Landra Developments promotes residential and commercial land through the planning system, at our expense and risk, to gain the best possible planning permissions for our landowner partners.

Unlike a conventional housebuilder option agreement, where the land is sold to a single option holder at a “negotiated” value which may be significantly less than the true market value, Landra Developments offers land with planning permission to the open market, thereby ensuring that the optimum price is achieved for our landowners.

Landra Developments co-ordinates a multi-disciplinary team of experienced consultants with whom we have successfully worked with for almost a decade. 

A typical project would include planning consultants, highways engineers, urban designers, landscape architects, ecologists, hydrologists, lawyers, and often barristers to promote the site to its best advantage through the planning process.

To secure a promotion agreement Landra Developments will agree an up-front payment, so the landowner realises some of the value of their asset long before it gets to the open market, also covering the landowner’s legal costs.

Once the planning permission has been granted, Landra Developments works with the landowner to find a buyer in the open market at the optimum price. 

This does not necessarily mean the land has to be sold as quickly as possible, as we are prepared to wait for favourable market conditions to obtain the optimum price.

We are a young and agile business established in 2023 by Philip Rawle backed by Lawrence Baker Ltd, one of the largest healthcare builders in the UK.

Landra Developments offers our landowner partners bespoke arrangements with the flexibility to suit their individual requirements. 

Despite being a new business, our directors are all very experienced with a minimum of 20 years each in the industry across planning, development, and housebuilding.

Unlike the larger established ‘high-street’ promotion businesses, our directors are ‘hands-on’ and directly manage projects themselves. This sets us apart and ensures our landowner partners receive commercial oversight and skilled resource.

The four directors each bring a slightly different perspective to Landra’s projects. Their distinct skillsets but complementary backgrounds in promotion, planning, development, land sales, and housebuilding are important to ensure scrutiny and that net returns are maximised at each stage of the process.