Hello from the Land & Development team at Hollis Morgan
The Hollis Morgan Land & Development department is a specialist division here to support landowners across the West of England in unlocking the value of their land assets.
Our tailored, strategic transactional advice is designed to guide you through the sale of your land or development site. Whether you’re a private landowner, a business, or a public body seeking a formal sale via tender or auction – or prefer a more informal, discreet “off-market” approach – our Land & Development team is here to advise on the optimal route to maximise your asset’s value while achieving your objectives.
Land & Development in the UK is always evolving. The value of land and development assets could be highest for residential housing one year, but be better for Care, Later Living or Commercial use the next. Hollis Morgan Land & Development make it our business to know which sector of the market will produce the best value for your asset at any given time.
Over the years we have worked with some of the largest and most prominent developers, house builders and housing associations across the South West and wider UK. From the sale and acquisition of large-scale housing developments of 300+ dwellings and agreeing planning promotional partnerships on expansive strategic land on the outskirts of Bristol, Taunton and Exeter, to the sale of small infill plots in Bristol via auction, we are well equipped to help on any size of transaction.
Types of land and development sites we can advise on:
- Sites with planning permission
- Self Build plots
- Brownfield land
- Greenfield land (including agricultural or equestrian)
- Strategic Land suitable for housing in the long term
- Buildings suitable for conversion or demolition
- Commercial assets with residential potential
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Strategic Land advice (Typically land of 3 acres plus)
Our Land & Development team have a proven track record in identifying land that has strategic future value once it’s secured a planning consent.
The costs related to planning have risen astronomically in recent years, with simple planning applications costing tens, if not, hundreds of thousands of pounds in fees!
It’s because of this that many landowners are now choosing to partner with developers and land promoters who will cover the cost of the planning up front for a share of the land’s future value.
We work with landowners to find a suitable promotional partner, whether that be a housebuilder contracting using an Option Agreement where they will purchase for fixed price or an agreed proportion of the future land value. Or a Land Promoter who will partner with the landowner to secure the planning consent, and then sell the land to the top bidder.
We pledge to our landowners that there will be no upfront fees to pay and that all of the legal, agency and planning costs are covered by the developer or promoter and recovered from the uplifted land value post-planning.
We are able to provide detailed advice for landowners, both at the early stages of the project and throughout the planning process to ensure that the development project proceeds as agreed and that the landowner receives the optimal sum for their asset.
Lenders and Receivers advice
We support lenders, receivers and administrators with reliable advice on distressed assets, including sites, part-built schemes and unsold new developments.
We can provide clear recovery strategies and multiple routes to market, via formal tenders, auction or off market transactions with trusted buyers.
Pre-Planning Advice
In association with our specialist Auction division and New Homes sales teams, we can aid you and your planning team to design the right residential scheme for your site.
Affordable Housing Advice and Brokerage
With a track record of brokering both turnkey unit and land sales that have seen the delivery of 100s of Affordable Housing across the South West, we are here to advise developers, housebuilders and landowners on the sale of assets for affordable housing.
With a growing amount of Affordable Housing construction, we can advise on the correct housing mix, tenure types, values and specification to maximise the interest and return from the sale of either Section 106 affordable dwellings or land & build packages.
Residential Investment Sales
We are able to advise on the sale and acquisition of residential investments assets; including Build to Rent (Student Accommodation (PBSA), Single Family Housing & Multi Family).
We have worked with funds, national PLC house builders, family offices and private investors seeking to either place money into this space, sell whole developments (such as existing apartment blocks) or sell parts of their housing portfolio.
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