Site promotion is vital to identify land for future developments and to meet the needs of future generations.
We combine our experience and market knowledge with a thorough understanding of planning policy, enabling us to provide innovative solutions to meet our clients objectives.
DHA can offer behind the scenes advice ensuring our clients are making commercially sensible decisions when pursuing planning, as well as offering a discrete way of finding the right development partner if required.
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DHA sell sites on behalf of Land Owners and Local Authorities. Our current sites available are:
We provide expert advice and optimise land value for our clients by selecting the most appropriate use classes and unit mix for each site.
We are a team of Chartered Surveyors that can offer expert advice on potential land values through residual land value appraisals.
We have conducted site searches for a diverse range of clients, covering various uses such from traditional housebuilding to school sites, and even renewable energy land requirements.
We can produce comprehensive reports identifying the best land for specific uses by analysing surrounding planning constraints and the planning consents within an area.
We are primarily an off-market agent, working with retained landowner clients, seeking offers from known and reputable delivery partners.
We are also able to provide a fully marketed service to our Local Authority and Charity clients that require this approach.
We are able to assist in the structuring of all types of deals, working on behalf of our landowner clients to seek the best market terms and mitigate their risk. Possible structures include:
We also offer specialist consultancy in Affordable Housing. This is an area of development often overlooked and misunderstood, and given that on most residential schemes affordable housing makes up 30-40% of the proposed development, it's an important aspect to get right.
Affordable Services:
For further information or advice, contact the Land Team on 01622 776226 or email us using the form below.
People who work in this area
Alex has worked at DHA for over 15 years and became Managing Director in 2016. As well as the day to day running of the business, Alex remains passionate about planning and development and enjoys getting out and about meeting clients and discussing the various options how DHA can maximise the value of their land.
Chris is a Director at DHA running one of our residential teams, he is particularly passionate about creating new communities and ensuring developments meet the needs of the local demographic.
Danielle is an Associate Director and leads our Viability team as well as running a large caseload of planning projects.
David is a Director at DHA and leads a planning team working on a range of projects. He has a particular interest in residential projects, local plans and using his extensive knowledge and experience on all matters relating to the Green Belt and AONB.
Before establishing David Hicken Associates in 1986, David had ten years' experience in Local Government, including posts with a District Council, a Metropolitan Borough Council, Maidstone Borough Council and finally as Chief Planning Officer with Harlow District Council in Essex.
James joined DHA in February 2022, having graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a degree in Planning and Property Development.
Kevin joined DHA in 2020 to work alongside our multi-disciplinary teams and landowners to help maximise their development potential.
Mark heads up the Land Team who offer a range of consultancy and agency services as part of our multi-disciplinary teams.
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