Graduate Planner

Job Title: Graduate Planner

Location: York, YO19

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.

Why Persimmon Homes?

We’re one of the UK’s largest and most established housebuilders — 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:

• Competitive salary
• Bonus
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

As a Graduate Planner with Persimmon Homes (Yorkshire) 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.

What you’ll do as a 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

What experience do I need?

• 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 or A-level results, 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