For 7 years Brian has acted for the landowner in monitoring the activities of the promoter, and latterly the developer. The site was sold to a joint venture consortium in early 2025.

Brian is advising on a 25 acre site in the middle of Bury St Edmunds. It is an operational site and has the challenges of listed buildings and legacy issues.. 

Brian acts on behalf of freehold owners of strategic land on the edge of Basingstoke which has a planning application for around 3,500 houses. Brian advises on land values and maximising the landowner’s position. 

For 15 years Brian has been advising a landowner consortium on the promotion and sale of a large town extension in Norfolk.  The first phase has been sold to Homes England.

A private owner was served a Price Notice under an option agreement which was well below the expected value.  Brian helped the owner achieve a price which was more than 10 times the original offer and also assisted with a negligence claim.

Brian is advising private landowners on a development agreement for a major distribution shed development.

Brian is advising on the disposal strategies for a major brownfield site in a historically sensitive Suffolk market town.

Brian has advised a local authority landowner on the value of a ransom strip that fronted a significant development site on the edge of a large settlement in Surrey.

Brian was instructed by a PI insurer on a claim of ‘manifest error’ against an Independent Expert Determination.  The case was won both at the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Brian advises collaborating landowners on a site that is allocated for 3,500 units adjacent to a major city.

Brian provides professional advice to a consortium of landowners where a set of promotion agreements were outdated and needed revision. The project will deliver 4,500 dwellings and a railway station.