- Client
- Private landowners (Consortium)
- Sector
- Planning & Development
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
- How we helped
- Development Agency Strategic Land Development Consultancy
James is Head of the Planning and Development at Carter Jonas and is based out of our London and Oxford offices. James advises clients on proposed development projects throughout the south of England. He has over 20 years experience in residential and mixed use development acting for private, corporate, institutional, charity and public sector clients. This includes site identification, project management of planning and development strategies, valuation and viability appraisals, marketing and sale of development opportunities. He has specific expertise in options, promotion agreements, joint ventures and landowner agreements. James has been involved in sites ranging from new settlements to city centre regeneration and smaller provincial and rural schemes, and also provides expert witness and independent expert valuation services for dispute resolution.
Carter Jonas acted on behalf of a consortium of private landowners in identifying planning potential and negotiating a number of agreements to facilitate a planning permission, before selling the land on the open market to maximise the value returned to the landowners.
In 2015 Carter Jonas was approached for advice regarding the planning potential of land lying off Lower Road in Stoke Mandeville. Having determined that the land had strong planning potential, we negotiated a Landowners’ Collaboration Agreement before negotiating a Promotion Agreement with Gladman Developments, on behalf of the joint landowners.
As a part of the Promotion Agreement, Gladman undertook to obtain planning permission on behalf of the landowners and quickly prepared an outline planning application for up to 117 new homes.
Following the grant of planning permission, Carter Jonas then brought the development opportunity to the open market. A full and open marketing campaign culminated with a competitive informal tender in 2017, with a high level of interest being expressed, before Carter Jonas negotiated a sale price in excess of the £12m guide price with a national house builder.
Hackney Town Centre
Members of Carter Jonas’s Regeneration, Retail and Town Centre Consultancy team were commissioned by...
Hull City Regeneration
Carter Jonas’s Regeneration, Retail and Town Centre Consultancy Team has advised Hull City Council s...
C.H. Robinson Amsterdam Consolidation
C.H. Robinson had three sites in Amsterdam which were no longer aligned with the business needs and ...
Property Reviews: BCC Location Asset Strategy Review
Carter Jonas has provided a full review of all Buckinghamshire County Council property, with a prima...
Care Quality Commission
Care Quality Commission was seeking advice and technical support through the identification of optio...
Property Reviews: LB Hounslow
Carter Jonas conducted a property asset review on a pre-determined section of the London Borough of ...
BP International Business Park
Carter Jonas were instructed by Spelthorne Borough Council to provide a valuation for accounts purpo...
CBS Freehold Disposals
Carter Jonas were instructed to advise and dispose of a number of Cambridge Building Society sites a...
Worcester College, Oxford
In September 2016 the college set up a committee of senior Fellows’ and staff who had been tasked wi...
Estate Strategy: BCC Property Asset Management Plan
One of the first activities undertaken following Carter Jonas’ appointment as Estates Framework prov...
Former St Peter’s School
On behalf of Wiltshire Council, Carter Jonas were appointed to dispose of the freehold interest in t...
Estate Strategy: RBLI
Royal British Legion Industries occupies an island site in Aylesford Kent, comprising 70 acres with ...
Estate Management: BCC
Provision of full property support services across the operational and investment estates of Bucking...
Old Bond Street
5 Old Bond Street occupies a pivotal position on the end of a central terrace in Old Bond Street, ot...
Food Standard Agency (FSA)
Food Standard Agency needed to vacate its current London headquarters and relocate, considering vari...
London Borough of Haringey
Carter Jonas conducted a Council-wide consultation on a pre-determined section of the London Borough...
Pharmaceutical office relocation
Carter Jonas worked with Oval Medical Ltd on the acquisition and fit-out of a new office and researc...
Sale of Petrol Filling Station Investment
Carter Jonas successfully marketed and negotiated the sale of a petrol filling station investment, e...
Lime Tree Clinic
The Carter Jonas Building Consultancy team was instructed to undertake the refurbishment and extensi...
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Nursing and Midwifery Council was seeking advice and technical support through the identification of...
Statutory Transfers
Land held within the public sector can be subject to change by way of changes in legislation, The Ac...
King Charles House
Carter Jonas were instructed to market, by way of a sublease, surplus office accommodation occupied ...
Lease Renewal Services for Feref
Instructed to negotiate a renewal of Feref Ltd’s existing lease at 17-18 Great Pulteney Street, W1, ...
New Travelodge Sites
Will Mooney, head of the Eastern Region Commercial Department in Cambridge, and Samuel Turner are ap...
ARM Eastbrook Office Acquisition
Carter Jonas’s Cambridge office team were instructed by ARM Ltd to find expansion space for their bu...
Valuations for Warwickshire District Council
Carter Jonas is retained by Warwickshire District Council to provide asset valuations in respect of ...
Somerville College, Oxford
Inspection to establish overall condition for compliance and maintenance of 14no residential propert...
240 Blackfriars, Demandware
Following submission and acceptance of a competitive fee proposal, Carter Jonas was appointed by Dem...
Freehold Investment Disposal
The Cambridge office of Carter Jonas was at the heart of a commercial property deal which saw the di...
New Warehouse
Carter Jonas' Building Consultancy team provided a monitoring service in relation to a £2 million ne...
Churchill Hospital, Oxford
Carter Jonas acts as strategic property adviser to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,...
Abingdon Science Park
Acting on behalf of Addington Capital, Carter Jonas were retained as sole agents after the previous ...
Grove Business Park
Grove Business Park in Oxfordshire is set in 32 acres of land, offering a range of existing office, ...
Grantchester High Street Lease
Carter Jonas were instructed to advise and dispose of the leasehold interest of a former Car Garage ...
20 Nuffield Way
Acting on behalf of Opcare Limited, Carter Jonas were instructed to advise on disposal options for a...
Czarnikow Office Acquisition
Instructed to acquire an office floor within the City of London suitable for accommodating approxima...
UKAEA Estate Management
The appointment covers the marketing of office, research and warehouse accommodation, strategic deve...
CIL Relocation
Instructed to relocate CIL management consultants to new offices capable of accommodating approximat...
Leeds City Centre Office Acquisition
Carter Jonas identified new premises and negotiated favourable terms for The Medical Protection Soci...
The Maltings Industrial Estate
Following a reorganisation of their warehouse arrangements, UK bathroom supplier Roper Rhodes releas...
Estate Strategy: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Re-appointed in November 2016 as the National Property Advisor for Department for Work and Pensions,...
The Broers Building
Carter Jonas are instructed by the University of Cambridge to manage the Broers Building, which is l...
Units 18b & 18c Meridian East
Units 18b and 18c are two office buildings within the Meridian East Business Park. They are 10,790 s...
London Relocation Greenlight Marketing
Relocation of a well-known marketing company, Greenlight Marketing, to c. 13,000 sq ft in British La...
Frost and Sullivan Relocation
Carter Jonas were instructed to relocate Frost & Sullivan UK headquarters to new offices capable of ...
Ridgeon's Development
On behalf of Ridgeon’s Builders Merchants Limited, Carter Jonas were appointed to procure a developm...
Red Gables
The Carter Jonas Bath office was instructed to act on behalf of Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partn...
Ingeus Office Acquisition
Carter Jonas’s team in Leeds identified and acquired suitable premises for Ingeus to open six new of...
Land at Darlington Road
The Carter Jonas Leeds Office have been acting for local farming family, the Gills, since the mid-19...
Letting of Riverside South
Carter Jonas were approached by the tenants of Riverside South in order to help advise them on an ex...
Launton Business Centre
Acting on behalf of CBRE GI, Carter Jonas were jointly instructed to market and secure tenants for U...
Nuffield Industrial Estate
Acting on behalf of Eskmuir Properties, Carter Jonas were instructed on a joint agency basis to disp...
Valuation of West End Theatres
Carter Jonas were instructed by an American client to provide an asset valuation for tax purposes af...
Foxcombe Hall
Acting on behalf of the Open University, Carter Jonas were instructed to dispose of the university's...
UK Payments Administration Office Acquisition
Carter Jonas were instructed to acquire an office floor in close proximity to Thomas More Square, E1...
WANO Rent Review
Carter Jonas were instructed to negotiate the rent review of WANO’s office on the 35th floor of 25 C...
Harlow Pitney Bowes
Carter Jonas were instructed by Pitney Bowes to manage the relocation from a redundant office to a f...
Milton Park
Acting on behalf of RM Plc, Carter Jonas acquired new office premises totaling 17,900 sq ft at Milto...
6 High Street, Ely
Carter Jonas provided dilapidations advice in respect of the former tenant’s exit and subsequently d...
Premier Inn Hotel
Located on a previously unused car park in Newbury’s town centre, this new 100 bed budget hotel with...
Orchard Lea Pool Complex
Carter Jonas were acquired to help with the design and construction of a contemporary 15m x 6m priva...
Falmer Academy
The development of an exemplar Academy scheme with the highest architectural and environmental crede...
The Manor House
The Manor House is an important early 17th Century Grade II* Listed property in North Oxfordshire. C...
Orchard Lea Main House Refurbishment
Carter Jonas worked on the total refurbishment, upgrade and extension of a 7-bedroom Edwardian house...
Wycliffe Retirement Village
Carter Jones secured planning permission on behalf of Salmon Harvester Properties for the redevelopm...
Cambridge Southern Fringe
The Cambridge Southern Fringe Area Development Framework (2006) formed the blueprint for the ongoing...
Kingston Riding Centre
On behalf of the residential developer London Square, the Carter Jonas London Planning team have rec...
Southampton City Centre
Carter Jonas’s Regeneration, Retail and Town Centre Consultancy Team was instructed by Southampton C...
Cambridge Growing Life Centre
Carter Jonas’s Cambridge Planning Team assisted Granta Park Estates in securing planning permission ...
Ladbroke Grove
Carter Jonas advise the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) on the redevelopment of its r...
ARM Holdings Campus Expansion
Carter Jonas’ Cambridge Planning team helped secure detailed planning permission for 20,677sqm GEA o...
India House, Cambridge
On this project, Carter Jonas provided planning consultancy services from inception to completion of...
Temple Quay
Bristol has always been at the forefront of innovation and the City’s forefathers were never afraid ...
The Keep
A new historical resource centre to house 10 miles of archives dating back 900 years.
North West Kent College
A planning application to redevelop an existing college campus located in the Green Belt.
Threesixty Developments
Threesixty Developments called on Carter Jonas’s expertise following the refusal of a planning appli...
Land off Thornbury Road, Eynsham
Maximised value for the landowner by securing planning permission for 160 residential units and then...
Homerton College Development
Carter Jonas are instructed by Homerton College to manage the Homerton Business Centre and adjoining...
Basildon Leisure Park
Carter Jonas has provided planning advice to Aviva since 2011 on Basildon Leisure Park that has help...
Strategic Land
In late 2008, on behalf of an institutional client, Carter Jonas purchased a strategic land opportun...
Wandsworth Town Centres
Strategic Visioning, Management, and Marketing Members of Carter Jonas’s Regeneration, Retail, and T...
Norwich City Council
Norwich City Council is seeking to improve the performance of its portfolio through rationalisation ...
Estate Management: Police and Crime Commissioners
Carter Jonas provide a full range of operational property support services across the entirety of th...
Brent Cross Cricklewood Regeneration
Carter Jonas advised Hammerson, Standard Life and the London Borough of Barnet in the promotion of C...
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Roper Rhodes
The South West building consultancy team were appointed in June 2016 to provide a feasibility report...
Kingston Farm
We were appointed as Hitachi’s lead consultant and project manager to procure CAT B fit-out works to...
Carter Jonas concludes the sale of a prominent brownfield site.
Acting on behalf of the landowner, Carter Jonas provided rigorous advice on the development strategy...