Member Directory
The complete list of all our members.
FREETHS
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We are a leading full-service UK law firm, with 1,200 freethinking colleagues all working together to make the future better for our people, planet, clients and communities.
We are a big firm, without the attitude. We get our momentum from our guiding values – smart, bold and together.
We are friendly, straight-talking and use our expertise and integrity to deliver smart legal services and a dynamic, inclusive and rewarding experience.
Because of all this and more, we’re trusted by leading household names such as Aldi, Tarmac, Experian and Lloyds Bank, as well as charities, universities and private individuals, to think beyond the norm and get the best results.
We have been named as Law Firm of the Year at The Legal Business Awards 2024 and consistently rank in the top tier of the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners guides.
Because we deliver so much for so many, the smartest talent and most selective clients choose Freeths.
Gallagher Developments
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Gallagher Developments is the original master developer with a proven track record dating back over 50 years. Since 1975, we have delivered over 200,000 homes and over 10 million sq.ft of commercial floorspace across the UK.
We obtain deliverable, technically robust and commercially sound planning consents, and provide physical and community infrastructure on sites, such as strategic public open space, schools, local centres, distributor roads and drainage.
Our ability to act as a master developer accelerates the delivery of much-needed housing by enabling a range of housebuilders to build and sell new homes simultaneously on serviced parcels of land. We also deliver commercial, retail, and general employment land to market.
Gateley Plc
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Gateley has the largest entirely specialist housebuilder team in the UK, supported by specialist housebuilder lawyers in our planning, construction, housebuilder disputes, regulatory, corporate and tax teams.
Alongside these legal experts we also offer our housebuilder clients the services of other parts of the Gateley Group: Gateley Hamer, our team of expert surveyors, deals with easements & wayleaves for utilities infrastructure, and compulsory purchase and compensation; and our specialist tax consultants within Gateley Capitus also offer our housebuilder clients advice at a Group and regional level on how best to maximise their claims for Land Remediation Tax.
Generator Group
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A division of Generator Group, Generator Strategic Land (GSL) was founded in 2017 in joint venture with Topland Group, one of Europe’s largest privately-owned investment groups. GSL seeks to build on our existing portfolio of strategic assets through a mixture of promotion agreements, option agreements, joint ventures and unconditional purchases, securing key land holdings with the potential to address regional shortfalls in housing as well as residential care and commercial uses.
As active developers alongside our promotion activity, we understand how to secure viable and deliverable consents that maximise land value, whilst also having the financial
Gladman Developments
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Gladman are a privately owned, innovative business that has enjoyed significant and prolific success in a range of property sectors. With over 25 years’ experience in obtaining planning permissions, we are today the UK’s most successful land promoter.
Gladman play a unique role in providing a service to our landowners. By working in partnership, we help landowners optimise their land assets by securing planning permission for residential development and managing the onward sale to a housebuilder.
At Gladman we are passionate about winning and invest significant expenditure on robust evidence, research, specialist studies and investigations because we are confident we can achieve a planning win for our landowners. Over time, we have worked with a variety of landowners (including County Councils, Charities, Trusts, Diocesan Boards and Universities) with differing needs and requirements, so whatever your situation or future ambition, we can work with you to realise the potential of your land.
Gleeson Land
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Part of MJ Gleeson PLC, Gleeson Land specialise in taking land through the complex promotion process, maximising returns for landowners via our team of in-house planning and technical experts. Due to our extensive due diligence and commitment to pursuing the best individual strategy for each site, we are known to be one of the most successful land companies in the country with a planning success rate of over 96%.
GOWLING WLG
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Gowling WLG is a sector focused international law firm. With more than 1,500 legal professionals across the world, we provide our clients with in-depth expertise in key global sectors and a suite of legal services at home and abroad.
Our clients have access to market-leading expertise and experience in key global sectors including advanced manufacturing, energy, financial services, infrastructure, life sciences, natural resources, real estate and tech. We pair this specific industry knowledge with renowned service area expertise to meet each client's unique needs.
We see the world through our clients’ eyes, and collaborate across countries, offices, service areas and sectors to help them succeed, no matter how challenging the circumstances. Our culture is, above all, about people and teams, based on our belief in the power of relationships in delivering tangible business results.
Greenbelt
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Greenbelt Group Ltd is a land management company and has been operating across the UK for the last 25 years. Our core business is the adoption and long term stewardship of green infrastructure open space which includes, woodlands, grasslands, new planting, equipped play areas, sports facilities, SUDS, water courses and designated habitats.
Hallam Land
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Hallam Land is a subsidiary of Henry Boot plc and has been promoting strategic land for a variety of development uses since 1989. We work in partnership with landowners and public sector stakeholders from our 7 regional offices and control some of the most sustainable locations for new development in the country with the potential to deliver nearly 100,000 homes, which is one of the largest portfolios in the housing promotion industry. We have a well-earned reputation for successfully delivering high quality planning permissions and finding solutions to unlock complex development schemes.
Hargreaves Land
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Hargreaves Land is a subsidiary of Hargreaves Services Plc and is one of the UK’s leading regeneration, development and strategic land promotion specialists. From greenfield residential land promotion and standalone bespoke commercial developments through to large-scale brownfield master-developer regeneration opportunities, we have the relationships, track-record of success and financial backing to unlock complex situations and achieve high quality results. We work in partnership with landowners, local authorities, local communities and other stakeholders to deliver much-needed new housing, employment and infrastructure.
Hawksmoor
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Hawksmoor’s team of highly experienced surveyors and support staff has a wealth of knowledge in land and development matters, enabling us to offer a unique advisory service to landowners and developers. We work throughout the United Kingdom, offering a wide range of services, tailored to our clients’ individual needs. Our core services include the identification of suitable sites for development, disposal of development land, project management of residential planning applications, S106 negotiations, development appraisals and general practice advice.
Hawridge Land
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Hawridge Land is part of the W.E. Black Group of companies, one of the South East’s leading SME housebuilders, with an unrivalled reputation for location, quality and design.
W.E. Black Ltd was founded in Uxbridge in 1919 and since built over 10,000 new homes throughout the Home Counties, which are today still highly sought after.
We specialise in strategic development land promotion, focusing primarily upon the delivery of planning consents on both greenfield and brownfield sites in the South East of England. Our experienced team have over 150 years of experience in the housebuilding, planning and development industry.
Higgins Homes
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As a division of Higgins Group Plc, one of the largest family-owned construction companies in South East England, Higgins Homes has successfully designed, built and managed a wide portfolio of new build and sensitively considered conversion and restoration projects across London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Sussex and Kent.
Higgins Homes approaches every project on the merits of its location and home-buyer requirements, from bold city centre apartments to traditional large village homes. Although no two Higgins Homes developments are the same, they all conform to the highest standards of specification and build excellence.
Higgins Homes is committed to delivering on what it promises, and it strictly adheres to the requirements of the Consumer Code for Home Builders. Every new home is guaranteed for 10 years by a national warranty provider.
HLM Architects
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For more than half a century HLM Architects has delivered socially responsible, thoughtfully designed, transformative places. Ambitious to our core, we’re always driven to do more. More for our communities, our planet, and each other.
With studios embedded in communities across the UK and Ireland, we work with outstanding clients to create education environments that inspire, healthcare settings that nurture, homes in thriving neighbourhoods, and public infrastructure that’s sustainable in every sense.
Howkins & Harrison
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Howkins & Harrison LLP is a firm of Chartered Surveyors and Planning & Development Consultants that has been established for over 130 years, we specialise in advising all types of landowners on residential and commercial development opportunities.
We operate in areas from north of London through to the north Midlands through our network of offices along the M1 corridor. Our experienced surveyors have the technical understanding to guide landowners through the planning promotion and sales process and understand what developers require in order to maximise value and returns for all parties.
We advise landowning clients on option, promotion and joint venture development agreements for residential and commercial development, from small scale sites to multi-landowner and mixed use developments ranging from small village extensions to new sustainable urban extensions and garden villages.
i-Transport
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i-Transport LLP is a specialist, independent transport planning consultancy with offices nationwide. We specialise in providing transport planning advice to the development sector for both private and public-sector clients.
To us, reputation matters. We are incredibly proud to be regarded as one of the leading transport planning consultancies in the country. We advise our clients every step of the way, from project inception through to the detailed planning application stage and beyond. Our success lies in the strength of relationships we form and the quality of our employees. Relationships are founded on trusted advice and built on sound technical expertise. At i-Transport we adopt an innovative approach to solving our clients’ problems. We combine our comprehensive knowledge of the planning system with specialist transport planning and traffic engineering skills. This approach allows us to deliver intelligent, cost-effective, sustainable solutions, tailored to each project’s needs.
We work closely with everyone from landowners to developers, house builders, ‘blue chip’ companies, pension funds, leisure operators and public-sector bodies. Paying close attention to interdisciplinary considerations enables us to be successful in every field. Our breadth of experience and cross-practice collaborative approach and knowledge sharing, enables us to respond to new environmental and social challenges facing the development and transport markets.
Iceni
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Iceni is a leading planning and development consultancy offering a range of services to the public and private sectors. Iceni became an employee-owned business in April 2025. The company is committed to providing progressive and dynamic advice and services to its client base, and to improving how communities and stakeholders are engaged within the built environment. Iceni are able to provide specialist advice in the fields of archaeology; design; DCO applications; EIA management; economics; engagement; heritage; landscape; planning; sustainable development, townscape and transport, from offices across England and Scotland.
IM Properties
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As one of the country’s largest privately owned property companies, we take a forward-thinking approach to sustainable development and investment, building a resilient portfolio focused on long-term value. We believe in shaping a sustainable future through creating economic growth and lasting benefits for the communities in which we operate. Our purpose is underpinned by clear business values that guide everything we do, helping us take focused, responsible action at every stage.
Our UK development portfolio includes large-scale commercial employment parks, designed with a long-term perspective. We combine industry best practice with innovative thinking to unlock lasting social value that extends beyond the boundaries of our sites. That means acting responsibly and with integrity to create high-quality places that meet occupier needs and also benefit the wider community. To date, the team has delivered over 15 million square feet of commercial space for high-profile occupiers across the UK, in prime sought after locations
IM Land, the strategic land arm of IM Properties, delivers great places for people to live. The team oversees the acquisition and design of residential development sites, often working with major housebuilders and developers, local planning authorities and occupiers to deliver sites for modern, sustainable living.
Indevor Group
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Indevor Group are the UK’s leading provider of infrastructure support services to housebuilders and the built environment.
We hold an esteemed 25+ year history of creating and delivering innovative, leading and multi award-winning companies serving the UK Housebuilding industry.
We are committed to supporting our clients and the ultimate communities by providing vital ancillary services to address the shortfall of new home completions within the UK.
Inspired Villages
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Inspired Villages is a developer and operator of retirement communities in the UK who are majority owned and fully funded by Legal & General. A retirement community may also be referred to as retirement villages, extra care or housing-with-care combines housing options for older people with tailored support services. Residents rent or own a property to maintain their privacy and independence with the reassurance of 24-hour on-site staff, communal facilities and optional care and support as needed. Inspired Villages has six operational villages in the UK, with a further 14 legally secured and under construction, with planning permission or in planning and has aspirations to deliver 60 villages within the next ten years.
Irwin Mitchell
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Irwin Mitchell provides legal services to land promoters, developers, private and institutional landowners operating from 15 locations across the UK.
The firm is ranked as a market-leading law firm in the independent Legal 500 and Chambers UK guides, with over 250 lawyers personally recommended. Our real estate team consists of over 130 real estate lawyers with specialists focusing on strategic land and residential development. We combine the expertise of our real estate and planning lawyers with our construction, public law, tax and corporate specialists to help anticipate hurdles as we guide our clients through the development process and beyond.
Jaynic
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Jaynic is a land promotion and property development company covering the south and east of England.
We specialise in promoting land for residential and employment uses, the implementation of infrastructure and development of commercial buildings on a speculative and bespoke basis.
We work closely with landowners, councils, local communities and stakeholders to ensure that our projects create desirable and sustainable places for people to live and work. With our experience and best in class consultant teams, we manage the entire process and are committed to minimising risks and maximising rewards for all parties involved.
JLL
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For over 200 years, JLL (NYSE: JLL), a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company, has helped clients buy, build, occupy, manage and invest in a variety of commercial, industrial, hotel, residential and retail properties. A Fortune 500® company with annual revenue of $20.9 billion and operations in over 80 countries around the world, our more than 103,000 employees bring the power of a global platform combined with local expertise. Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAYSM. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated.
JMS PLANNING
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JMS Planning is a results-driven, boutique, planning and development consultancy which was founded in November 2015 and provides informed advice of the highest quality on all aspects of town planning including strategic land promotion. JMS secures viable and deliverable town planning outcomes and has an enviable track record of success across England and Wales. The business specialises in providing authoritative, commercial planning advice, pragmatic practical solutions, and a highly personalised service to clients. JMS provides clear advice at all stages of a project from pre-purchase and due diligence, local plan promotion, planning application, through to the satisfaction of planning conditions. The Company prides itself in investing time and energy in all projects whilst working alongside clients to a successful conclusion. JMS is led jointly by Managing Director Julian Sutton and its directors, each of whom has over 20 years of experience.
For a no-obligation discussion, please contact Julian at [email protected] or 07525 131145.
JNP Group
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JNP Group is a multi-disciplinary consulting engineering firm, founded in 1980 and operating with over 120 staff in 7 offices across the UK.
We provide a comprehensive range of services including highways and transport, drainage, flood risk and modelling, geo-environmental and structures, with a Director-led and Client-centred approach.
JNP Group has established a reputation for providing client friendly advice and delivering innovative and sustainable engineering solutions within the residential land sector, providing an integrated approach across our wide range of services. We operate across the full design and construction process, from scheme conception through planning and to detailed design for construction and leverage this wide range knowledge and experience to inform our work at all stages.
JTP
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JTP is an award-winning practice of architects and urban designers specialising in masterplanning, placemaking, design coding and community engagement – we create new places and breathe life into old ones. From our studios in London and Bristol, we undertake placemaking projects at every scale, from cities and towns, to neighbourhoods, streets and the design of individual buildings.
Keating Chambers
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Keating Chambers is a leading set of commercial barristers’ chambers, with a thriving domestic and international practice, comprising 65 barristers, 30 Queen’s Counsel and 35 Juniors, and 9 international members/honorary associates.
Keating Chambers has added planning and environmental regulatory work to its market leading construction, procurement, PFI/PPP, energy and infrastructure practice. This means that we are uniquely well placed to offer assistance during the entire lifetime of projects, from environmental and planning consenting, to public procurement, regulatory and project finance issues, to commercial disputes arising during or after the construction of the project.
Kings Chambers
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Kings Chambers is a multi-disciplinary set of Barristers’ Chambers specialising in Planning, Real Estate, Highways and Construction. Silks include Paul G Tucker QC, Vincent Fraser QC, David Manley QC and Giles Cannock QC for planning and Andrew Singer QC for construction.
Ruth Stockley is an expert on Highways and an editor of the leading text and Wilson Horne specialises in commercial property agreements, and specifically options and promotion agreements. They are ably assisted by teams of specialist juniors.
Kirkby Diamond
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Kirkby Diamond’s Land, Planning & Development team provides expert advice and representation to landowners, developers, and promoters across the northern Home Counties, from five offices. As part of an award-winning, multi-disciplinary surveying practice, the land team deals with the early identification and promotion of land for development and deals with land sales for residential, mixed-use, and commercial development.
Knight Frank
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Knight Frank LLP is a global independent real estate consultancy headquartered in London. Established in 1896, the firm provides residential and commercial property services including sales, lettings, valuation, investment advisory, property management, and consultancy to clients across international markets.