DEVELOPER
Crest Nicholson
Crest Nicholson is a leading UK housebuilder with a strong focus on quality, sustainability and placemaking. Operating primarily across the South of England and Midlands, Crest Nicholson creates mid-premium homes and thriving communities designed to stand the test of time. With £634.8m in sales and 1,691 homes completed in 2025, Crest Nicholson combines the financial strength of a listed housebuilder with a genuine commitment to design quality, biodiversity and long-term community legacy.
Whitehouse Park,
Buckinghamshire
Residential development
A collection of 2–5 bedroom homes in a prime Milton Keynes location, offering thoughtfully designed layouts with excellent local amenities and superb transport links.
Netherton Grange, Bristol
Sustainable residential development
A collection of 3 and 4 bedroom homes featuring PV panels and EV charging points, designed for modern sustainable living in a sought-after Bristol commuter location.
Arden Oaks, Essex
Residential development
125 new homes comprising 1–5 bedroom properties in the heart of Brentwood, Essex — quality new build living in a vibrant town centre location with excellent London connections.
What we do
Development Focus
· Private residential
· Mixed tenure
· Affordable housing
· Sustainable communities
Typical site size
· 50–500+ homes
Planning stage
· Allocated land
· Planning consent secured
· Strategic land promotion
Project type
· New build housing
· Urban extensions
· Brownfield
· Greenfield strategic land
Geographic comfort
· Nationwide
Open to connecting with:
· Landowners
· Land agents
· Land promoters
· Planning consultants
· Housing associations
What we deliver
Quality mid-premium new build homes across the South of England and Midlands.
Sustainable placemaking — communities designed around biodiversity, green space and long-term legacy.
End-to-end delivery from land acquisition and planning through to after-sales customer service.
How we like to work
Crest Nicholson operates a divisional model with deep regional expertise across the South and Midlands. Their approach to land acquisition is relationship-driven — working with landowners, agents and promoters to identify and bring forward sites that meet their mid-premium quality criteria. With a renewed strategic focus under Project Elevate, Crest Nicholson is actively building the partnerships and land pipeline needed to deliver sustainable growth through to 2027 and beyond.
KEY CONTACTS
Bradley Stone
Land Director, South West
Leads land acquisition strategy across Crest Nicholson's South West division, identifying and securing development opportunities across the region.
Nicholas Daruwalla
Land Director, South
Responsible for immediate land acquisition and planning across Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire and Kent — Crest Nicholson's core southern heartland.
Robert Bias
Strategic Land & Planning Manager
Responsible for strategic land identification and planning promotion, working with landowners and promoters to bring forward long-term development opportunities across Crest Nicholson's operating regions.
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