Division 01
Land & Development
We source and acquire residential land and housing development sites for developers, investors and strategic partners, from strategic land and promotion plays to consented schemes ready to build.
The remit
Land is where the value is created, before anyone else is looking.
The Ecclesia land division works upstream. Identifying sites with residential development potential, building relationships with the people who own them, and bringing opportunities to housebuilders and investors before they reach the market.
We work across the risk spectrum, from long horizon strategic land and promotion agreements through to fully consented schemes ready to build, and structure each opportunity around what the site and the partner actually need.
Services
What the land division does.
Residential land sourcing
Proactive identification of sites with housing potential, matched to defined developer and investor requirements.
Strategic land
Long horizon land positions ahead of allocation. Promotion agreements, options and conditional contracts.
Development sites
Consented and allocated sites, part built schemes and sites with a clear route to permission.
Planning opportunities
Sites where value is unlocked through planning strategy, land assembly, or change of use.
Off market disposals
Discreet, structured sale processes for landowners who do not want an open marketing campaign.
Site acquisition
Acting for developers and investors to identify, negotiate and secure specific sites against a brief.
Developer acquisitions
Sourcing pipeline for housebuilders and developers scaling their land bank.
Landowner relationships
Long term dialogue with farmers, estates and corporates holding land with future potential.
Investment opportunities
Land and development plays structured for investors. Direct, joint venture or forward funding.
Who this is for
Two sides, one process.
For residential developers and investors
Pipeline you will not find on a portal
- Sites matched to your product, geography and lot size
- Off market and pre market opportunities
- Introductions structured to protect your position
- Strategic land for the medium and long term
For landowners
Understand what your land is really worth
- An honest read on development potential and value
- Options. Outright sale, option, promotion or joint venture
- Access to serious, funded developers and investors
- Complete discretion throughout
The process
From first look to secured site.
Identify and approach
We identify the site and open a direct, confidential conversation with the owner.
Appraise
Residual land value, planning risk, constraints, services and access, and a realistic development scenario.
Structure
The right instrument for the situation. Unconditional, conditional, option, promotion or joint venture.
Place or acquire
Introduce to the right developer or investor, or, increasingly, acquire onto the Ecclesia balance sheet.
Progress
Support the transaction through to exchange and completion, and through planning where relevant.
Submit a development opportunity.
Land, a consented scheme, or a site with potential. Send us the detail and we will come back with a view.