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Newlands is a specialist industrial and logistics developer with the in-house expertise to take sites from
identification through to delivery. We work with landowners, investors, and occupiers to unlock complex
development opportunities and create long-term value across the UK.

 
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THE PROCESS

Unlocking Complexity
Through Expert Planning

 

Whether we are promoting strategic land through a local plan or taking a consented site through to delivery, our process is consistent — thorough, collaborative and focused on the best possible outcome. Click each stage to find out more.

01
Site Due
Diligence
02
Strategy
Setting
03
Engagement
04
Promotion
05
Application
06
Negotiation
07
Consent
08
Disposal
Strategy
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Delivery

01

Site Due Diligence

Before committing to any site, Newlands undertakes thorough due diligence – assessing planning history, policy context, physical constraints, infrastructure requirements and development viability.

This rigorous upfront analysis ensures we only progress with sites where there is a realistic and deliverable route to consent.

The Development Process

Newlands operates across the full development cycle — from identifying and promoting strategic land through to constructing and delivering market-leading logistics schemes.

Our integrated in-house team covers every stage of the process, ensuring continuity, efficiency and the best possible outcomes for landowners, investors and occupiers.

Whether a site requires long-term strategic promotion, complex planning navigation or full infrastructure delivery, Newlands has the expertise and capital to take it from inception through to practical completion.

Development

We identify strategic land and underused income-producing assets across the UK, with a proven ability to source opportunities off-market. Our deep market knowledge and relationships allow us to unlock redevelopment potential that others may not see.

Planning

We navigate complex planning regimes with confidence, drawing on deep in-house knowledge and strong relationships with local authorities and consultants to achieve the right outcomes within the shortest possible timeframes.

Finance

We structure and source the right finance for each opportunity - whether through our established investor relationships or third-party funding - enabling us to move decisively and bring schemes forward with confidence.

Infrastructure & Construction

We procure and deliver large-scale civils contracts alongside cutting-edge, market-leading buildings designed to meet the demands of today's occupiers that stand the test of time. Every scheme is built to a first-rate specification and delivered to an excellent standard across all facets.

OUR APPROACH

Two Routes.
One Objective

Newlands operates across two complementary development routes — Strategic Land Promotion and Development Management — both underpinned by the same in-house expertise and both focused on delivering holistically planned, best-in-class logistics

NEWLANDS

In-house planning & delivery expertis

STRATEGIC LAND
PROMOTION

Identifying and promoting strategic sites through local
plan processes on behalf of landowners

DEVELOPMENT
MANAGEMENT

Focused on developing underutilised assets across
the UK into modern industrial
and logistics schemes

HOLISTICALLY DELIVERED BEST-IN-CLASS DEVELOPMENTS

Route 01

Strategic Land Promotion

Newlands works with landowners on a long-term basis to promote sites through local plan processes, securing allocations for industrial and logistics development. We cover all costs and manage the entire process on behalf of the landowner.

Key features

  • No upfront cost to the landowner
  • Full planning and promotion costs met by Newlands
  • Transparent profit-share arrangement
  • Regular updates throughout the process

Route 02

Development Management

The Newlands DM team take underutilised sites and look to maximise value created through redevelopment. This includes maximising deliverable floorspace whilst still ensuring other sustainable development principles are retained. The team leverage existing relationships and work closely with local planning authorities and other stakeholders in an efficient and streamlined manner to maximise chances of a successful permission in as short a timeframe as possible.

Key features

  • In-house planning, design and delivery team
  • Close working relationships with LPAs
  • Focused on maximising deliverable floorspace
  • Streamlined process to minimise time to consent

HOLISTICALLY DELIVERED BEST-IN-CLASS DEVELOPMENT

THE PROCESS


Our Work in Practice

The following case studies illustrate how Newlands operates across both strategic land promotion and development management — from securing allocations over long promotion periods, to unlocking consents on complex brownfield sites.

Strategic Land

Newlands Park Thrapston.

2.15m sq ft - North Northamptonshire

Hybrid planning permission secured in October 2025 for up to 2.15 million sq ft at Junction 13 of the A14, with a maximum ridge height of 24m across the 110-acre site. A long-term strategic land promotion that demonstrates Newlands' ability to navigate complex policy environments and deliver major allocations.

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Strategic Land

Newlands Park Huntingdon.

2.2m sq ft — Huntingdonshire

A 200-acre strategic site adjacent to the A141, south-west of Huntingdon. Planning application for circa 2.2 million sq ft being prepared for submission. A complex promotion involving multiple landowners, significant transport mitigation and ongoing local plan engagement.

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Development Management

Erith Works.

XX sq ft — London Borough of Bexley

Development management case study demonstrating Newlands' ability to unlock value from a complex brownfield or underutilised urban site, working closely with the LPA to maximise deliverable floorspace within a constrained environment.

 

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Development Management

Brackmills Gateway.

2.2m sq ft — Huntingdonshire

Development management case study demonstrating Newlands' approach to redeveloping an established employment location — maximising logistics floorspace through careful masterplanning, phased delivery and close engagement with the local planning authority.

 

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Delivery:
Built to Last


Newlands has a strong track record of delivering large and complex infrastructure contracts — often in excess of £100 million — as a prerequisite to opening up development land. Our in-house construction and project management team oversees every stage of delivery. All Newlands developments target EPC A+ and BREEAM Excellent as standard, alongside biodiversity net gain, employment and skills commitments, and best-in-class sustainability credentials.

£100m+
infrastructure contracts procured across the portfolio

EPC A+
target specification across all
new Newlands schemes

BREEAM Excellent
built into every development
brief from day one

BNG
biodiversity net gain delivered on all applicable schemes

Got a site? Let's talk.

Whether you're a landowner, occupier or investor — get in touch with the Newlands team today.

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