Residential Buildings, Housing and Strategic Land

Why WSP Projects Ideas Services Contacts

As the residential sector is changing, our expertise in the matter continues to grow. A combination of demographic and social trends are causing household sizes to shrink. In the UK, there is shortage of land for building residential space while increasing urbanisation and population upsurge means the demand for property in UK towns and cities is fierce.

In the United Kingdom, the demand for housing exceeds the rate of supply and has not kept pace with the growing population.

The residential building market is characterised by a mix of ownership and rental options, with the public and private sectors recognising the need to increase delivery.

Organisations must balance a need to address economic, social and environmental trends with viability and value.

Our interdisciplinary teams of experts support public and private sector landowners, developers and managers to acquire, promote, plan, design, deliver, value and manage residential, housing and strategic land development.

They specialise in unlocking complex development; advising clients from the investment case, through design to handover; and creating Future Ready places to enable communities to thrive.

Who do we work with in the residential, housing and strategic land sector?

We work with clients in both the public and private sectors in multiple residential sectors including:

Strategic Land

Land owners, master developers and land promoters to develop brownfield and greenfield land.

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Housebuilders

Housebuilders are significant contributors to the volume of new residential property in the UK.

Build to Rent

Investors and property managers that have developed purpose-built developments for rent, providing residents with access to homes that are professionally managed.

Affordable Housing

Affordable housing providers including local authorities, housing associations and for-profit registered providers.

Investors

Institutional and other large investors in the residential sector.

Public sector

Government agencies, as well as local authorities supporting public sector-led residential development and public-private partnerships (PPP).

Why choose WSP

UNLOCKING COMPLEX SITES

Actionable innovations to make complex development viable

EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE

Our interdisciplinary expertise ensures there’s always a specialist on hand

VISION, DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT

Advice from investment case, through to design and delivery, and handover

Our front-end residential buildings, housing and strategic land offer

WSP’s Development Consultancy team provide market-leading front-end strategic advice across residential, housing and strategic land portfolios.

By integrating technical and advisory skills we deliver actionable innovations to deliver on our clients’ objectives.

Advice includes strategic site development, planning and disposal management, feasibility studies and business cases, and RICs-certified valuation advice.

Residential buildings, housing and strategic land: our projects

Find out how our residential, housing and strategic land experts are assisting clients in both the private and public sectors with a wide range of projects: