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Development partnerships marries landed interests with development partners to protect legacy, add value and create thriving communities.
“Time was his test, not short-term profit or what was fashionable” – English Pastoral – An Inheritance by James Rebanks
Where others might seek to crystallise short-term profit, we work with landowners and master developers to enable a better development outcome through a long-term partnership.
Our team works with landowners and master developers to enable a better development outcome through long-term partnership.
Despite the endless policy intervention, regulations and industry experts, we still find that the most desirable places to live are mostly over a century old, and most of the least desirable places to live are less than fifty.
What we have noticed – and it is an observation shared by the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission – is that good quality placemaking occurs when the development activity is embedded on a long-term investment horizon.
The current model of designing and delivering homes in the UK tends to be one of short-term economics where the land is usually purchased at the highest price and the rest of the development period is spent trying to recover margin within the shortest possible timeframe.
We recognise that placemaking occurs over a timeframe that transcends usual business and political cycles and understand that the successful delivery of new settlements and extensions to existing towns and villages require a model that is founded on the making of real communities and long-term custodial responsibilities.
Master developers, particularly those emerging from landed estates and institutions, have a unique time horizon, and therefore a unique opportunity to support the delivery of places that thrive over the long term.
Development partnerships marries landed interests with development partners to protect legacy, add value and create thriving communities.
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Structures arranged:
- Corporate joint venture
- Development Agreement
- Agreements for lease and direction
- Building lease/licence
- Building contract
- Planning investment agreement
- Land-for-infrastructure swap
- Equalisation agreement
- Collaboration agreement
Our clients:
- Bathurst Development Ltd
- Duchy of Cornwall
- Buckland Development Ltd
- Newhall Projects Ltd
- Blenheim Estate
- University of Surrey / Blackwell Development Ltd
- Welbeck Estate
- M&G
- Wivenhoe Park Estates
- Summix
- Woodbury Hall Estate
- Thorpe Estate
- Homes England