Brownfield Development

Supporting brownfield development from inception to delivery.

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De-risking complex sites for homes

We advise developers, landowners and investors on navigating the planning system to deliver homes and mixed-use schemes on brownfield sites.

Our expert team supports development projects of all scales, from inception and feasibility through to securing consent and discharging conditions. With an in-depth knowledge of planning policy and legislation, we de-risk projects by delivering tailored strategies to deliver your project on time.

Inception to delivery
Strategy-led Strategies shaped around planning policy, legislation, constraints and opportunity.
Coordinated Clear consultant team coordination and robust planning submission management.
Delivery focused Advice that looks beyond the planning process to practical on-site delivery.

Planning support from inception to delivery

Site strategy and feasibility

Advising on planning prospects from an early stage and developing tailored strategies to optimise planning outcomes.

  • Site appraisals and strategy advice
  • Planning prospects and constraints
  • Clear routes to consent
Engagement and coordination

Leading early engagement and coordinating consultant teams to prepare robust, high-quality planning submissions.

  • Pre-application engagement
  • Local authority and consultee liaison
  • Project team coordination
Applications and evidence

Preparing persuasive applications and Planning Statements, supported by the evidence needed to unlock complex sites.

  • Planning applications
  • Planning Statements
  • Stakeholder management
Appeals and post-consent delivery

Supporting projects through appeal routes, expert witness work, post-approval amendments and discharge of conditions.

  • Appeals and expert witness
  • Post-consent amendments
  • Discharge of conditions
Environmental Impact Assessments

Where required, we coordinate and prepare environmental statements as part of a clear, integrated planning strategy.

Coordinate Managing the EIA process and consultant inputs so the evidence base is coherent and robust.
Prepare Preparing Environmental Statements and planning material for major brownfield proposals.
Integrate Aligning environmental evidence with planning strategy, application content and decision-making.
Working with developers and investors

Our expert team supports developers of all scales across the country in delivering new places and homes on brownfield development through the planning process.

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Experienced planning support for complex brownfield, residential and mixed-use development.

Our team combines regeneration, strategic planning, development management, applications, appeals and delivery expertise across the UK.

Brownfield Development projects

Case studies demonstrating our expertise in securing consents on complex brownfield sites across the country.

The former Novartis HQ site in Horsham was allocated for employment uses in the Local Plan but had been vacant for some time. Extensive marketing efforts showed that there was no viable market interest in the site for its allocated use.

Client Muse Places / Lovell Partnerships
Location Horsham District Council
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Meridian Water is the largest regeneration priority area in Enfield, covering 82 ha of brownfield, retail and industrial land. Enfield Council have set ambitious targets for the site, which will create a new town centre, 10,000 new homes and employment alongside a new rail station.

Client Vinci / LB Enfield
Location London Borough of Enfield
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The site lies within the Wythenshawe Masterplan area, forming part of the wider regeneration of Wythenshawe Town Centre.

Client Muse Places and Wythenshawe Community Housing Group
Location Wythenshawe, Manchester
Manchester City Council
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The site lies within the Stoneygate Quarter in Preston City Centre and is the site of the former Horrocks Mill.

Client Onward Homes
Location Preston City Centre
Preston City Council
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The project involved the redevelopment of a long-vacant brownfield site at a prominent gateway location on the Princess Road corridor in Moss Side.

Client Mosscare St Vincent's Housing Group (MSV)
Location Moss Side, Manchester
Manchester City Council
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We supported Halcyon Offices Ltd on the redevelopment of a partially vacant office block, transforming it into high-quality residential accommodation in a highly sustainable location close to Leatherhead town centre and railway station.

Client Halcyon Offices Ltd
Location Mole Valley District Council
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