Land Enhancement
Countryside Properties’ experience in identifying good development opportunities and securing planning permission is significant. Indeed, our responsible, design-led approach to development has enabled us to continue to be highly successful in achieving planning consents for our development proposals.
We add value to land not just by creating attractive buildings and landscapes, but also by delivering high quality sustainable solutions. Our master plans are designed to improve people’s quality of life by regenerating previously run-down areas in the most appropriate manner. This creates a new sense of place and identity.
We believe our long-term and responsible approach to development creates added value in three key ways:
- We have unrivalled experience in developing sites in a way that derives a premium over local values by ensuring that the investment in design, public realm and management is handled in a cohesive and holistic way.
- Our sustainable approach to development strongly supports us in obtaining planning consents, particularly in environmentally sensitive situations.
- Our reputation and positive working relationships with local authorities means that landowners and their advisers often prefer us when selecting their development partner.
We have a strong track record of creating value in areas that are considered by others to be marginal. In addition, we have a reputation for being straightforward and trustworthy with our partners and for honouring our commitments.
- Last year 95% (2005: 93%) of our residential output was on brownfield and recycled urban land, well above the Government’s target of 60% by 2008.
- We are provisionally claiming £1,727,000 tax relief for the remediation of contaminated land during financial year 2004/5 (2003/4 £635,000).
- Much of the land in the Group’s control is located in the Government’s designated growth areas of the Thames Gateway, the M11 Corridor and the Northern Way.
