLA procedures, and emerging trends.
• Confident communicator and negotiator with senior-level stakeholder engagement experience.
• Commercially astute with the ability to assess viability and balance planning ambition with financial outcomes.
• MRTPI qualified with extensive post-qualification experience.
• Experience advising investors, developers, or major landowners.