Careers
A Career with Mulberry Land
If you are interested in a career in land and property, we’d love to hear from you.
Current Positions
Planning Associate
We are recruiting for a Planning Associate to join the Mulberry Land team based in Crick, Rugby More >
Planning Associate
The purpose of the role
Assisting with the management of Strategic Land development opportunities and planning activities.
Key activities and opportunities for personal development
- Promotion of land through the planning process with a view to securing allocations of land for housing and commercial development,
- The preparation and submission of planning applications and the handling of appeals,
- Liaison with landowners over progress on site promotion,
- The appointment of external consultants,
- The monitoring of Local Plan documents, housing land supply and competitor activity,
- Community engagement on site promotions and planning applications,
- Developing skills in project viability and delivery,
- Production of monthly progress reports on key projects,
- Assisting to develop planning strategies for individual projects,
- Consideration of a range of development options,
- Manage budgets and professional fees,
- Management of external consultants to ensure that they deliver effectively, on time and to budget,
- Communicate well at all levels internally within the group and externally with public bodies, consultants, landowners and the general public/local community
- Liaison with statutory bodies to assist in the resolving of technical and design issues,
Who will you work with?
| Internal: | Strategic Land team, Homes and Commercial divisions, Management team |
| External: | Landowners, Land agents, Local Planning Authorities, consultants, town councils and councillors |
Key competencies
- Be commercially aware of contractual obligations on each project in order to ensure that these can be met before committing expenditure to a given project,
- Secure best value when appointing consultants and forecast fee spend accurately,
- Develop an understanding of land values, build and infrastructure costs to underpin scheme viability,
- Embrace innovative solutions,
- Develop a detailed understanding of government planning policy, the Local Plan process and housing land supply issues,
- Develop a full understanding of option/collaboration/hybrid and promotion agreements and related land issues,
- Undertake continual professional development and embrace Health and Safety procedures,
Key Behaviours
- Resilience – The ability to recover quickly from challenging situations and provide effective solutions to problems.
- Collaboration – Comfortable working in a team on various projects and takes constructive criticism. Able to influence others where appropriate.
- Accountability – Take full responsibility for own actions and can offer justification for them when required.
- Risk taking – Willing to take calculated risks when appropriate and can learn from previous mistakes.
- Challenging – Willing to challenge the norm and push back when appropriate regardless of audience
- Ambitious – Strong desire to succeed, both professionally and personally and have a clear plan on how to achieve objectives.
- Solution-focused – Draws effective and valid conclusions based on analysis and objective views.
- Resilience & Perseverance – Can identify alternative approaches to achieve the objective and will push others to achieve even I the face of challenge and obstacles.
- Pace & Energy – Shows passion and enthusiasm to meet objectives quickly and effectively.
Experience and the role
It is desirable that the candidate will have a background in planning
Candidates with a suitable degree will be fully supported towards a professional accreditation (RTPI/RICS).
A Full driving license is required
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK
If you wish to be considered for this role then please apply in writing to ben.coles@mulberryland.co.uk along with short covering letter.
Planning Manager
We are recruiting for a Planning Manager to join the Mulberry Land team based in Crick, Rugby. More >
Planning Manager
The purpose of the role
Assisting with the management of Strategic Land development opportunities and planning activities.
Key activities and opportunities for personal development
- Promotion of land through the planning process with a view to securing allocations of land for housing and commercial development,
- The preparation and submission of planning applications and the handling of appeals,
- Work with the immediate Land team to review site layout and constraints and ensure assumptions are achievable and can be secured through reserved matters,
- Management of Reserved matters planning applications and discharge planning conditions
- Tracking discharge of conditions, S106 payments
- Liaison with landowners over progress on site promotion,
- The appointment of external consultants,
- The monitoring of Local Plan documents, housing land supply and competitor activity,
- Community engagement on site promotions and planning applications,
- Developing skills in project viability and delivery,
- Production of monthly progress reports on key projects,
- Assisting to develop planning strategies for individual projects,
- Consideration of a range of development options,
- Manage budgets and professional fees,
- Management of external consultants to ensure that they deliver effectively, on time and to budget,
- Communicate well at all levels internally within the group and externally with public bodies, consultants, landowners and the general public/local community
- Liaison with statutory bodies to assist in the resolving of technical and design issues,
Who will you work with?
| Internal: | Strategic Land team, Land, Technical and Commercial divisions, Management team |
| External: | Landowners, Land agents, Local Planning Authorities, consultants, town councils and councillors |
Key competencies
- Be commercially aware of contractual obligations on each project in order to ensure that these can be met before committing expenditure to a given project,
- Secure best value when appointing consultants and forecast fee spend accurately,
- Embrace innovative solutions,
- Develop a detailed understanding of government planning policy, the Local Plan process and housing land supply issues,
- Develop a full understanding of option/collaboration/hybrid and promotion agreements and related land issues,
- Undertake continual professional development and embrace Health and Safety procedures,
Key Behaviours
- Resilience – The ability to recover quickly from challenging situations and provide effective solutions to problems.
- Collaboration – Comfortable working in a team on various projects and takes constructive criticism. Able to influence others where appropriate.
- Accountability – Take full responsibility for own actions and can offer justification for them when required.
- Risk taking – Willing to take calculated risks when appropriate and can learn from previous mistakes.
- Challenging – Willing to challenge the norm and push back when appropriate regardless of audience
- Ambitious – Strong desire to succeed, both professionally and personally and have a clear plan on how to achieve objectives.
- Solution-focused – Draws effective and valid conclusions based on analysis and objective views.
- Resilience & Perseverance – Can identify alternative approaches to achieve the objective and will push others to achieve even I the face of challenge and obstacles.
- Pace & Energy – Shows passion and enthusiasm to meet objectives quickly and effectively.
Experience and the role
The candidate will have at least 3 years appropriate background in planning matters (Local Authority – policy / development management or working for a housebuilder or consultancy).
Candidates with a suitable degree will be fully supported towards a professional accreditation (RTPI/RICS).
A Full driving license is required.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.
If you wish to be considered for this role then please apply in writing to ben.coles@mulberryland.co.uk along with short covering letter confirming salary expectations.