The UK’s planning system is complex, and clients need both specialist and objective planning advice to help them navigate the system successfully. Our track record has been built upon understanding our clients’ objectives in order to shape the best strategies for delivery. Our clients want commercially focussed advice with ESG outcomes which aligns with the LSH brand.

Land Assembly and Compulsory Purchase is a complex area, involving delicate negotiations and precise legal and practical knowledge. Our team has the technical understanding and expertise to provide comprehensive advice for scheme promoters and property owners and occupiers.

Large scale infrastructure projects and town centre regeneration have become vital, bringing the management of Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO) into the spotlight. All implications must be understood thoroughly while delays can be costly. If not managed efficiently, they derail public faith in a scheme, unsettle funding partners and throw projected timeframes into disarray.

Our solutions-focused team of Land Assembly and Compulsory Purchase experts have a wealth experience advising the UK’s largest acquiring authorities as well as a range of affected property owners and occupiers, from residential to complex specialist commercial operations. Our ability to provide comprehensive and accurate advice and financial projections is matched by our empathetic approach to land owners, making us a trusted advisor in this specialist discipline. Whether working with HS2, Thames Tideway Tunnel or various Local Authorities and Developers, we use our technical expertise to negotiate a responsible, fair and successful outcome.

Our core services include.

• Advising on infrastructure and regeneration for infrastructure providers and property owners/occupiers.
• Advising on the implications and effect of a scheme on property value and acquisition under CPO
• Preparing property cost estimates and advising on land assembly.
• Advising on making objections and appearing at Public Inquiry
• Supporting clients through the possession of land and property
• Valuation and preparation of compensation claims
• Negotiating with acquiring authorities and claimants
• Expert witness advice

Public sector organisations are facing a perfect storm of reduced budgets and a greater need for their services. What they need is a trusted partner to take responsibility for property management.

Many public sector organisations have large property portfolios - local government, blue light services, schools. While they focus on delivering essential services, they rarely have the capacity to employ a sufficient property management team in-house, leading to a risk that properties are inadequately managed or cannot deliver social value.

Our team is a trusted advisor to many of the UK’s leading public sector organisations. We can advise on acquisitions and disposals, asset management and expansion plans. Our experts slot in wherever our clients need them, offering a full cradle-to-grave service. As proven by our track record with the likes of Essex County Council, we have the scale and breadth to manage even the largest portfolios. We take away property pressures from our clients, so they can excel at delivering valuable services.

Our core services include;

• Agency-disposals and acquisitions
• Online auctions
• Valuations
• Asset Advisory
• Development Consultancy
• Planning Consultancy
• Schools’ advice
• Lease Advisory
• Property/Estate Management
• Treasury Functions
• Business Rates Appeals and Management
• Building Consultancy Services
• Telecoms 

Delivering residential developments, particularly affordable housing, in the UK has never been more challenging.

Economic pressures, including high interest rates, inflation and reduced government funding, make developments less viable, while uncertain market conditions further weaken investor confidence. Planning delays due to local authority resource constraints, fire safety legislation and evolving policies on affordable housing create uncertainty and prolonged project timelines. The need for optimising your opportunity and its delivery from first concept to building handover has never been more acute. This is where the Ikon team of residential specialists can help.

Strategic Development Advice

Our expertise has been utilised by private sector clients, Registered Providers (RP’s) and Local Authorities (LA’s) delivering their own developments or seeking a more involved development role. We help clients with a full range of development services, from scheme feasibility, value optimisation and viability, delivery structure, negotiations and due diligence, development management and s106 acquisitions and disposals. 

Financial Viability

Here, commercial acumen enables core assumptions to be sensibly pitched, a range of sensitivities to be considered and emerging cashflows assessed from a funder’s perspective. Financial modelling and business case assessment can be dealt with ‘under one roof’ meaning a joined-up approach to working with clients bringing wider efficiency, greater understanding and increased ability to improve viability.

Project Delivery

We provide expert project delivery services across Project Management, Employer’s Agent, Joint Venture Advisory, and Technical Advisory. Our team specialises in multi-phase regeneration, Build to Rent (BtR), market sale, senior living and affordable housing, successfully delivering major schemes like Greenwich Peninsula and Chobham Manor, as well as significant regeneration programmes across several local authorities, including Camden, Havering, Wandsworth and Harrow.

Working across the public, private and third sectors, we manage projects from small developments to large-scale urban regeneration. With deep market insight, we apply key performance metrics - spanning design, programme management, pre-manufactured value, ESG and social value across all tenure and build types. By integrating these with broader industry data, and our innovative systems and processes, we continuously drive project efficiency while ensuring homes are safe, high-quality and energy efficient.   

Our core services include:

• S106 Disposal
• Financial Viability assessments
• Scheme Optimisation
• Options evaluation and testing
• Procurement (Consultants/Contractors/Developers)
• Development solutions
• Project Management (RIBA 0-7)
• Employer’s Agent (RIBA 3-7)
• Development and Regeneration consultancy
• Affordable Housing
• Project Programming
• Team Workshop facilitation
• Defect Management (post PC)