Savills Midlands Development

A look back at 2024…

Discover how we have been helping to bring our client's vision to life throughout 2024. Below celebrates a selection of projects across Commercial, Residential and Rural. What will be next for 2025?

Houlton SUE, Rugby

Freehold sale of former radio station site, comprising 1,800 acres to deliver 6,000 units, creating the midlands largest sustainable urban extension. To date, nearly 1,250 houses are occupied and a further 1,250 committed as part of a 20 year business plan.

Contact - Andrew Galloway

Parcel 2, Bethnall Grange, Ironbridge

Freehold sale of Parcel 2 comprising 13.76 acres, forming part of the Benthall Grange Strategic Urban Extension. A Reserved Matters application has been submitted for 197 dwellings.

Contact - Peter Gough

Coventry Lane, Bramcote, Nottingham

Sale of a former school playing field comprising c. 40 acres. Subject to planning deal exchanged for 470 new homes, with the land receipt being used to deliver a new secondary school facility. Acting on behalf of The White Hills Park Trust and working with the Department of Education.

Contact - Ann Taylor
Contact - Olivia Haslam

Oadby and Wigston Local Centres

Development and regeneration advice in relation to new Town centre masterplans for Oadby & South Wigston prepared jointly with Arup.

Contact - Ben Glover

The Tea Factory, Digbeth

Development consultancy and disposal advice for the redevelopment of the historic Typhoo building, providing 84,000 sqft of landmark Grade A office space for occupation by the BBC in 2026.

Contact - Emma Prowse

Phoenix, Wythall, Bromsgrove

Strategic estate review, development consultancy and disposal strategy for the sale of a 40 acre, out of town office campus, on an unconditional basis.

Contact - Michael Maguire

Former Birmingham Wheels, Bordesley Park

Freehold sale of a brownfield site comprising 48 acres. It forms the critical component of Birmingham City Football Club's proposed Sports Quarter development, to include a new football stadium.

Contact - Sadie Janes

Snow Hill, Birmingham

Assessment for planning in connection with a 48-storey building of 462 homes in Birmingham City Centre for rent. A tightly constrained site with high build cost and design requirements meant that a policy compliant level of affordable housing was not viable.

Contact - Sarah Gregory

Toot Lane, Boston

RICS Red Book Valuation of a nine acre site with planning permission for residential development. Providing Market Value (Land Value), Gross Development Value, Market Rent and Market Value January 1999 Values for each individual unit.


Contact - Michael Donaghy

Solihull College, Solihull

Specialist consultancy advice to support the delivery of a new ten year estate strategy for Solihull College, a Further Education provider with three principal campuses in the West Midlands.

Contact - Sadie Janes

Mansfield Road, Worksop

Negotiation of a promotion agreement on behalf of private landowners to Gladman to deliver a new urban extension of up to 1,000 homes.

Contact - Ben Glover

Holbeach, Lincolnshire

Portfolio sales of Single Family Housing (SFH) PRS units across two sites to Residential Investment Funds on behalf of Ashwood Homes. This has benefited speed of delivery, improving cashflow and therefore ROCE and IRR for our client whilst providing much needed professionally managed rental homes to the market which are not in competition with Ashwood's For Sale stock.

Contact - Michael Donaghy

Fairham, Nottingham

Acting for Homes England on this major SUE, in collaboration with Clowes Developments. Providing development consultancy and agency advice, on three serviced parcel sales, comprising c. 800 units committed to date.

Contact - Ann Taylor

Bishop Grosseteste University

Advised the University on the delivery of a new 293 student bed scheme, adjacent to its campus, to include advising on the scheme design, planning, site acquistion, funding, and project monitoring. The new student village opened in September 2024.

Contact - Olivia Haslam

Bingham Employment Park

Structured land sale of 40 acre employment site to deliver high quality, sustainable scheme with enhanced BNG.

Contact - Ben Glover

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