Planning & development consultancy
Land taken from first idea to consent, and on to a buyer.
Planning and development consultancy is the practice at the centre of everything we do. We promote land through the local plan, run planning applications and appeals with the right consultants around them, set the development strategy, and represent landowners on option and promotion agreements — always working to the owner’s exit, not the adviser’s fee.
Landowners, estates and trusts, land promoters and housebuilders with residential or mixed-use land, from 30 homes to strategic sites of 2,500.
- 1.1Promotion through the local plan: representations, evidence and hearings.
- 1.2Planning applications and appeals, run end to end with the right consultants around them.
- 1.3Development strategy: what to build, in what order, and when to sell.
- 1.4Landowner representation on option and promotion agreements.
- 3.1The red line and title, if you have them
- 3.2Any planning history you hold
- 3.3What you want from the land, and by when
- 3.4One conversation to start
Timescale agreed at the first call.
“During the last ten years we have worked with Bryant Homes, Taylor Woodrow and Bayview Developments where Mark Hewett has been employed to optimise the value of sites through the development process. Through a number of lateral thought processes he has managed to alter proposals to satisfy client needs and local authority policy considerations, enabling us to achieve positive planning permissions without resorting to appeals and incurring further costs. We would recommend Mark to anyone who wanted a second opinion on a development proposal who was seeking to improve its financial viability.”
What does a planning and development consultant do for a landowner?
We take land from first idea to consent and on to a buyer: promotion through the local plan, planning applications and appeals, development strategy, and representing the landowner on option and promotion agreements.
Do you work with my existing planning consultant?
Often, yes. Permission is the start, not the finish. Our job is to make sure the value behind it is fully realised.
Will you tell me if there is no value to add?
Always, and straight away. A clear no early is worth more than a hopeful engagement that goes nowhere.
What is your land really worth?
A confidential conversation with a partner, not a sales call. If we don’t think we can add value, we’ll tell you straight away.
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