Residential Development overview
Residential Development
Carter Jonas has long been a leading name in development land. Our specialist Development Teams offer incisive professional advice to landowners and developers across all market sectors. Tailoring strategy to clients’ needs, our overriding objective is to maximise the value of our clients’ property assets.
We understand the planning and development process, and our expert service is backed up with hands-on market knowledge and a proven track record in the preparation of development opportunities for sale. Our services include:
- identifying development potential
- strategic planning and development advice
- feasibility studies and valuations
- land assembly
- landowner collaboration and equalisation agreements
- options, joint ventures, promotional agreements and conditional contracts
- market research
- the sale and acquisition of development opportunities
So whether you want to invest in land with development potential, need support in bringing forward your land for development or simply wish to realise its full value, we can help.

James is Head of Residential Development at Carter Jonas. Based at Oxford,...
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James is Head of Residential Development at Carter Jonas. Based at Oxford, he advises clients throughout the south of England on a wide range of residential and mixed use development matters, including site identification, town planning issues, valuation and appraisal leading to sale, acquisition or development. He has been involved in many strategic development sites, ranging from new settlements to city centre regeneration opportunities, as well as smaller provincial and rural schemes. James also has specific expertise in options, promotion agreements, and joint ventures. British Bob-Skeleton Champion in 1989/90, James still enjoys winter sports albeit now at a slower pace. The summer sees him on the tennis court or by the river with rod in hand. When not acting as an unpaid taxi service for his three children, he can sometimes be found hiding in his vegetable garden.
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