Land Planning
A sound development strategy
As a privately owned developer and with a team of in-house experts who support our land planning process, Highwood’s ability to secure approvals on a raft of diverse planning applications is a sign of our sound development strategy.
A trusted pool of architectural and planning resources
We rely on our in-house team of experts and a trusted pool of architectural and planning resources that ensures necessary permissions are processed smoothly and granted without complications.
Our team includes specialists in fields including architecture, ecology, arboriculture, green infrastructure, landscape, noise and air quality, sustainability and regeneration and, through our work, we have fostered excellent relationships with planning authorities.
Adept at maximising land value
Together, we’ve shown council planners we’re adept at promoting and maximising land value for even the most complex regeneration or urban expansion sites, which invariably bring their own set of social, economic or environmental constraints and challenges that we’ve overcome.
This has enabled us to gain successful planning consents for residential developments, community centres, allotments and revive sporting facilities that benefit everyone who lives in and around the environments we conceive.
"We’re combining character, landscapes and history with great design and sustainable building to create fantastic places to live."
Simon Beech
Land & Sales Director, Highwood Homes
"We’ve worked closely with everyone involved on this exciting project to create a superb scheme that takes account of the wonderful setting and heritage whilst accommodating the needs of today’s discerning homebuyers."
Chris Knight
HGP Architects
"Setting up, nurturing, and maintaining exemplary business relationships with all key stakeholders involved in any given project has earned Highwood a host of loyal partners it can rely on over the years."
Construction & Civil Engineering magazine
"Highwood is a pioneering developer with a determination to build intelligent schemes in beautiful environments. We’ve worked alongside Highwood’s teams from feasibility and transport planning to highway design and civil engineering phases and have always found them to be knowledgeable, pragmatic and always on top of their game."
Paul Basham
Paul Basham Associates
"We’re very proud to have worked with Highwood for many years and helped to transform its groundbreaking ideas into award-winning, complex infrastructure schemes that take as much account of the individual and as they do the bigger picture for the community."
Jeremy Gardiner
Head of Planning, Pegasus
"We’re very proud to have worked with Highwood for many years and helped to transform its groundbreaking ideas into award-winning, complex infrastructure schemes that take as much account of the individual and as they do the bigger picture for the community."
Brian Chamberlain
Partner, Odyssey