Graduate Planner
Listed on 2026-03-01
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Engineering
Civil Engineering, Environmental/ Urban Planning
Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity?
Join Persimmon Homes as a Graduate Planner and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.
We’re one of the UK’s largest and most established house builders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.
At Persimmon, we don’t just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Graduate Planner, you’ll benefit from:
- 5
* house builder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction - Life Cover & Contributory Pension
- Bonus
- Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
- Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development
As a Graduate Planner with Persimmon Homes, you will be part of a small yet busy team, handling a varied range of planning applications for both strategic and immediate sites, of varying scales and complexity. The role offers a broad area of responsibility for all areas of the development process including planning policy and promotional work along with detailed development management and delivery.
Whatyou’ll do as Graduate Planner
- Assessing land development opportunities against company criteria
- Providing advice internally on planning matters
- Preparing and submitting planning applications
- Attending meetings with all relevant parties during the planning process
- Dealing with ongoing planning matters and submitting information to clear planning conditions
- Degree/Masters Planning or Real Estate Degree with RTPI or RICS accreditation and a rounded knowledge of planning (we would also welcome applicants with a relevant degree without RTPI/RICS accreditation)
- Strong interpersonal and all round excellent communication skills
- Proactive and willingness to take the lead on own initiative and under minimal supervision
- A proven ability to work to, thrive on and meet tight deadlines
- Your positive outlook and professional attitude will enable you to deal confidently with colleagues at all levels
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