Insights
Notes on land, planning and value.
Written for landowners and land teams, not for search engines. Occasional, and only when there is something worth saying.
What is your land actually worth?
Why the pounds-per-acre figure a neighbour quotes is almost never the number, and how a housebuilder really arrives at a bid.
ReadLocal plans are being rewritten. Here is when to act.
Every council is moving to a new 30-month plan-making system. How the stages map onto value, and when waiting costs you.
ReadFive clauses that cost landowners the most
Cost caps, minimum price, longstop extensions, endeavours and the definition of a permission — where the value actually moves.
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