Serious Advice for Landowners, Perfectly Positioned To Assist Your Sale or Purchase

A Closer Look At The Landowners Position

With more than 30 years land and construction experience, a wealth of local contacts, a strong land supply and expansive Developer base, The Flatman Partnership are an essential contact for Landowners and house-builders alike.

The House Building Industry will need to take your land seriously

If you own land you think might be suitable for redevelopment contact us and we can prepare a free appraisal and feasibility report and work with you to optimise your asset in the most efficient way. With decades of experience working with local planning authorities we can help you to understand the complex guidance, bureaucracy and jargon associated with taking planning advice and making a planning application or lodging an appeal to the Secretary of State. It should be stressed to landowners at the present time that the potential value of their land could be vulnerable to political change. As it stands currently (and subject to certain criteria) the revenue gained from the sale of garden land for development is tax free - this could change.

Dealing with Land Development brings in big votes for Politicians

Of equal importance to Landowners is the Tory stance on backland or infill development and the probability that should the Tories come to power in the forthcoming elections guidance supporting the use of backland to provide housing may well be reversed. We would advocate that potential landowners should seek advice sooner rather than later.

Green issues will continue to dominate the planning arena and responsible, ethical planning is necessary in order to meet an increasing requirement for housing in the UK without eroding the Green Belt.

...as do Environmental issues

Notwithstanding the comments above, for some years the thrust of Government policy has been towards the efficient re-use of land within the urban envelope.

By default Britain cannot accommodate a growing population whilst at the same time being expected not encroach into green field sites and, on the other hand, not increasing the density of occupation of urban areas. As a result the impact of living closer together must be mitigated by good design.

There is all party agreement on the need to preserve the Green Belt

Jamie Flatman has spent decades working within this environment and wrestling with the inevitable issues which occur as a result of this conflict, and is well known (and we like to think respected) within the Local Planning offices in the administrative areas of Reading and it's surrounds.

Increasing housing density is a sensitive and often contentious subject and for those potentially neighbouring new development emotions can run high and accusations of ruthless developers, greedy landowners and counter claims of "Nimbyism" fly freely. So often difficulties arise because the agents initiating potential development are not operating with the skill, experience and sensitivity needed to meet appropriate design standards and appease local antipathy by consultation. This can often result in poor quality development reducing viability for all parties, poor visual impact or sometime even loss of much needed accommodation.

On the other hand building in towns makes the people already living there feel squashed in

The Flatman Partnership have a sound track record in delivering sustainable development, and are from time to time called in to consult to the Local Planning Authority in matters of process or land supply use.

We are currently working with a number of national house-builders and are heavily involved in shaping the face of Reading's future built form.

This is our specialist area, let us take the strain

If you have land you think may be suitable for housing we will be pleased to be of service. You can call Jamie directly on 0118 984 6850.

A Rare Opportunity - Single consented building plot

Oak Cottage, Hurst, Berkshire

This site represents one of the rarest and most exceptional property opportunities to come to market in decades. Single consented plots are rare and given the density requirements of the modern planning system it is even rarer that a level sylvan plot of this size for a single consented bungalow becomes available. Rarer still is its prime location in the quintessential village of Hurst, but utterly unique is its direct frontage to the picturesque village pond.