Site Appraisal and Promotion

Site Appraisals

If you own or are thinking of buying a site but are unsure of what to do with it, then Hestia Planning can help. Our skilled team will help to create and add value through the identification, appraisal and promotion of your property or land for development.

Our consultants have a finger on the pulse of the market to ensure you get the most from your site.

If you own land and would like to develop it then we can help. Hestia Planning have extensive knowledge surrounding land policies, including insight into complex planning procedures and terminology. Crucially, we monitor each Councils Local Development Framework and know when it is the right time to put forward your land. This all helps to identify the planning merits of your particular land and thus put your case in a professional and persuasive way.

The planning system is always changing, meaning you could be sitting on a fortune.

Site Appraisal

Our Planning and Development team has in-depth, market-leading experience to help provide a clear and accurate picture of whether a site can achieve planning permission.

Our planning appraisals cover all of the relevant issues, with the core services as follows:

  • Identifying planning policies relevant to a site and/or proposal.
  • Review of planning history.
  • Establishment of existing/lawful uses.
  • Site assessment to identify planning opportunities and constraints;
  • Multi-site appraisals to consider a range of sites – e.g. portfolios.
  • Overview appraisal, identifying key issues.
  • Comprehensive appraisal covering all planning considerations.
  • Due diligence reports prior to purchase.
  • Marketing planning appraisals to promote sites.
  • Planning strategy advice.
  • Expert Evidence reports (disputes over development potential).
  • Provision of development briefs.
  • identifying any associated supporting reports which may be required to support a planning application.

Our appraisals give reassurance

Our appraisals provide detailed and robust conclusions to generate best value for the site through the planning process.

Joint Venture Scheme

The planning system can be a slow, expensive and risky business. One option open to landowners, as an alternative to self-funding a housing development, is to work in a Joint Venture, where capital risk is shared with Hestia Planning

Hestia Planning can work with you to unlock development value, and typically this includes obtaining planning permission. The purchase price will be a fixed amount or calculated through a formula. It is typically based on land value, which assumes that a planning commission will be granted that increases the value of the land from its current condition.

When working with landowners, Hestia Planning will put together a set of proposals that balances both the risks and rewards between the two parties.

Any fees can be paid once the land is sold or the first unit is occupied to assist in cash flow. 

Contact us

Feel free to contact us and speak to us about this process, how it might help your planning project and to get an idea of our fees for our development appraisals.

Site Promotion

The planning system is plan-led, which means that having your site allocated within a local plan is a significant advantage when seeking planning permission.

We are able to assist clients with the promotion of sites through the plan-making process.  This process requires expert knowledge and experience of strategic planning issues, to ensure that sites are promoted in the right manner and at the right time.

Our team of Chartered Town Planners have helped clients to secure site allocations for a variety of developments with a focus on residential sites. 

We make appropriate representations on local plans and ensure that representations made are supported by an appropriate level of supporting evidence.

If you own or are thinking of buying a site but are unsure of what to do with it, then Hestia Planning can help. Our skilled team will help to create and add value through the identification, appraisal and promotion of your property or land for development. Contact us to hear more on how we can help.