Town & Country Planner

In this critical role you will provide practical planning expertise and guidance to enable successful and efficient delivery of schemes across the business. Assisting with providing strategic direction across large programmes of work and advising on relevant consenting processes and strategies.,

• Preparation and submission of Town & Country Planning applications.


• Preparation and submission of Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinions.


• Preparation of scoping reports for Environmental Impact Assessments.


• Develop creative and original planning solutions.


• Build strong relationships with local planning authorities to facilitate best value designs to be approved and understand the extent to which Anglian Water's Permitted Development Rights can be implemented.


• Work closely with local planning authorities to facilitate agreement of planning conditions where required.


• Work in a collaborative way with engineers, construction teams and external stakeholders to deliver schemes on time, on budget and with minimal environmental impact.


• Attendance at external stakeholder meetings to promote and explain proposals.


• Consult with the Legal Department with regards to covenants, access, and land purchase, including compulsory purchase.


• Use digital technology to drive innovation and efficiency within the Enabling Team, the wider business and local planning authorities.


• Provide training and guidance on Town and County Planning to Enabling Team and wider business.
  
  To join the team in this involved and important role you will need to be educated to degree level in a relevant subject that is accredited by the RTPI. A Chartered Member of the RTPI or working towards the accreditation. You have experience of preparing and submitting planning applications, Environmental Impact Assessments and Screening Opinions, and experience of infrastructure and/or non-infrastructure projects. You'll be comfortable using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) packages (ArcGIS, QGIS, MapInfo), and experience recording/writing detailed technical data and reports.


You'll take personal responsibility; do what you say you will, when you say you will and hold each other to account and value the Health and Safety and wellbeing of everyone. You'll enjoy engaging with customers and stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes, and openly value collaborative working and embrace our inclusive and diverse culture.

Here within the @one Alliance we are a totally collaborative organisation made up of our eight partner companies (Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO) and our extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water's capital investment programme.

We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we've ever delivered before. We'll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We're looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer's expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

It's not just a job here, you'll be looked after too. We want to reward and recognise you for what you do, we can't give you free water (apart from at work), however we do have a range of benefits that are customisable to your lifestyle.

• Annual bonus scheme


• Private health care


• Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double matches your contributions up to 6%


• 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter for those celebrated by your religion


• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle


• Life cover 8x your salary


• Personal accident cover - up to 5x your salary


Inclusion at Anglian Water:

Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we think our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. Together with our fellow water companies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are also a signatory to Business in the Community's Race at Work charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer, and we play a leading part in the Women's Utility Network.