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Land finding services

Utilising comprehensive market analysis, data, and planning expertise, we find viable sites for development.

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Tailored to client needs

TerraQuest finds and assesses land for the public and private sector with enhanced viability.

Our fully comprehensive solution uses market-leading GIS technology to find building plots for a broad range of development needs.

This consultancy is tailored to specific client needs and we work on projects of all scales, from local to large infrastructure projects, overcoming challenges from boundary changes to misplaced records.

Combining technology with expertise

Our team of experienced senior land finding technicians can quickly identify a range of suitable building plots and development sites, depending on your specific requirements.

By combining our cutting-edge software solutions, planning expertise, and unparalleled data, TerraQuest offers a land finding consultancy service that stands unrivalled in the industry.

Benefits of our land finding services

Unrivalled planning application processing
Handling over 95% of planning applications in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Pioneering land referencing services
A legacy of involvement in major national infrastructure projects since 1972.

Proprietary planning data
Exclusive datasets from the Planning Portal, providing unique insights and solutions.

Data-driven insights
Unlocked national insights from proprietary data in planning, land, and geospatial domains.

What is land finding?

TerraQuest’s service supports local authorities, land developers and those involved in infrastructure projects to identify all suitable plots of land for their developments.

Our experts precisely carry out all site identification and assessment processes in an expedient manner, ensuring you have all the information you need upfront to make confident and informed decisions that meet your project’s requirements.

Our bespoke approach

We understand that competing land uses lead to a scarcity of available land, especially in prime locations. TerraQuest helps developers identify the best land parcels, avoiding missed opportunities and inflated land prices.

How we can help

Let’s discuss how we can help you to transform your processes using our innovational planning software and technology.

How does it work?

Our expert team organises initial consultations to understand our clients' overall goals for development, priorities, and preferred locations to outline a key search criteria.

Understanding your requirements

Our hands-on approach is specific to overcoming each of our clients' individual challenges, finding them suitable land within their budget and timelines.

GIS-led analysis

Our powerful GIS-led analysis and innovative technology can quickly identify suitable sites, narrowing the search to the best possible options.

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Experienced team

Our experienced team will carry out detailed and comprehensive site assessments of the shortlisted sites to help you make informed decisions. The site assessments will evaluate everything from existing or potential environmental factors or liabilities, site suitability for specific uses (i.e. residential or agriculture) and utilities and drainage provisions.

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Comprehensive reports

Our team then offers planning advice and insights to help identify any issues early-on in the process. This is highly valued by our clients as we can save them costly resources with our data-led land recommendations.

Our team then produce comprehensive reports for each suitable site. We will then take on all the complex logistics of helping you secure the land.

Projects

Explore our recent projects to find out more about what we do.

FAQs

How do I find sites for development?

You can find the perfect site for your development using TerraQuest’s site-finding services. TerraQuest’s expert team will conduct initial consultations to understand your goals, priorities, preferred locations and budget. We then collaborate in more detailed sessions to gather further insights and create a project plan with clear milestones.

We find sites using our industry-leading GIS site-finding software.

Once identified, we present a shortlist of optimum sites with detailed information and visual aids. Finally, we conduct thorough site assessments to evaluate environmental, legal, and logistical factors before presenting comprehensive reports, with detailed appraisal of our options, as well as in-depth planning advice.

How do I find ownership of land?

TerraQuest can identify land ownership quickly and with the highest accuracy, via thorough analysis of land registry resources, detecting all ownership titles and examining land interests.

Once sites have been identified, we evaluate land ownership and associated legal factors, allowing a smooth acquisition process for you. Additionally, our network and proprietary planning data can provide insights into ownership details as part of the land identification and evaluation process.

How do I find suitable land?

Whatever your needs, we will start with an initial consultation to outline key search criteria, based on your goals and specifications. We then use our industry-leading GIS site finding software to pinpoint land and adjust the search criteria as necessary.