Strategic Land & Housing
Creating a sense of home
Health, wellbeing, and a sense of social worth are an intrinsic part of where people live and the communities they are a part of.
In the United Kingdom, the government is aiming to create 1.5 million new homes before 2030. Planning reform and positive political support have created the opportunity to accelerate the development of strategic land and deliver new communities that people are proud to call home.
Our planning, transport, sustainability, and engineering design consultants work with site promoters, strategic land developers, housebuilders, and the public sector to inform the masterplan for strategic sites. We help clients understand site constraints and identify opportunities to deliver truly sustainable, future-proofed, commercially valuable developments.
Success in strategic land development relies on strong partnerships, community engagement, and understanding that transport connectivity, investment in schools and healthcare, green space, recreational areas, landscaping, and clean and reliable energy is what truly makes a place a home.
Whether it’s unlocking complex former industrial brownfield sites, working in urban environments, or supporting new allocations to extend existing developments, we’re at the heart of shaping sustainable communities.
Working together to create smart solutions
Partnership and collaboration are essential aspects of delivering strategic land development at scale. Across the UK, we bring our broad network of public and private sector clients together with communities and government agencies—like Homes England—to tackle planning, environmental, health, highways, and infrastructure challenges. We work together to shape ideas and drive innovation, helping us create well connected homes, public realms, and amenities.Providing site viability and due diligence support
Our planners, designers, sustainability, and engineering team members take a solutions-oriented approach to helping you understand a site’s viability. Whether it’s assessing ground conditions, flood risks and drainage options, water supply and management, grid connectivity and availability, or other challenges that arise, we offer the diverse knowledge needed to advance and enhance opportunities.Creating infrastructure that transforms communities
When it comes to new communities, our planners, designers and engineers help you consider utilities, drainage, landscaping and public realm, cycleways, footpaths and roads—weaving in electric vehicle charging, behind-the-meter renewable energy, energy storage solutions and more. The result? Sustainable, welcoming neighbourhoods that deliver the right level and quality of infrastructure alongside the development of new homes.Designing sustainably for a changing world
Our consultants shape sustainability and energy strategies for strategic land development to meet local and national policies and regulations and minimise long-term impacts. We deliver whole lifecycle carbon assessments, circular economy strategies, and social value strategies. We also analyse long-term climate patterns at specific locations and advise on measures to adapt to climate change. This can include building orientation, material choice, the position of key infrastructure, and nature-based solutions.
Our People
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Michael Knott
Planning Director
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Tom Hydes
Director of Civil Engineering
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Russell Wheeler
Director of Civil Engineering
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Paj Valley
Urban Design Director
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Rebecca Lydon
Director, Sustainability
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Tom Shilton
Director, Energy
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Max Rafferty-White
Associate Director Architectural Designer
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Adam Anthony
Divisional Director, Buildings
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Lucy Wood
UK Climate Solutions Leader
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Greg Mahon
Landscape Planning, Associate Director
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Andy Davies
Director, Utilities
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Gemma Nelmes
Associate
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Simon Cole
Technical Director & Practice Lead Geoenvironment
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Stuart Penberthy
Director, Strategic Projects
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Rana Alidad
Technical Director
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