The raw material for all of the company's activities is land (both greenfield and brownfield) and the ability to bring that forward for development via the planning process. To that end the company has a team experienced in planning practice dedicated to seeking out new opportunities and responding to those presented to it.
An important element of this is wherever possible to identify land ahead of the formal planning process and then to take it through that process to meet development objectives. This requires an ability and willingness to work for the long term, and at William Davis this runs in parallel with the land team working on short, medium and long-term objectives.
Although the team has a sound understanding of the major issues affecting land and its development, it has established links with expert consultants in the following areas: