Housing Site Identification & Land Assembly

Finding deliverable opportunities, not simply compiling site lists

A structured route from housing requirement to credible land opportunities. LGPC helps public-sector clients identify, screen and progress sites that could support new homes, affordable housing or other strategic accommodation needs.

A housing site search is only useful if the opportunities can be evaluated and progressed. Councils must balance location, ownership, planning policy, infrastructure, viability, timing and competing land uses. LGPC combines land agency experience with a disciplined screening process so decision-makers can focus resources on sites with a realistic prospect of delivery.

How we can help

Search strategy: define geography, capacity, tenure, delivery timescales and minimum site criteria.

Opportunity identification: review publicly available planning and land information, council-held assets, marketed sites and potential off-market opportunities.

Initial site screening: assess access, constraints, policy context, infrastructure, ownership and indicative development capacity at an appropriate level.

Ownership and engagement: support title and ownership enquiries, contact landowners or agents where instructed, and record expressions of interest.

Acquisition and land assembly: advise on engagement strategy, commercial terms, conditionality and routes to secure control, coordinating legal and technical advisers.

Delivery options: compare direct acquisition, development partnering, phased delivery and other suitable routes.

A transparent process from brief to shortlist

1. Agree the housing objective, search area, site thresholds and assessment criteria.

2. Build a longlist from relevant property, planning and market sources.

3. Apply a consistent initial assessment to remove unsuitable opportunities and identify key information gaps.

4. Produce a ranked shortlist with opportunity, constraint and deliverability commentary.

5. Undertake proportionate further enquiries and landowner engagement for agreed priority sites.

6. Present next-stage recommendations, including feasibility work, acquisition strategy and approvals required.

What the council receives

A documented search methodology, mapped longlist, assessment matrix, prioritised shortlist, individual site summaries, landowner engagement record where instructed, and a practical action plan. The depth of planning, valuation, environmental or engineering investigation is agreed in advance.

Independent advice with delivery in mind

We can support a one-off land search, a targeted acquisition programme or a wider housing delivery strategy. Our role is to make opportunities understandable and actionable; specialist planning, legal, technical and valuation input is coordinated as required. We do not present preliminary screening as planning consent or a guaranteed development outcome.

Identify the next generation of housing sites

Share your housing objectives, geographic parameters and timescales. We can propose a proportionate search and assessment brief.

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