Development

Brown&Co’s commercial and residential development team offers expert advice for property owners of all types of land. We support those looking to realise value through development, redevelopment or change use, from projects for individual landowners and smaller developers for single plots, barn conversions and small schemes to delivery of major strategic development and urban expansion.

Brown&Co is highly active in the market, dealing with all aspects of development and land on a daily basis. We provide advice to our clients that brings land forward in the right way to generate maximum value and achieve key objectives.

Our in-house professional teams comprise architects, planners and civil engineers who work together to provide comprehensive development services.

These include and cover:

• Development land valuation and appraisal
• Advice on housing/unit mix and scheme options to maximise land values
• Specialist support on complex and problematic sites
• Promotion and option agreements, or self-promotion
• Land assembly and landowner agreements
• Overage negotiations
• Greenfield site and brownfield regeneration projects
• Affordable housing
• Ransom strips, rights of way, restrictive covenants and site constraints
• Community Infrastructure Levy (including exemptions) and Vacant Building Credit
• Marketing, selling and acquiring land
• New homes advice and sales
• Architectural design and planning
• Red book valuations

Brown&Co’s expertise and activity in the market enables us to provide relevant advice throughout the entire process - from the initial client enquiry, advising on options and promoting a site through to the sale of the land or completed housing development.