Brian Buckingham
BSc (Hons ) MRICS
Contact details
brian.buckingham@beckland.co.uk
+44 7768 008667
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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.
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Brian is advising on a 3 acre brownfield site in the middle of Haverhill. It is an operational site and has the challenges of listed buildings that are adjacent to the High Street.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Brian is advising private landowners on a development agreement for a major distribution shed development.
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Brian is advising on the disposal strategies for a major brownfield site in a historically sensitive Suffolk market town.
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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.
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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.
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Brian advises collaborating landowners on a site that is allocated for 3,500 units adjacent to a major city.
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Brian provides professional advice to a consortium of landowners where a set of promotion agreements were outdated and needed revision.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.
Brian has over 35 years of property experience. 20 years were spent as a Partner and Head of Residential Development at Bidwells, where he led a team who were responsible for the sale or purchase of over £1Bn of residential development land.
Brian set up Beckland, a property consultancy company, in 2020, providing specialist advice, principally to landowners, on large and complex development projects. This includes advice on collaboration agreements, promotion/option/hybrid agreements, overages, land appraisals, viability appraisals, site assembly and all types of development agreements.
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