PDR Developments

PART OF THE PDR LAND GROUP

PDR Developments is a privately owned company formed by Philip Rawle, a Chartered Town Planner, with over 18 years experience in both the public and private sector

PDR Developments is a planning promotion company

We promote land through the planning process to deliver the best possible planning permissions for our landowner partners

Experience

18 years of planning experience and 6 years of running a land promotion business

Execution

Assembled a land portfolio in excess of 2,000 houses

Deliverability

100% track record in land promotion

5 stages of land promotion

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Meet with the landowner
The business is led by Philip Rawle, who is ‘hands-on’ and runs all aspects of the business. Unlike some of our competitors, we take on a small number of projects each year to ensure our landowner partners receive the best possible service. Philip will personally oversee each project.
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Consideration of the site
Given Philip’s 18 years of planning experience, he is extremely well placed to consider the planning merits of a site and whether or not it has the potential for development. PDR Developments has assembled an experienced team of specialist consultants who work alongside Philip in securing the best planning permission. This trusted team have worked together with Philip for a number of years and will help in the assessment of a site from the outset.

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Legal fees and planning costs
There are significant costs related to promoting a site for development, particularly in the preparation of a planning application and all of the technical expertise required. PDR Developments covers all planning and legal costs, so the process does not cost the landowner anything. All risk on each project is borne by PDR Developments.
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Planning process
PDR Developments will formulate the planning strategy in order to achieve the best possible planning permission for each project. In the first instance this may involve the promotion of the site through the plan-making process (e.g. to remove a site from the Green Belt and secure a housing allocation in a Local Plan). However, this will ultimately involve the preparation of a planning application and all associated reports, and if necessary, securing planning permission via the appeal process.

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Secure best value
Once PDR Developments has secured the best possible planning permission for a site, we ensure the landowner gets the best value for their land through an agreed marketing campaign to reach a successful sale. Philip has built up a close working relationship with many house builders and land agents over the years, which assists greatly in understanding the requirements of the house builders in the local markets for each of our projects.

About PDR Development

PDR Developments is a privately owned company formed by Philip Rawle, a Chartered Town Planner, with over 18 years of public and private planning experience, and 6 years of running his own land promotion business.

Prior to this Philip was the founding Director of a niche land promotion business, which since its formation in early 2014, assembled a land portfolio of in excess of 2,000 houses; securing planning permission for approximately 550, and local plan allocations for a further 900; resulting in a genuine 100% track record in land promotion.

Philip is now able to share with his landowner partners at PDR Developments the unique skill set he possesses, in terms of not only being a successful planning consultant, but also one that has the commercial acumen of the development industry through the running of his own land promotion business.

Philip Rawle

BSc(Hons) MA DipTP MRTPI

Philip is a Chartered Town Planner and has over 18 years of public and private sector planning experience, which has seen him undertake lead roles in the private sector, including running his own planning practice.

Prior to his private sector career, Philip worked in Local Government for two English Councils, as well as being fortunate to enjoy a secondment in 2005 working for Melbourne City Council in Australia.

Philip has considerable experience of securing planning permissions for large scale, complex and strategic mixed-use projects of a high political / public profile, either through the development plan and/or planning application process, or at appeal.

Our Projects

Land at Perryfields Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

25 August 2020

Land at Rushwick Manor Farm, Rushwick, Worcester

25 August 2020

Land at Broadmore Green, Rushwick, Worcester

2 August 2020

Get in touch

PDR Developments actively seeks land to promote throughout England.

We will consider sites as small as 1 acre and are interested to hear about brownfield land and greenfield land on the edge of settlements, including within the Green Belt.

If you wish to talk to us in confidence about potential development opportunities, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

PDR Developments Limited
Sansome Lodge
4 Sansome Walk
Worcester
WR1 1LH

T: 01905 622395
M: 07850 545271

Registered Office: 111-113 High Street, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 4XP
Company No: 12827968