Land to Lots
E111- Interview with Charlie Dugdale and John Beresford on UK Master Planned Communities (Part 1)
In Episode 111 of the Land to Lots™ Podcast, Carter Froelich welcomes Charlie Dugdale, Founder of Ondare , and John Beresford, Managing Director of Buckland Development , for the podcast's first international conversation on master planned community development in the United Kingdom . In Part 1, they discuss the approach behind Welborne Garden Village , a 6,000-home community in Hampshire, and how landowner partnerships and long-term stewardship influence its development. The conversation also compares the UK planning process with US entitlement, offering a perspective on the approval and infrastructure challenges developers face on both sides of the Atlantic . In this episode, you'll learn: Why the best master planned communities tend to come from landowners who decline to sell, and what a partnership gives them that a land sale cannot. How Welborne's ownership structure keeps control of the whole development process with the original landowner; from the horizontal infrastructure through to homebuilding and sales. What a landowner with a 500 year horizon brings to a development decision, and why that continuity produces different choices than a corporate owner would make. The UK terms that map to US practice, including planning permission for entitlement, appraisal for pro forma , and Section 106 for impact fees. How the UK decides where new communities get built, and why promoters spend years and considerable money competing for a place in a local plan. Why an allocation is only the starting point, and what the outline application, resolution to grant, and reserved matters each add in cost and delay. Why Section 106 rests on similar legal footing to a US impact fee but produces a very different negotiation, and how its timing leaves developers funding more than their share. Charlie Dugdale W – www.ondare.co.uk E – charlie@ondare.co.uk John Beresford W – www.bucklanddevelopment.co.uk E – jberesford@bucklandgroup.co.uk Welborne Garden Village project reference – www.welborne.co.uk Plus: Whenever you're ready here are 4 ways Launch can help you with your project: Prepare a Special Tax District Bond Analysis for your Project – If you have a project in AZ, CA, CO, ID, NC, NM, SC, TX, UT, WA contact Carter Froelich and have Launch prepare an initial complimentary high-level bond analysis for your project. Hold a 1 Hour Complimentary Project Vision™ and DOS Worksheet for your Project – If you have a project in AZ, CA, CO, ID, NC, NM, SC, TX, UT, WA contact Carter Froelich and schedule a complimentary 1-hour Project Vision™ and DOS conversation for your project which will result in a high-level Project Path & Plan™ for your project. (Note: Projects should be of 250 acres or more) . Add Favorable Financing Language to Annexation and/or Development Agreements – Create certainty and flexibility related to your project's infrastructure financing by having Launch professionals prepare handcrafted favorable financing language for inclusion in your Annexation and/or Development Agreement. Contact Carter Froelich for more information. Perform The RED Analysis™ on your Project – We have developed a unique process at Launch called The RED Analysis™ in which we perform a diagnostic review of your project to determine possible ways to Reduce, Eliminate and Defer infrastructure construction costs in order to enhance project returns. Contact Carter Froelich for more information. Complimentary Offers for Land to Lots™ Listeners Complimentary Land to Lots book: https://www.launch-mpc.com/offer Complimentary Bond Sizing Analysis: https://form.jotform.com/231376408765160
