Senior Strategic Land and Planning Manager

Salary/Rate:£40,000 - £45,000.00 per annum + Healthcare, pension, holidays
Job Type:Office Based
Contract Type:Perm
Town/City:Leyland
County:Lancashire
Sector:Land and Planning
Job ref:JN -082026-85621_1787662297
Post Date:25. 08. 2026
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Meet Our Recruiter

Sue Greeff
Sue Greeff
Candidate Manager - Residential development, town planning, infrastructure and renewables

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Strategic Land & Planning Manager to join an established residential developer, working on the identification, promotion and delivery of residential sites across the North West.

This could be an excellent step-up opportunity for someone with around 2-5 years' experience from a planning consultancy, housebuilder, developer or strategic land background who wants to develop their commercial experience and take greater ownership of projects.

The Role

You'll be involved across the full strategic land and planning process, including:

  • Identifying and assessing potential residential development opportunities.
  • Undertaking site appraisals and supporting land acquisitions.
  • Promoting strategic sites through the Local Plan process.
  • Coordinating and managing planning applications.
  • Working closely with external planning and technical consultants.
  • Engaging with local authorities and key stakeholders.
  • Supporting planning strategy and helping progress sites towards delivery.
  • Gaining exposure to land, planning, development viability and commercial decision-making.

About You

You'll ideally have 2-5 years' planning experience within a consultancy, developer, housebuilder or strategic land environment.

You don't need to already be operating at Manager level. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious Planner or Senior Planner looking to step up, broaden their strategic land experience and move closer to the commercial side of residential development.

Why Consider It?

· Genuine client-side opportunity.

· Excellent step up for an ambitious Senior Planner.

· Exposure to strategic land and site promotion.

· Work alongside experienced land and planning professionals.

· Follow sites from initial identification through planning and towards delivery.

If you're looking to move client-side and want more ownership over the entire journey of a residential development site, I'd love to hear from you.

When applying to any role through Cobalt, your CV will never be shared with a client without your prior consent. Apply in confidence below or get in touch with me for a confidential discussion about the position via sgreeff@cobaltrecruitment.com

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