Nexus Planning

Strategic
Land

Land. Potential. Delivered.

Specialist sector team

Market-leading strategic land promotion advice.

Combining national coverage, regional knowledge and politically informed planning strategy to unlock land potential and support long-term development.

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20+ professionals

A dedicated strategic land team supporting promotion, policy and delivery.

5 office hubs

Regional insight from London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Reading.

4,500ha promoted

Strategic land promoted for development across major sites and growth locations.

Strategic land in numbers
Land promotion at scale

Strategic planning support for landowners, promoters and developers across major sites, growth locations and long-term development opportunities.

Nexus is actively promoting strategic land across England, supporting landowners, promoters and developers through Local Plan promotion, planning applications, appeals and long-term planning strategy.

Our Strategic Land team combines national coverage, regional knowledge and politically informed planning advice to help clients unlock land potential and navigate complex plan-making and decision-taking processes.

We support sites from early promotion and evidence gathering through to planning applications, appeals and delivery-focused strategy.

Land currently promoted for development

4,500ha promoted across strategic sites and growth locations.

50+

Landowners, promoters and developers we are working with

90%

Appeal success rate over the last 5 years

Where appeals have been necessary or appropriate

15+

Large sites promoted for more than 1,000 homes each

Strategic land services

Support across the full strategic land journey.

From early opportunity testing to Local Plan promotion, planning applications and expert witness support, Nexus provides clear, commercially aware planning advice at every stage of the land promotion process.

Delivering market-leading advice across all aspects of strategic land promotion.

01

Identify development opportunities

We work with clients to identify development opportunities, considering planning policy, site context, infrastructure, constraints and long-term growth potential.

02

Initial assessments of site potential

We provide early planning assessments to understand a site’s realistic prospects, key risks, likely timescales and the strategic route to unlock value.

03

Strategies to unlock development potential

We develop short and long-term strategies to promote land effectively, aligning planning evidence, engagement, delivery and commercial priorities.

04

Site promotion through Local Plans

We promote sites through Local Plans and Spatial Development Strategies, preparing representations, evidence and advocacy to support allocation outcomes.

05

Planning applications

We support planning applications for strategic land projects, coordinating planning strategy, technical inputs, stakeholder engagement and submission material.

06

Expert witness evidence

We provide expert witness evidence at planning appeals and Examinations in Public, supporting clients where robust advocacy is required.

Geographical coverage

National coverage.
Regional expertise.

Projects undertaken in current Local Planning Authority areas across England.

Led from regional hubs in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol and Reading.

National coverage and regional expertise.

London Birmingham Manchester Bristol Reading
Strategic Land Projects
Office Hub Locations
Map of England showing Nexus Strategic Land project coverage Manchester Birmingham Bristol Reading London

Existing clients

Some of our existing clients.

Nexus supports landowners, promoters, developers, national housebuilders and long-term development partners across a wide range of strategic land projects.

Case study examples

Experience across strategic sites of every scale.

Nexus supports strategic land projects from smaller residential sites through to major urban extensions, new settlements and strategic employment schemes.

New settlements / strategic urban extensions Medium scale Smaller scale Strategic employment

New settlements / strategic urban extensions

Lighthorne Heath

Warwickshire

Client CEG
Type / scale of development
  • 3,000 homes
  • 100 ha employment
  • Mixed use town centre
  • 10 ha country park
Services
  • Local Plan promotion
  • SPD production
  • Project management
  • EIA co-ordination
  • Outline planning application / permission

New settlements / strategic urban extensions

South West Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

Client Gleeson Land
Type / scale of development
  • 1,400 homes
  • 50 ha green infrastructure
  • Primary school
  • Community building
Services
  • Local Plan promotion
  • Project management
  • EIA co-ordination
  • Outline planning permission

New settlements / strategic urban extensions

Shortwood

Gloucestershire

Client Hallam Land Management
Type / scale of development
  • 1,600 homes
  • 50 ha green infrastructure
  • 5 ha employment
  • Local centre / mobility hub
Services
  • Local Plan promotion
  • Project management
  • EIA co-ordination

Medium scale

Wellesbourne

Warwickshire

Client CEG
Type / scale of development
  • 260 homes
  • 4 ha green infrastructure
  • Off-site village hall
Services
  • Local Plan promotion
  • Project management
  • Outline planning permission

Smaller scale

Fairford

Gloucestershire

Client Ernest Cook Trust / Gleeson Land
Type / scale of development
  • 87 homes
  • 4 ha green infrastructure
  • Link road
Services
  • Local Plan promotion
  • Neighbourhood Plan promotion
  • Project management
  • Outline planning permission

Strategic employment

Wellesbourne Innovation Campus

Warwickshire

Client University of Warwick
Type / scale of development
  • 280,000 sqm employment
  • Hotel
  • Gym
Services
  • Local Plan promotion
  • SPD production
  • Planning application
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Integrated support

Environmental Impact Assessment.

Larger strategic land projects often require a coordinated approach to environmental evidence, technical inputs and assessment. Nexus provides in-house Environmental Impact Assessment expertise to support clients through this process.

Bringing complex evidence together for larger and more complex development schemes.

Our core strategic land services are supported by in-house expertise in managing and co-ordinating the Environmental Impact Assessment process.

Accreditation Accredited by the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP).
01

EIA Screening

Early advice on whether an Environmental Impact Assessment is likely to be required for a proposed scheme.

02

EIA Scoping

Defining likely assessment topics, technical inputs and the evidence required to support the planning strategy.

03

Environmental Statement co-ordination

Co-ordination and management of Environmental Statement preparation for larger and more complex development schemes.

04

Health Impact Assessments

Assessments that consider how development may affect health, wellbeing and local community outcomes.

05

Socio-Economic Assessments

Evidence to understand population, economic, employment, community and wider social impacts linked to strategic land promotion.

Sector leaders

The Strategic Land sector leaders.

Our Strategic Land team combines national coverage with regional expertise, giving clients direct access to the right planning advice wherever their site is located.

Adam Ross

National Lead

Adam Ross

Adam leads Nexus’ Strategic Land sector offer nationally, supporting clients with complex land promotion, planning strategy and development potential.

a.ross@nexusplanning.co.uk 07919 045 192

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Explore our Strategic Land experience in more detail.

Download the Nexus Strategic Land brochure for more information about our sector leaders, geographical coverage, project examples, client experience and integrated planning support.

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Ready to discuss a site?

Unlock the potential of your land.

Speak to our Strategic Land team about site promotion, planning strategy, Local Plan representation, planning applications, appeal support or evidence-led development potential.

Speak to Adam Ross Contact Nexus
National Lead Adam Ross
a.ross@nexusplanning.co.uk 07919 045 192
01 Local Plan promotion
02 Planning applications
03 Appeals and Examinations in Public
04 Evidence and strategy