What is Site Sourcing?

Site sourcing involves the identification, assessment, and acquisition of land for development. Our site sourcing processes use proprietary GIS and market data to help clients navigate the complexities of land acquisition, helping them find sites that align with their financial, planning, and project goals.

Who is Site Sourcing for?

• Developers – Looking to expand their project pipeline with development sites.
• Corporate landowners and operators –  Seeking sites for operational expansion.
• Local planning authorities – SHLAA and other strategic programs which require a systematic to land assessment and acquisition

Highly Tailored Search

Our search capability allows us to layer up queries across a large number of datasets, resulting in highly tailored search logic that helps substantially reduce time wasted in the search effort. Some of our search data layers include:

• Environmental and ecological – TPO, flood risk, coal mining, radon
• Heritage – Listed Building status, conservation areas
• Market status – for sale, to let, recently sold, recently let
• Market values – residential and commercial sold / let comparables, value growth trend
• Planning – applications, policy allocations, Article 4 directions, green belt status
• Proximities – proximity to roads, buses and trains, power lines, schools, shops, hospitals, GPs
• Site size and property heights – overall site size, % of developed space vs. land, building heights
• Terrain – aspect, slope, elevation
• Title and leases – unregistered land, freeholds, long leases, short leases, and lease terms