ESTATE SERVICES

General estate management, land agency and rural surveying has been an integral part of the business with substantial experience gained whilst working for a diverse range of clients within the built and rural estates, including advisory work for the Ministry of Defence’ Defence Estates in Gloucester, Wiltshire, Dorset and Scotland, Fife Council, Highland Council, Clackmannanshire Council, Forest Enterprise and a number of private landowners, solicitors and commercial interests throughout Scotland.

This has involved the company in some very interesting and challenging projects, which include Full Environmental Impact Assessments involving estate development, Land Reform & CROW Acts and Town and Country planning for a wide range of proposals within the rural and built estates ranging from highways agreements, roads, bridges, new builds, change of use, fencing, improvements etc.

Surveying the Canna - Sanday Causeway after the January gales

A brief outline of services is as follows:

Property management including maintenance and planned maintenance schedules
Landlord and Tenant Negotiations
Disposition & boundary mapping, servitude and way leave surveys & negotiations.
Rural lets, leases (Heads of Terms) and associated matters including agricultural and forestry and sporting activities
Buildings - Terminal Dilapidations, Condition Surveys and Schedules
Insurance inspections and valuations
Accounting, budget and financial management, grant assistance
Land, Hydrographic, Building & Quantity Surveying
Project Management for maintenance, repairs and building works
Consultative representation for Gloucester County Council Transport Policy, Wiltshire County Council Waste and Mineral Policy, Kennet District Council Landscape Strategy. Consultants to the Porton Down Farms development project
Town and Country Planning
Acquisitions & Disposals
Negotiation of land sale (disposals) and acquisitions, access and deeds of dedication, “overage” and “clawback” in relation to disposals with planning consent for development purposes
Full cycle Environmental Impact Assessments.
Responsibilities for Schedule assessments, local governmental consultations
Environmental and Wildlife planning
Environmental design and development including Sustainable Drainage Systems, contaminated land issues, grant applications.