Land Promoter & Planning Consultant

 

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Catesby Estates

Strategic land promotion and planning specialist delivering large-scale residential, commercial and mixed-use land opportunities across the UK

Catesby Estates is one of the UK’s leading strategic land promotion businesses, partnering with landowners to unlock development potential through planning, technical de-risking, infrastructure strategy and land disposal.
Part of Urban&Civic and backed by The Wellcome Trust, Catesby combines significant financial strength with in-house land, planning, technical, design and communications expertise to maximise land value and accelerate housing and commercial delivery.
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Catesby Estates integrates strategic land promotion with planning, infrastructure, technical and disposal expertise, creating deliverable, planning-led land opportunities for developers, housebuilders and landowners.

Land Promoters

· Strategic land promotion · Promotion agreements · Landowner partnerships · Greenfield & Green Belt promotion · Residential & commercial land · Infrastructure delivery

Catesby specialises in promoting strategic land through planning, technical and infrastructure processes to maximise value and deliver consented sites to market.

Planning Consultants

· Planning applications · Local plan promotion · Five-year housing land supply analysis · Appeal strategy · Technical studies · Stakeholder engagement

Catesby’s in-house planning teams deliver policy-led planning strategies and complex planning consents for major strategic sites.

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Wixams, Bedfordshire

Major strategic masterplanned settlement delivering 4,500 homes, employment space, schools, retail and regional infrastructure.
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Balsall Common, Coventry

Delivered Green Belt release and planning for 115 homes before sale to Crest Nicholson.
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Promoted and secured planning for 200 homes and community facilities before sale to David Wilson Homes.

What we do

Disciplines

  • Land Promotion
  • Planning Consultancy



Project Type

  • Strategic land
  • Residential
  • Commercial
  • Mixed-use


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Typical Project Size

  • 45–5,000+ homes


Stage of Involvement

  • Site identification
  • Promotion
  • Planning
  • Infrastructure
  • Disposal

 

 

Geographic Focus

  • UK


Open to connecting with

  • Landowners
  • Housebuilders
  • Developers
  • Local authorities
  • Institutional partners

 

What we deliver

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Integrated strategic land promotion and planning expertise that secures planning permissions, de-risks development opportunities and maximises land value through large-scale, deliverable land strategies.

 

How we like to work

Catesby works collaboratively with landowners, councils, communities and developers, combining planning, technical and infrastructure expertise to deliver commercially successful and socially beneficial development outcomes.

KEY CONTACTS

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Adrian Clack

 

Group Land Director


Leads strategic land acquisition, promotion and large-scale development strategy nationally.

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Natasha Brand

 

Senior Land Manager


Sources and promotes strategic land opportunities while maximising returns for landowners.

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Andy Wright

 

Area Land Director


Leads acquisition and disposal of strategic land opportunities across southern England.

 

Connect with Catesby

 

 

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Phone: +44(0)1788 726810

info@catesbyestates.co.uk

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