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Land Value Uplift: Turn Hope Value Into Planning Gain

Land value uplift is the jump in price when land gains planning permission. Without consent a buyer pays hope value; with it, you sell a consented site. We secure the consent and show you the uplift in numbers.

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Schemes from £3M to £150M GDV

We look for uplift on London sites where the consented scheme falls in this range.

How planning creates value

The gap between the unconsented price and the consented price is the uplift. It belongs to whoever holds the land when permission is granted.

  • Hope value

    What buyers pay for the chance of consent: always a fraction of the real thing.

  • Consented value

    What a site with permission sells for, shown against comparable consented sales.

  • Full planning

    For the strongest schemes. See planning permission.

  • Permitted development

    Where rights already exist. See Class MA and prior approval.

  • Change of use

    For buildings in the wrong use. See change of use.

  • Airspace

    Storeys above what you own. See airspace development.

From hope value to realised uplift

Is there uplift here worth chasing? A straight answer first.

Full planning, permitted development, change of use or airspace, picked on evidence.

Pay a fixed fee and keep 100% of the uplift, or let us fund the planning under an option or promotion agreement.

The uplift is now real and bankable.

Sell at consented value, share the uplift, or build with us.

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How much could planning add to your land?

Send us the site. We will compare its value today with its value with consent, free.

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The Landowner's Guide: Sell, Option, Promote or Partner

The four ways to get value from your land or building, and what drives the price a developer can pay.

The terms to negotiate, ten questions to ask any developer, and the red flags to watch for.

Why landowners work with Craftex on uplift

  • A Development Director who has done it

    Rob Barton previously delivered 4,000+ homes and acquired £225M+ of land as a housebuilding MD.

  • Sell with planning, not without

    Owners lose most by selling unconsented: the buyer gets the permission and keeps the uplift.

  • The deal that suits you

    Depending on the stage we co-invest, take 100% of the risk, or work on a fee or percentage basis.

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Land value uplift: questions

What is land value uplift?

The increase in what land is worth once it has planning permission, compared with its value without it. Not sure what yours could take? Start with what can I build on my land.

What is hope value?

The premium a buyer pays for land that might get permission one day. It is always a fraction of consented value, because the buyer is pricing in the risk of refusal. How buyers get to their number: residual land value explained.

What is planning gain?

Here, the value created when consent is granted. Councils may also seek contributions from a scheme, such as CIL and Section 106 obligations, which the appraisal accounts for.

Who pays for the planning work?

Your choice. Pay a fixed fee and keep 100% of the uplift, or let us fund the planning at our risk under an option or promotion agreement, where we only earn if consent is granted. The routes are compared in option vs promotion agreement vs joint venture.

Should I sell before or after planning?

If the uplift is significant, after. The order matters: consent first, then market. Start with a feasibility study, and read how to sell land to a developer.

Keep the uplift planning creates

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