acquiring land

Access to funding, fast decision making and a range of land purchase options to suit the requirements of individual landowners, make Wates Developments an ideal partner.

With over 2600 acres of high quality land already under our control and ownership we are actively looking for both greenfield and brownfield sites, consented and unconsented, to add to our quality land bank.

We maintain a preference for freehold sites but will also secure investment opportunities through contracts, options and promotional agreements on land and property with development potential.

Our expertise and clear market focus allow us to deliver optimised schemes through planning quickly. Wates Developments has secured planning consent for all types of residential and mixed use schemes from a handful of properties to thousands of new homes on large urban town extensions.

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Folders Lane, Burgess Hill

In 2009 Wates purchased the 5.5 acre site, already allocated for housing. At the time of purchase the site was under option to a major housebuilder, on expiry of that agreement the...

categories: acquiring land, affordable housing

tags: affordable housing, family homes, photovoltaics, recycling, Sustainability

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Shackleford, Surrey

A rural 17.5 acre site to the South of Guildford which is currently a undesirable derelict mushroom farm considered a bad neighbour for the village as it is a non-conforming use of the...

categories: acquiring land, london & south east

tags: Surrey

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King’s Park, St Albans

Wates Developments, in partnership with Linden Homes, secured this prime 30 acre site in St Albans in 2010. The site has the benefit of outline planning consents for 150 family homes...

categories: acquiring land, development vision, sustainable communities, land acquisition, joint ventures

tags: family homes, Greenfield, retirement homes, St Albans