De-Risking Brownfield Site Development (May 2019)

A FREE SEMINAR FOR LAND OWNERS, DEVELOPERS, INVESTORS AND ASSET MANAGERS 

The Government's Brownfield land registers provide up-to-date and consistent information on sites that local authorities consider to be appropriate for residential development having regard to the criteria set out in regulation 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017. Local planning authorities are able to trigger a grant of permission in principle for residential development for sites in their registers where they follow the required procedures. Registers are in two parts, Part 1 comprises all brownfield sites appropriate for residential development and Part 2 those sites granted permission in principle. Registers are published locally as open data and provide transparent information about suitable and available sites.
The BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS seminar, held in partnership with Newgate Communications provided developers and investors with insights into the opportunities that these valuable offer as well as the risks inherent in their profitable development. 

​These sites are key to the UK's future regeneration. Our cities are forecast to grow significantly over coming years when the demand for living and working space will outstrip current availability. Our seminar offered answers and solutions to the inherent risks associated with sites that over time may have accommodated a wide variety of polluting and sometimes hazardous activities as the city has expanded.

The Presentation Panel

Newgate Communications
Community Engagement
​Perry Miller

Newgate Engagement have unrivalled expertise of working with communities up and down the country, helping housebuilders, developers, retailers and many others to consult more effectively with communities and engage with local politicians and the media
TFI
Fiscal Incentives
Ben de Waal
​The three primary sources of direct tax relief for property and development expenditure in the UK are Land Remediation Relief and Capital Allowances for site preparation and build costs and Research & Development tax relief on the costs typically incurred by engineering and construction companies in delivering complex projects.

Jestico + Whiles
Architects
​Ben Pollock

We are an employee-owned international architecture and interior design practice based in London and Prague. Our talented team of over 100 people has completed major projects throughout the UK and across the world.

Many of these are within schemes involving major urban regeneration, refurbishment of historic buildings or low energy designs.

GO
​Contaminated Land Solutions
Peter George

A recent survey by Development + Infrastructure identified contaminated land as the environmental factor most likely to cause upset to a housing development, followed by flood risk, more details here.

Once again it shows that the importance of taking advice at the earliest stage cannot be over stated
Spatial Dimensions
Surveyors
Peter Fenwick
Spatial Dimensions are a professional Geomatics (Land) Surveying company specialising in measured building surveys, laser scanning and 3D modelling.
We measure, map and model for a large variety of professional sectors within the built environment. From control surveys, topographical surveys up to accurate 3D Rights of Light models, 3D visualisations and scan to BIM surveys.