Case Study Flashcards
Describe Wimborne as a location
- Historic market town
- Dates back to 12th century
- Within easy access of both Bournemouth and Poole
- Canford School is one of the main employers nearby
How did you ensure clarity in your marketing strategy?
Parties were issued with a Best Bids letter which clearly set out expectations of bidders and a sales timeline
What anti-money laundering regulations did you adhere to in your Client on-boarding process?
Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds
- Undertook CDD
- Ensured detailed records had been maintained since our promotion instruction
What is Greenbelt land?
Area of land protected from most forms of development
What is a Promotion agreement?
Legally binding contract between the land owner and their partner – usually a land promoter
Land owners to get the expertise and financial support they need to secure planning permission for development on land they own
What were the terms of the promotion agreement?
5 year agreement
- subject to an extension should Planning Extensions be in train
What does site adoption mean?
- Call for Sites Consultation approved by Cabinet for a period of public consultation
- Examination
- A Local Plan adoption
- A site is then adopted into The Site Specific Allocations of Land (SSAL) development plan. This document details the development proposals for new homes, employment land, community facilities, open space and other uses
What does it mean when a planning application is validated?
Local planning authority (LPA) checks whether an application is complete:
A valid application comprises:
- Information requested on the standard application form
- Mandatory national information requirements, including a design and access statement if one is required
- Information specified on an LPA’s local list.
Why has there been such a delay in obtaining Outline consent?
Ongoing staffing issues at BCP town planning department
What did you consider during your inspection?
Surrounding area
- comps
- enviro hazards
- proximity to amenities
Site itself
- Boundaries (check against Title Plan)
- topography
- ground conditions
- Notable features (e.g. Considered the large Oak tree in the middle of the site and suggested the name Oakwood Park)
What guidance did you comply with during your inspection?
RICS Surveying Safely 2018
How did you comply with RICS Surveying Safely 2018?
- Considered Personal safety
- Undertook a risk assessment
- Visiting premises
How did you assist in formulating a disposal strategy?
Worked alongside my Director to advise the client on marketing timescales and the most effective method of sale for this type of opportunity
What was your role in the creation of a dataroom?
Populated the dataroom with all relevant planning, technical and summary documents.
I organised the dataroom to make the interested parties due diligence process as straightforward as possible
What regulations or legislation did you consider when creating the dataroom
General Data Protection Regulations 2018
As this was a UK instruction the Data Protection Act 2018
How did you effectively manage interested parties?
Ensures communication was:
- Clear
- Concise
- Complete
- Courteous
Throughout the instruction kept them updated with relevant information
What were you considering when reviewing and analysing bids?
Capital sum offered
Funding assumption
Design assumptions
What did you consider when providing a formal recommendation to your Client?
Ultimately considered my key requirement to maximise capital receipts.
Also considered the need to secure a developer who could fulfil the needs of the restrictive covenant
What was your role in assisting an execution of a site disposal?
- Helped advise on a marketing list
- Established interest levels
- Distributed marekting material
- Drafted best bids letters
- Analysed bids
- Assisted in recommending parties to my client
What is a restrictive covenant?
A promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action
How was the Design Code agreed? Who was in agreement?
Promotor engaged with the Planning Authority to determine key elements before presenting this to them prior to our marketing campaign.
The relevant planning officer advised that there was unlikely to be any major issues with the designs after a number of weeks of feedback
What were the key issues you envisaged through splitting the site into Lots?
Initially:
- Multiple sales contracts
- Potential for disharmony through multiple developers on site at any one time
Subsequently:
- Issues relating to s.106 triggers
- Parcel delivery issues
What is Lady Wimborne style architecture famous for?
111 cottages were built for estate workers from 1867 onwards, mostly as semi-detached pairs but with a few variations,
The Gothic revivalist design drafted by Sir Charles Barry junior
· Pitched roofs with gables to the front and sides,
· Arrow slit openings in each gable.
· A central brick built chimneystack
· Flemish bond style brick walls
How would you split land up?
- Splitting of the existing title
- Important to have a land registry compliant red line plan
What is RICS Valuation Information Paper 12?
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Valuation of Development Land
Discusses the approach to the valuation of property where the proposed development is of a cleared, or greenfield site
What was VIP12 Replaced with? And why didn’t you use this newer version when undertaking your valuation?
GN Valuation of Development Property (2019)
This newer version only came into place in October just after I had started my valuation process
What legislation did you consider throughout this instruction?
Estate Agents Act (1979) Misrepresentation Act (1967) Consumer Protection Act (2008) Bribery Act (2010) Proceeds of Crime Act (2002)
What guidance did you consider throughout this instruction?
Comparable Evidence in Real Estate Valuation (2019)
Complaints Handling Procedure (2016)
Valuation of Development Property (2019)
Talk to me about the contents of the Promotors costing estimate that they had previously undertaken? Were you happy to rely on this?
Undertaken by a quantity surveyor in July 2019 prior to marketing
I checked the figures against BCIS
How did you rank the schemes you found in terms of comparable evidence?
The Cloisters (listed)
Fernlea (luxury scheme)
Broadoaks (adjusted for location)
Pottle Walk (historic)
Why did you analyse comps in terms of GIA?
Code of Measuring Practice (2015) advised measuring on Effective Floor Area which equates to GIA
What does your net figure in Argus represent?
GIA
How would you measure the Site via Promap?
Confirm title boundary correlates with Land Registry Title Plan
Use Promap measuring function
What did you consider on your inspection?
Anything that would impact marketability.
- Topography
- Proximity to local amenities
- Existing property on the site
- Neighbouring properties
What must you include in your schedule of comparable evidence?
- Address
- Property type
- Freehold/leasehold
- Location details
- Description of the property
- Sq ft
- Date
- Analysis per sq ft
- Source of info
Explain how you ranked your comparables
The Cloisters seen as a direct comparable
Pottle Walk was historic so i assessed that as Catagory B General Market Data as per the GN Comparable Evidence in Real Estate Valuation
Fernlea Grade A Direct evidence however only classed as ‘similar’ real estate due to luxury status therefore not ranked as high as Cloisters
Broadoaks again Grade A and a similar type however, considered the fact that it was slightly further away from our subject than the Cloisters.
What was the CIL rate and what is a CIL payment?
£82 per square METRE
CIL is a £psd rate applied across an authority.
A charge on new development in the area.
What is a s.106 agreement?
A mechanism which make a development proposal acceptable in planning terms, that would not otherwise be acceptable
Site specific mitigation of the impact of development
Summarise the s.106 agreement
Agreement between:
- Richborough
- BCP
- Bailey Family
Before first occupation
- RP agreed for AH
- SANG contribution paid to Council
- Education contributions paid
SANG Landscape and Ecology Management Plan (LEMP) has been submitted to the Council for approval. before first occupation
What is the population of Wimborne?
15,500
How did you display team working?
Worked collaboratively across BNP departments and offices and also alongside the Promotor in relaying key information to interested parties
How did you display client care?
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What was the VAT position of the site?
Purchasers to assume VAT payable on acquisition cost inclusive of SDLT
What agents did you speak to to clarify evidence?
Symonds and Sampson
Fisks
What conflict of interest checks did you do?
Check client details against BNP internal conflict system
Given there was such a range in comparable values, how did you reach your opinion of guide price?
- I used Comparable Evidence in Real Estate Valuation 2019
- Applied greatest weighting to schemes that were closest geographically and most recently completed
- Interpreted each comparable in the contact of the subject to reach my opinion of guide price
What were the Schools requirements?
Maximise capital receipt whilst ensuring the legacy of their end of the site
Main benefits from splitting the disposal?
- Open the opportunity up to a larger market base (comparable evidence suggested that the market for <100 unit schemes was far greater than a 600 unit scheme)
- Attracts a local developer that has a greater understanding of Lady Wimborne style architecture