Bristol Land and Planning
We’re a top land surveying practice with a strong history of residential development land sales. We offer extensive expertise to help landowners maximise the value of their assets.
Why choose Knight Bristol Frank land planning agents?
Our Bristol land team serves a diverse range of clients, including private landowners, public bodies, local authorities, house builders, developers, charities, and institutions. Our primary sectors encompass residential development, land sales, estate regeneration, legacy land sales and development agreements, strategic land promotion, and new towns or garden villages.
Our land planning specialists in Bristol
We provide a comprehensive in-house service from start to finish, covering everything from initial planning advice to selling land with planning consent and optimising returns. Our services encompass the entire development cycle – from development management and planning to product mix, densities, and ultimately, a disposal strategy.
We have a deep understanding of the Bristol land market, and our team excels at identifying development opportunities and resolving complex issues. We operate across residential sectors to provide clear and practical advice.
Our core land planning services
• Planning applications, including amendments, reserved matters, and listed building consent
• Pre-acquisition due diligence and feasibility
• Site planning appraisals
• Planning strategies
• Asset protection and enhancement strategies, including portfolio review
• Local plan monitoring and policy representations
• Site identification and promotion through the local plan process
• Local authority and design team coordination to support planning application preparation
• Negotiating and discharging planning conditions and s.106 legal agreements
• Planning appeals, expert witnesses, call-ins, and examination in public and land tribunals
Our successful track record
Blunsdon, Swindon
• Managed the disposal of a 15-acre residential development site
• Outline planning permission for 70 dwellings
• Sold to Hayfield Homes
Broadwalk Shopping Centre, Bristol
• Facilitated the sale of a shopping centre in South Bristol
• Outline planning permission for 420 residential units and enhanced retail and leisure offerings
Moreton-in-Marsh
• Successful site promotion through the local plan
• Obtained detailed planning permission for 250 residential homes on behalf of Spitfire Homes
St Catherines Place, Bristol
• Provided development consultancy and a s.106 viability report
• Successfully negotiated the affordable housing requirement on a regeneration scheme for 215 homes
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