Open partnerships
By adopting an open partnership approach to negotiations and contracts with landowners, we’re able to work together and share both the risks and rewards of development.
Acquiring land
Our Strategic Land and Planning department identifies, and contractually secures, land which has the potential to fulfil future housing needs.
Flexible land agreements
Our Land teams work closely with landowners and their agents throughout negotiations for land agreements.
This may take the form of freehold purchase, an option agreement, a joint venture, or a hybrid agreement. Legal professionals are often involved at this stage.
We continue to communicate and work closely with the landowner, local community and local authority throughout the development process.
Contract options
Land agreements can take the form of a conventional freehold purchase, where we buy the land outright, or an option agreement where we invest the time and cost of promoting the site through the planning process then, when approved, purchase the land at a discount to the open market value.
Alternative agreements
We can agree to a joint venture, where we partner with one or more parties, including the landowner to develop a site, or a hybrid agreement which is similar to an option agreement, but once planning status has been secured a portion of the site is sold outright to another developer.
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Why Taylor Wimpey
We might have over 125 years’ homebuilding experience, but we never take our land for granted. Each new opportunity challenges us to build the best homes and communities we can.
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Contact us
If you own a piece of land or property that you think may be suitable for development and you would like to sell, Taylor Wimpey is interested in hearing from you.
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Case studies
In 2019 we sold over 15,700 homes on developments throughout the UK. Here you can see a selection of our land and planning case studies.
