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The Strategic Land Group
@strategiclandgroup.bsky.social
A land promotion company delivering quality planning consents on behalf of landowners - at our cost and risk. We work on housing, commercial and renewable energy projects.
187,500 acres of farmland was marketed for sale across England and Wales in 2024.

With recent policy changes impacting the countryside and farming families, it’s a good time to review strategic land decisions.

Our MD in Agronomist & Arable Farmer 👇
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December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Getting planning permission is difficult, expensive, time consuming, risky - and stressful.

That’s why so many landowners choose to work with us.

Get in touch today for a free, no obligation consultation about your land.
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Our Managing Director, @pmsmith.bsky.social, will be attending the BIAC Rural Planning Conference next week, delivering a talk on Planning and Nature in flux; policies and possibilities.

Find out more about the event, the line up and how to attend - www.strategiclandgroup.co.uk/insights/slg...
October 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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We’re being asked to design new homes around puddles - which is slowing housing delivery, impairing design quality and doing absolutely nothing for flood risk.

I explained why - and how the government can easily fix it - for Building magazine.

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May 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Can we help you with your site?
June 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Find out how the “standard method” is used to decide how many new homes to build in our latest Essential Guide.

You can download a table with the housing target for every council in England too!

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How are housing targets calculated? - Strategic Land Group
The government has introduced a new way for calculating housing targets. This post explains how it works, what it means for home building and includes a downloadable table with the new housing targets...
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May 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🚨 WE'RE HIRING! 🚨

We're looking for a Land Researcher to join our team and help us find potential development sites across the country.

Find our more - including how to apply - here: www.strategiclandgroup.co.uk/insights/wer...
We're hiring! - Strategic Land Group
We're looking for a Land Researcher to join our team.
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February 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Fantasy Football can teach us how to make better choices about where to build new homes.

Our MD, @pmsmith.bsky.social, explained how in a paper for think tank @adamsmith.org

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Could Fantasy Football reform England's planning system? - Strategic Land Group
In a report for the Adam Smith Institute, a think tank, our managing director explores how lessons from Fantasy Football can improve the way we select sites for development.
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January 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We're delighted to have agreed to work with the owners of a 22 acre site in the Staffordshire village of Woodseaves.

We'll be promoting the land for housing development through the council's emerging local plan.

You can find out more here:

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SLG to promote new site in sought-after Staffordshire Village - Strategic Land Group
We will be working with the owners of a site in Woodseaves to promote it for new housing development in Stafford's emerging local plan.
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January 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Did you know we deliver care homes too?

We’ll take the planning risk and offer landowners a guaranteed price if we succeed.

If you know of a site that might be suitable, we’d love to hear from you.
January 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We’re bound to say we’re good so don’t listen to us - listen to the people we work with.

Do you know of a site we could help with?

Get in touch: www.strategiclandgroup.co.uk/contact
January 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Meet our MD!
I’ll be at the Farm Business Innovation show in Birmingham on Wednesday.

Get in touch if you’d like to meet up.
November 4, 2024 at 5:39 PM
North East Derbyshire council are carrying out a Call for Sites, asking landowners to send details of potential development sites.

Find out more - and how you can maximise the chance of your site being chosen for development - in our latest blog post.

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North East Derbyshire Call for Sites process - Strategic Land Group
North East Derbyshire council are asking landowners to send them details of potential development sites - and it could help you to secure planning permission.
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November 1, 2024 at 9:34 AM
The local plan process can seem complicated, confusing and full of jargon - but it’s actually fairly simple.

And it can be a great way to have your land earmarked for development. 🏡

We explain how it works in our latest Essential Guide.

Read it here:
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How councils prepare a local plan - Strategic Land Group
The local plan process can seem complicated, confusing and full of jargon - but it's really quite straightforward.
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October 31, 2024 at 10:03 AM
🏡 New Site Secured! 🏡

We’ll be working with the owners of a 9.6-acre site in Morton-on-Swale, an attractive village in North Yorkshire, to promote the site through the council’s new local plan for housing development.

Get in touch if you think we could help you!
October 23, 2024 at 10:04 AM
The planning system is complex and expensive to navigate, which is why our landowner partners value our knowledge and expertise.

We help them secure planning permission on their land at our cost and risk - if we don’t succeed, it costs them nothing.

Find out more: www.strategiclandgroup.co.uk
August 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Read our summary of four key planning reforms being proposed by the government that could help you secure planning permission for new homes. 🏡

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4 key planning reforms proposed by Labour to deliver more homes - Strategic Land Group
The new government is changing the planning system to allow more homes to be built. This post summarises the most significant of those reforms, and explains how they could help you secure planning per...
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August 21, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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In a great piece for Works in Progress, Samuel Watling has highlighted how important location and economics are for the success of New Towns. (🔗 at the end)

We’ve known that for a very long time and it got me thinking about King Edward I learning the same lesson.

🧵(do they work here?)
August 21, 2024 at 11:58 AM