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Willmott Dixon DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS
WHY DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS? Development programmes are increasingly requiring a more innovative use of land and assets, with public and private collaboration key. We bring together the best in construction and development specialism under one roof, working on projects from inception through to post completion. This gives an unrivaled development solution that comes from years of experience and expertise. Our solutions set out to unlock and retain value for you – our customer. Willmott Dixon is launching a new specialist and dedicated team who will provide a professional consultancy and a solution led service to our customers to realise and deliver a pipeline of development led opportunities. WIllmott Dixon believe in a purpose beyond profit. We want to be a trusted partner in the delivery of social infrastructure through the values we uphold, the products we offer, the services we provide and the legacy we leave. Development solutions is a clear route to achieving this. Willmott Dixon | Development Solutions
We have developed a number of services
and delivery models which can unlock
opportunities, providing our customers
with a wider solution which broadly sit
across three key areas:
ASSET DEVELOPMENT LAND FUNDING
MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT SOURCING SOLUTIONS
SOLUTIONS SERVICES
Working with customers to An end to end development Through our wide ranging Bringing forward
review and unlock potential consultancy service, guiding public sector partnerships and alternative means of
and achieve better value in our customers through the extensive wider network, we can funding development to
their existing assets. development lifecycle. source land opportunities for increase capacity within
our partners to meet their exact our partners’ plans.
development requirements.
CUSTOMER These benefits offer real value Development Solutions
BENEFITS to the customer, and provide empowers customers through
a compelling case for the retained control and value,
Retain control adoption and consideration tailored to local needs. With
Retain assets of Development Solutions on over a century of combined
relevant opportunities. construction and development
Unlock better commercial returns
expertise, our incentive is
Provide a platform for creating to deliver quality schemes
longer term revenue streams to by providing the enabling
offset austerity cuts benefits of a developer.
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OUR MODELS
AND SOLUTIONS
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ASSET
Unlocking value in our MANAGEMENT
customers’ strategic assets SOLUTIONS
What? Such services could include:
This sees Willmott Dixon provide • Identifying strategic land parcels to sell
development resource and expertise to to generate revenue to cross-subsidise
review our customers’ existing assets and an identified development.
create development solutions which support •R
eviewing existing assets to develop
our customers’ briefs, aims and aspirations. more viable solutions.
Under this model we would review and • Identifying strategic land to acquire to
appraise various design solutions to unlock better potential from existing assets.
maximise benefits for our customers.
CUSTOMER
BENEFITS
Generates a financially Provides a resource to customers We can focus outcomes Ensures customers retain
better solution by who either do not have the against their social drivers ownership and control of
sweating their assets resource or whose existing their asset holdings.
resources are at capacity
Customer brief Select design Market Outline Market informed
and success partners appraisal programme financial model
criteria agreed (where required)
Feasibility Asset Management Preconstruction
Identify Solutions Process
stakeholders and opportunities Outline Market Business
communication + constraints design informed plan
plan assessment options cost plan development
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Delivering a flexible and tailored
DEVELOPMENT
service to maximise development MANAGEMENT
value for our customers. SERVICES
What?
A service offering in which we provide a Our customer retains the development The key to this service is we are not the
full development service, to include design returns – we receive our usual construction developer – that role remains with our
and build but also sales and marketing, contract plus a fee for the wider services. customer – but we provide the full range of
commercial modelling and financial services required to deliver a private tenure
appraisal work. housing scheme.
CUSTOMER
BENEFITS
Retain control of Meet local needs by having Be in control of timescales by Enhanced returns by
land/assets control over what is built directing the rate of delivery retaining developer margins
Our development management services includes:
• Scheme concept designs, house types • A sales and marketing strategy •C ustomer care for completed units
and specifications • F inancial modelling • E stablish estate management regime
• Market appraisal and viability analysis •M anagement of plot sales •C reate and manage project governance regime
• Support with achieving planning permission
Overall Development Management Services
Feasibility Financial Design and Commercial Construction Sales and Aftercare
Appraisals Planning Modelling Marketing
Project Governance
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Supporting our customer’s development plans
LAND
through a professional land sourcing service. SOURCING
What?
Through our extensive network of contacts, For example, our appointments to both Alongside our site sourcing capability, we
we are able to identify and source land for Homes England’s DPP3 framework and the carry significant technical and construction
our customers to support in delivering their GLA’s LDP2 framework give us access to public expertise, which ensures we can undertake
overall development objectives and pipeline. sector residential sites. early due diligence on site to assess and
establish its viability before we take it to
We can source sites in an off-market or Further to this, we are appointed to two single
our partners.
mini-competition scenario through our source frameworks, Scape and Procurement
public sector partnerships and our Hub, both of which provide flexibility for
framework appointments. public sector bodies to dispose of sites linked
to wider construction opportunities.
CUSTOMER
BENEFITS
Direct access to public One to one public body Due diligence checks are Single point of responsibility is
sector land through access through frameworks undertaken on all sites provided by Willmott Dixon who
our framework such as Scape and by our legal and technical will deliver the entire process
appointments including Procurement Hub which teams which provide from initial site identification,
DPP3 and LDP2 give us single source access comfort on the viability through due diligence, planning
to all public sector bodies of sites early and delivery of new schemes
Land Sourcing Process
Understand Match with Undertake initial Establish land
partner land sources due diligence, value expectations
requirements planning potential
Take forward Agree HOTs Agree acquisition Introduce site
and deliver with landowner strategy to partner
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Enhancing capacity through FUNDING
funding solutions SOLUTIONS
What? Such options could include:
We will work with partners to identify funding • Cross subsidy models
requirements on projects and identify a • Grant funding solutions
suitable partner with whom we can work to • Lease and leaseback models
provide a funding offer or solution. • Strip income models
This will include Adjuto as an option, but also We can also explore partnership models
look to generate wider partnerships with to design, build, finance and operate
other funds and providers to create. new public facilities.
CUSTOMER
BENEFITS
Public sector borrowing Our cross-subsidy Our approach can remove Through Adjuto,
capacity can be model can introduce the requirement for an an authority can
preserved for use on flexible development Authority to engage an
• Choose to act in the
other developments. partners to share risk. external development
capacity of ‘bank’ and
company, thereby
receive a market return for
retaining margins.
cash loaned into the model.
• Choose to act in capacity
of ‘developer’ and receive a
percentage of developer profit.
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PROCUREMENT
ROUTES
All of the models and solutions outlined
in this document are procurable under
the following national frameworks:
Scape Group is a public sector organisation, dedicated
to creating efficiency and social value via the built environment.
Major Works England and Northern Ireland value £1.75bn
Major Works Wales value £500m
Scape Venture is a collaborative procurement specialist that
offers an innovative approach to delivering exceptional
outcomes for the private sector.
Scape Venture Construction Framework
Procurement Hub offers a number of free-to-join
procurement frameworks that bring together top suppliers,
consultants and contractors.
Major Projects Framework value £2.5bn
The Delivery Partner Panel 3 (DPP3) has been procured through
fully compliant Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)
processes, and will be used to enable the efficient procurement of
housing-led development on land owned by public sector bodies
and Homes England.
Delivery Partner Panel 3
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PROJECT
CASE STUDIES
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MOBERLY LEISURE
& PRIME PLACE SOLUTIONS
FUNDING
KENSAL RISE
CUSTOMER:
Westminster City Council
SOLUTION:
Funding Solution – social
infrastructure cross-subsidy
CONTRACT START DATE:
March 2016
CONTRACT FINISH DATE:
June 2018
VALUE:
£47 million
PROCUREMENT ROUTE:
Scape 3 (single source)
Kensal Rise is a collection BENEFIT OF PROCUREMENT CUSTOMER CHALLENGE
of 200 beautifully designed ROUTE USED • No capital with which to fund a new centre.
apartments and townhouses • The council were able to access the
construction and development/funding OUR SOLUTION
built on top of and around the
expertise of Willmott Dixon. This provided • Using an innovative cross-subsidy method,
Moberly Leisure Centre which them with a free feasibility, development Moberly Leisure was delivered at a time
offers two pools, a 120 station advice and appraisal together with when there was a shortfall in public spending
gym, two exercise studios and funding propositions. for facilities of this scale. The facility was
a large eight-court sports hall. delivered at no cost to the public purse,
CUSTOMER OBJECTIVES with Westminster City Council land being
• To create a vibrant new residential transferred for residential development
and wellbeing hub in a central London as payment.
location, combining modern city living
for residents with strong connections
to the wider community.
• To increase sports provision in the local area.
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MOBERLY LEISURE
& PRIME PLACE SOLUTIONS
FUNDING
KENSAL RISE
THE OUTCOME • The Moberly development’s housing was BENEFITS OF OUR APPROACH
• Opened in June 2018, the brand-new called Prime Place, Kensal Rise; a collection of FOR THE CUSTOMER
Moberly Sports Centre replaced the existing beautifully designed one and two-bedroom Provided a 37% increase in sports provision
facility that was nearing the end of its life and apartments and four-bedroom townhouses for the area and much needed modern
becoming uneconomical to maintain. built on top of and around the leisure centre. facilities and importantly was delivered at
• It provides a great location for the demands no cost to Westminster City Council.
• The centre provides two pools, a 120-station
gym and two exercise studios. There is also a of modern city living, with homes arranged The facility is now a net contributor to
large eight-court sports hall with a dedicated around a beautifully landscaped roof garden, council revenue as the new fitness and
boxing gym and a bespoke gymnastics area. with many benefiting from a large balcony or leisure destination for Maida Vale.
private terrace.
• Within its first two months of operation the
leisure centre welcomed over 100,000 visitors.
• We worked with residential development
specialists, Be Living (now EcoWorld London)
and Westminster City Council through Scape
Group’s Major Works framework to cross-fund
delivery of this and another nearby leisure
centre for the council.
ADDED
VALUE
9/10 77% 87
Customer
satisfaction
Local labour
within 20 miles
Local labour
within 40 miles
.5% 95.5%
Waste diverted
from landfill
387 8
School workshops University research
100%Fair payment made to
100,000
Visitors in first two months
projects (Target:1) supply chain within 19 days
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CHESHUNT
SCHOOL SOLUTIONS
FUNDING
BROXBOURNE
BE LIVING CUSTOMER:
Be Living
SOLUTION:
Funding Solution – social
infrastructure cross-subsidy
CONTRACT START DATE:
May 2015
CONTRACT FINISH DATE:
August 2017
VALUE:
£25 million Gross Development Value
PROCUREMENT ROUTE:
SID Framework
A scheme which saw the BENEFIT OF PROCUREMENT OUR SOLUTION
delivery of new educational ROUTE USED • Funded the school improvements without
facilities, funded through the • Because the framework is focused on the the school having to provide any capital
delivery of social infrastructure as an output funding by utilising a cross-subsidy model,
development of 88 new homes
of housing provision, the mini-competition whereby we developed and sold 88 homes
on surplus school land. process allowed us to submit plans for overall on an adjacent site owned by the school.
school facility improvements at Cheshunt
ADDED School, which were entirely funded by the THE OUTCOME
VALUE delivery of new homes. • Customer objectives met via the completion
of school enhancements, together with
We created a biodiversity CUSTOMER OBJECTIVES a unique development of 88 homes
zone at the school after they
• To deliver a new technology block, remodel comprising of a mix of apartments and
successfully applied for a
Woodland Trust ‘Wildlife’ the main classroom block to create a new family homes of up to four bedrooms
Tree Pack. entrance lobby, staircases and new circulation nestling next to Cheshunt School’s
route, plus an updated admin block to link playing fields.
The Woodland Trust
420 ‘Wildlife’ Tree Pack
included 420 trees in total,
with the new technology facility.
• To improve the sports fields with new
BENEFITS OF OUR APPROACH
FOR THE CUSTOMER
consisting of various species changing facilities and a community sports
of tree such as oak, silver hall with dedicated entrance and parking. Our customer saw vast enhancements to
birch and hazel. their own facilities without incurring any
CUSTOMER CHALLENGE cost to themselves.
The pack also contained
• No capital with which to fund these works.
trees such as hawthorn,
rowan and blackthorn that
were planted specifically
to become sources of food
for wildlife.
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SAYER COURT MANAGEMENT
ASSET
LEAMINGTON SPA SOLUTIONS
CUSTOMER:
Warwick District Council
SOLUTION:
Strategic Assets Review
CONTRACT START DATE:
May 2015
CONTRACT FINISH DATE:
November 2016
VALUE:
£11.1 million
PROCUREMENT ROUTE:
Scape 3 (single source)
Sayer Court provides a BENEFIT OF PROCUREMENT OUR SOLUTION
stylish 76 apartment block ROUTE USED • We identified and secured additional
and five separate bungalows • Enabled the council to engage land for development.
Willmott Dixon to undertake a
for people over 55. This is • Re-located an existing retail unit.
development management role in
the first housing scheme unlocking the development.
• Progressed the scheme through planning.
commissioned by Warwick • Undertook all design and construction works.
• The council benefitted from free feasibility
District Council for over review work to provide a platform to take This scheme was developed on the site of
30 years, creating quality new the development forward. Early engagement former bedsit accommodation with the aim
homes that replaced a scheme through the framework made this possible. of enhancing the quality of accommodation
no longer fit for purpose. available for local people. The site contained
CUSTOMER OBJECTIVES
33 bedsits plus a common room. When we
• To provide a high quality retirement were initially engaged on the scheme, the site
development for older people. contained numerous constraints which limited
• To increase density and the number of units its development to circa 40 new homes.
on offer through the scheme. We undertook all initial site due diligence
at our risk to create a fully risk profiled
CUSTOMER CHALLENGE
development solution for the council.
• The council had limited capacity within
In carrying out this process, we developed nine
the team with which to take the
separate feasibility studies (all at risk) in order
development forward.
to assess the viability of different scenarios
linked to land acquisition.
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SAYER COURT MANAGEMENT
ASSET
LEAMINGTON SPA SOLUTIONS
This all formed part of our reporting processes fronted by ourselves and submitted in our BENEFITS OF OUR APPROACH
in obtaining Cabinet approval to commit the name in order that reputational risk was FOR THE CUSTOMER
investment required to increase the density of protected from the council. Ensuring greater value for council spend,
the scheme. In order to maximise the scheme’s In addition, we supported the council with sales we negotiated the acquisition of three
potential we undertook a land assembly and lettings by delivering a show apartment private parcels of land to increase
process and negotiated the acquisition of three early in our programme. We engaged a development capacity.
private land parcels including an existing public specialist interior designer and fully fitted out We supported the Cabinet and board
house and two private houses. This enabled a and apartment to enable the council to show approval process to ensure approval for
significant increase to the density of housing – prospective residents what the final quality the investment.
almost tripling the number of units on site. would be like in order to maximise sales and
The structure of this deal saw us negotiate the Our expert team led the planning process
lettings in the off-plan phase.
land purchases on behalf of the Local Authority and secured planning consent in 11 weeks.
(LA), with completion assigned to the council. THE OUTCOME We took full construction risk to ensure
We then entered into an NEC Delivery • First housing scheme commissioned by cost certainty for our customer.
Agreement to design and build the scheme, Warwick District Council for over 30 years.
including taking the scheme through planning.
•M
et local housing needs by replacing a
Once this Cabinet approval was obtained, scheme no longer fit for purpose, with
we entered into conditional contracts with purpose build accommodation.
each land owner and subsequently took
•7
6 unit apartment block with five
the scheme through planning, achieving a
separate bungalows all specifically
planning consent in only 11 weeks from
designed for over 55s.
submission, thereby ensuring a swifter start
on site could be achieved. Planning was •D
elivered on time and to budget.
ADDED
VALUE
9/10
Client satisfaction
(service)
8/10 99% 43
Client satisfaction
(value for money)
Waste diverted
from landfill
Considerate
Constructor Score
100% 96% 88% 100%
Fair payment made to Local labour
within 40 miles
Local spend
within 40 miles
SME engagement
and SME spend
supply chain within 19 days
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ROBIN HOOD
CHASE MANAGEMENT
ASSET
NOTTINGHAM SOLUTIONS
CUSTOMER:
Nottingham City Council
& ASRA Housing
SOLUTION:
Strategic Assets Review
CONTRACT START DATE:
March 2014
CONTRACT FINISH DATE:
March 2015
VALUE:
£3.9 million
PROCUREMENT ROUTE:
Scape 3 (single source)
A mixed use development BENEFIT OF PROCUREMENT OUR SOLUTION
which saw the delivery of 45 ROUTE USED Our role saw us:
homes together with three • Direct call off through the framework enabled • Identify and obtain the land
the council to procure Willmott Dixon to
retail units, delivered in • Secure and pre-sell the retail element
work up a solution for this under-utilised
partnership with ASRA Housing. site and create a platform for securing two • Progress the scheme through planning
development partners to deliver the site. • Undertake all design and construction works.
ADDED • Allowed the early engagement of
This development followed an earlier phase
VALUE Willmott Dixon to undertake early feasibility
which saw Willmott Dixon deliver a
COMMUNITY review in order to create a deliverable solution
health and wellbeing centre on behalf of
ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES for the site.
Nottingham City Council.
Our community engagement • Free feasibility through the Scape framework.
activities included working Following completion of the Wellbeing Centre,
with Nottingham City CUSTOMER OBJECTIVES we began working with the council (who
Council’s Employment Hub owned the land) to develop proposals for
to provide invaluable work • To deliver the development in a commercially
the wider site. We were able to engage in an
experience for 72 local viable manner, with no residual development
exclusivity arrangement with the council on
unemployed people. risk for the council.
the land through our position on the Scape
• To create a scheme which delivered both Major Works framework, giving us direct
BUILDING ON STRONG
FOUNDATIONS residential and commercial (retail) uses. access to the land in an off-market scenario.
Our site team also teamed The deal structure saw us negotiate an
CUSTOMER CHALLENGE
up with trainees from the exclusivity with the vendor and then assign
local New College Nottingham • Commercial viability.
and local job seekers to the land completion to ASRA Housing,
• Finding a development solution for a mixed with Willmott Dixon subsequently entering
create the foundations for
a new building at St. Ann’s use scheme.
Community Orchard.
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ROBIN HOOD
CHASE MANAGEMENT
ASSET
NOTTINGHAM SOLUTIONS
into a design and build contract to complete the scheme. We also led the commercial BENEFITS OF OUR APPROACH
the scheme. element of the project, sourcing a commercial FOR THE CUSTOMER
In developing proposals, we entered into investment partner and securing pre-sales Gained early access to the site by utilising
early dialogue with the planners and carried on all three commercial units, enabling the our position on the Nottingham Housing
out a series of due diligence surveys on the development to successfully commence in a Strategic Partnership Board.
land (including a topographical survey and manner compliant with planning.
Site secured off-market through our
site investigation) in order to understand the Prior to the commercial investment partner position on the Scape Major Works
full constraints of the site and develop a fully being on board, we commenced taking the framework, avoiding competition on the
profiled land package proposal to our end scheme through planning, sharing planning open market.
client, ASRA Housing. risk and taking full responsibility for securing
Undertook early due diligence on the
We undertook all initial site due diligence pre-sales on the commercial element.
site to ensure all opportunities and
at our risk to create a fully risk profiled We subsequently entered into separate constraints were understood early in the
development package solution to build contracts with ASRA Housing and the development process.
ASRA Housing. commercial partner, providing lump sum
Successfully delivered the retail
Following engagement with the planners, contracts and taking full construction risk, to
element in a risk free manner to ASRA
it became apparent that a mixed use scheme successfully deliver the scheme.
Housing by sourcing a commercial
was required. In response we developed investment partner.
THE OUTCOME
proposals for a scheme comprising residential
• A successful mixed use development which Ensured community engagement was a
and retail use.
saw the delivery of 45 homes together with key consideration in the development.
We also shared planning risk to ensure
three retail units.
all partners were equally bought into the
principle of the development from the outset. • This development completed the wider
regeneration of the area.
Using our position on the Nottingham
Housing Strategic Partnership Board, we • It also provided much needed homes
took the site to ASRA Housing as a package specifically designed for over 55s, addressing
deal for the residential element and entered housing need in the area.
into a back-to-back arrangement to deliver
ADDED
VALUE
100% 90.81% 99.70% 655
of supply chain paid
within 30 days
Local labour
within 40 miles
Local spend
within 60 miles
Short courses
completed
99.62% 209
The building is popular with
natural space within the
local St Ann’s allotments,
hosting a range of community
activities, including school
Waste diverted Apprentice weeks visits, activity days and
from landfill completed play sessions.
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SPRING
BOROUGHS MANAGEMENT
ASSET
NORTHAMPTON SOLUTIONS
CUSTOMER:
Northampton Partnership Homes
SOLUTION:
Strategic Assets Review
CONTRACT START DATE:
October 2016
CONTRACT FINISH DATE:
December 2018
VALUE:
£6.34 million
PROCUREMENT ROUTE:
Scape 3 (single source)
This project entailed the BENEFIT OF PROCUREMENT CUSTOMER CHALLENGE
development of 34 new ROUTE USED • Limited resources.
affordable homes (comprising • Enabled the council to engage Willmott Dixon • Knowledge of available sites on the
to undertake a full land availability assessment
2 and 3 bed houses), a new estate was limited.
in unlocking the development.
retail unit and remodelling OUR SOLUTION
• Early engagement through the framework
works to St Katherine’s Court • We identified and secured additional
enabled the council to benefit from free
(15 storey tower block), feasibility review work to provide a platform land for development
including all external works, to take the development forward. • Re-located an existing retail unit
infrastructure and drainage. • Significant social value was created as part of • Took the scheme through planning
the development.
• Undertook all design and construction works.
CUSTOMER OBJECTIVES We were initially engaged by our customer,
• To improve the environmental setting of Northampton Partnership Homes to deliver
the overall estate. a new build scheme comprising of 18 new
• To improve the energy efficiency of the homes off Little Cross Street within the
existing tower block. Spring Borough estate.
• To increase the provision of new homes. We undertook a full review of the local area
to aid in our understanding of the scheme.
This highlighted the potential to expand
our development activities beyond this
initial site. As a result, we conducted a full
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SPRING
BOROUGHS MANAGEMENT
ASSET
NORTHAMPTON SOLUTIONS
land development strategy with the aim THE OUTCOME BENEFITS OF OUR APPROACH
of identifying additional sites for potential • T
he development of 34 new homes, a new FOR THE CUSTOMER
development. retail unit and remodelling works to Ensured cost certainty for our customer
As part of this exercise, we initially identified St. Katherine’s Court (15 storey tower by taking full construction risk.
six potential sites within the estate itself block). This provided the community with Successfully secured planning consent
which we felt offered development potential. much needed affordable housing. on each development site with Willmott
We then undertook title searches and • W
e also made environmental Dixon leading the planning process.
planning due diligence to assess which sites improvements to the estate, by completing Increased the development potential
were deliverable. This saw us discount three all external works such as infrastructure from 18 units to 34 units, increasing the
initial sites. and drainage. This improved the estate’s number of affordable homes we were
For the remaining three sites, we entered into overall external image. able to provide across the estate.
dialogue with the relevant land owners to
ensure the sites could be acquired and also did
initial scoping work to understand the level of
development achievable.
Through this exercise, we were able to secure
each site and increase the development from
an initial 18 new homes to 34 new homes
plus the relocation of a retail unit to increase
the scope of the initial site.
ADDED
VALUE
9.7/10 100% 42
Customer
satisfaction score
BREEAM assessment rating
on all new buildings
Considerate
Constructor Score
100% 100% 88% 96%
Local labour
within 40 miles
Local spend
within 40 miles
SME engagement project spend with SMEs
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LIVERPOOL HOUSING
PARTNERSHIP CONSORTIUM
BIDDING
LIVERPOOL MODEL
CUSTOMER:
Liverpool City Council
PARTNERS:
Liverpool Mutual Homes
and Redrow Homes
SOLUTION:
Consortium Solution
CONTRACT START / FINISH DATE:
2015 / 2020
VALUE: £205 million
(Potential investment value)
PROCUREMENT ROUTE:
Competitive dialogue
The Liverpool Housing BENEFIT OF PROCUREMENT • The council also had a range of other
Partnership (LHP) is a ROUTE USED partnerships in place which were not
• It provided the council with the flexibility fully delivering against the housing needs
pioneering relationship of the city.
to create a unique partnership with a
forged between Liverpool
consortium of award winning partners who
City Council, Redrow Homes, OUR SOLUTION
are committed to local investment in the
Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH) Liverpool City region. In response to the challenges, Willmott Dixon
and Willmott Dixon, delivering pulled together a consortium of partners
CUSTOMER OBJECTIVES with complementary skills and expertise
up to 1,500 new homes and
• To deliver 1,500 new homes and bring 1,000 and who, together, could deliver the scale of
bringing 1,000 empty homes development being sought by the council.
empty homes back into use
back into use.
• To deliver these homes across the entire city Our approach entailed:
• To deliver a range of tenures, including market • A consortium of partners with expertise
sale and affordable housing in land identification, planning promotion,
• To deliver a range of higher council tax ground remediation, construction,
band homes. development, sales and marketing,
housing management, customer service
CUSTOMER CHALLENGE and aftercare.
• The scale of the objective was such that it was • Development of new homes on multiple
too large for any one individual organisation sites throughout the city, providing a city
to deliver. wide housing programme with a variety of
• The council had access to land, yet was not housing tenures.
in a position to directly deliver the housing
requirements through their own investment.
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LIVERPOOL HOUSING
PARTNERSHIP CONSORTIUM
BIDDING
LIVERPOOL MODEL
The council provided strategic planning and • This includes Marwood Tower which has The uniqueness of the partnership is that
housing need intelligence, as well as selling delivered 80 homes for the over 55s it is responsive to the housing market and
any council owned land suitable for housing through the refurbishment and extension of the partners have a direct influence about
to the partnership for development at a tower block which was no longer in use. where, when and the type of housing to
market value. be built in the city.
BENEFITS OF OUR APPROACH
Capital receipts generated by the sale of the Development of new homes on multiple
FOR THE CUSTOMER
council sites and assets were reinvested into sites throughout the city, providing a city
the housing programme, to enable more Scale of delivery – by adopting a wide housing programme with a variety
families to be provided with homes. consortium-led approach we are able to of housing tenures.
deliver much more than our individual
Programme delivery was closely monitored The partnership worked on a wide
organisations could in isolation, thereby
by the partnership, with quarterly and annual range of initiatives to tackle empty
ensuring we could meet the council’s
reports provided to the Cabinet. properties, including long-term voids,
objective of delivering 1,500 new homes,
such as maximising voluntary action from
THE OUTCOME something which would have been
property owners and securing funding to
difficult for one company to achieve.
• To date, development has commenced bring houses back into use. Areas where
either on site or through the planning Platform to deliver 1,500 new homes and groups of empty properties are most
process of nine schemes providing bring 1,000 empty homes back into use. heavily impacting on streets are being
over 300 new homes across a variety of Creating a £205 million investment, with particularly targeted.
tenures and uses. potential for a further £200 million in
subsequent years.
ADDED
VALUE
8.4/10 8/10
Customer satisfaction
(service)
Customer satisfaction
(whole life performance)
99.53% 40
Waste diverted
from landfill
Considerate
Constructor Score
100% 98 Local labour
.81%
within 40 miles
95.03% 100%
Local spend
within 40 miles
SME engagement
90.17%
Fair payment made to
supply chain within 19 days and SME spend
Local labour
within 20 miles
The project has delivered the following aims and objectives:
• 17 National Vocational Qualifications supported • 147 School/college/university site visits
• 300 Apprentice weeks (existing), 52 Apprentice weeks (project initiated) • 829 Short courses
• 149 School/college workshops • 38 Work experience placements • 45 University research projects supported
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ASHTON RISE DEVELOPMENT
MANAGEMENT
BRISTOL SERVICES
CUSTOMER:
Bristol City Council
SOLUTION:
Development Management Services
CONTRACT START DATE:
8th May 2017
CONTRACT FINISH DATE:
Anticipated 15th March 2021
VALUE:
£21.2 million
PROCUREMENT ROUTE:
Scape 3 (single source)
Ashton Rise is a mixed tenure BENEFIT OF PROCUREMENT CUSTOMER CHALLENGE
housing development of ROUTE USED • Having never delivered a mixed tenure
133 new homes, with 80 homes • Procuring through the framework provided scheme before, the council did not have the
the customer with a one stop shop for the in-house experience required to navigate
for market sale and 53 for
full suite of services that they needed: design, the complexities of such a scheme and
council housing. It is the first build and development management. successfully meet their objectives.
scheme of this nature and scale
• Early engagement, at concept stage, allowed
delivered by the council for OUR SOLUTION
the customer to benefit from our expertise
over 30 years. from the earliest possible point. • Our strategic partnership sees us utilising
our construction, sales and marketing skills
• Enabled the gradual expansion of the scope
to successfully deliver the largest council
of employment as the project progressed;
development in many years.
the customer could appoint us in
managed packages. • We are providing both contracting and
development management services to the
CUSTOMER OBJECTIVES council, selling homes to cross-subsidise the
• To maximise the delivery of council social rent units, with sales income being
housing on this site, in a way that was used to fund the council housing.
more cost effective than standard council
housing programmes.
• Adopt a cross-subsidy model; to use the
proceeds from the sales units to cross
subsidise the provision of council houses.
• To set a benchmark for quality in Bristol.
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ASHTON RISE DEVELOPMENT
MANAGEMENT
BRISTOL SERVICES
THE OUTCOME BENEFITS OF OUR APPROACH
• 133 new homes built (80 for sale, FOR THE CUSTOMER
53 council houses), with all houses in the Full control of the land and all
phase 1 sales release sold off plan. associated decisions.
• Delivered a level of council housing beyond Control of timescales by directing the
many other developments in the city, with rate of delivery.
the proportion of council housing (40% of Retaining all proceeds from sales income.
the units) exceeding policy requirements.
One single point of responsibility across
• A mix of sales units specifically driven to the scheme increases consistency,
meet local need over best commercial reduces duplication and improves
performance, driven by the council retaining working relationships.
full control over the development. This has
seen a higher proportion of 1 and 2 bed
apartments delivered to meet local demand
in the area.
SERVICES PROVIDED
Overall Development Management Services
Feasibility Financial Design and Commercial Construction Sales and Aftercare
Appraisals Planning Modelling Marketing
Project Governance
• Alongside our design and build offer, • In order to ensure that the customer could - Supporting the council to set up a long term
we provided a development management make informed decisions about their level of stewardship agreement with a management
service to include: investment and the tenure mix we: agent to ensure high quality and consistency
- Market appraisal and viability analysis - Ran multiple commercial models looking - A project board responsible for overseeing
- Financial modelling at different tenure splits through the the delivery of a project which meets the
feasibility process council’s objectives in a fully compliant way.
- Sales and marketing strategy
- Profiled different density models to assess
- Scheme concept designs
these against commercial parameters
- House type design/specifications (ensuring
- Provided market intelligence and
products most suited for market sale)
demand information
- Achieving planning permission
- Marketing strategy and materials, including
- Management of plot sales all site branding
- Customer care for completed units.
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ASHTON RISE DEVELOPMENT
MANAGEMENT
BRISTOL SERVICES
ADDED
VALUE
8.88/10 76.1% 100% 96.69%
Customer satisfaction
(value for money)
Local labour
within 40 miles
Waste diverted
from landfill
SME spend
COMMUNITY A HIGHLY
ENGAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE
ACTIVITIES PROJECT
• All renewable energy in the form of a ground source heat pump for each
Coordinating the conversion of a unit. By integrating this new technology on a large scale residential scheme for
building in central Bristol into 17 flats the first time, it is being used as a benchmark for all developments in Bristol.
for homeless people. Although it is more expensive to install, we registered it for the Renewable Heat
Incentive so that the council will benefit from that income over next 20 years.
• By replacing carbon-intensive bitumen with an innovative method that uses
non-recyclable plastic on site roads, we will save the equivalent of 150,000
A BENCHMARK single-use plastic bags.
FOR QUALITY
With an all-encompassing
specification: all houses come with
the same high spec finish and
there are no hidden extras.
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D’URTON LANE FRAMEWORK
PROCUREMENT
PRESTON DEVELOPMENT
SPV SOLUTION
CUSTOMER:
Trafford Housing Trust
SOLUTION:
Land Led Development
CONTRACT START DATE:
April 2020
CONTRACT FINISH DATE:
April 2024 (TBC)
VALUE:
£32.6 million
PROCUREMENT ROUTE:
Homes England DPP3 Framework
Mixed tenure housing BENEFIT OF PROCUREMENT CUSTOMER CHALLENGE
development providing ROUTE USED • Create a housing offer which doesn’t compete
250 new homes on land • The DPP3 framework gave us access to a site with surrounding development.
being disposed of by Homes England for our
procured from Homes England • Deliver a project with the completion of
partner, Trafford Housing Trust (THT). off-site highways works (S278) which provide
through the DPP3 framework Willmott Dixon’s position on the framework access to the site.
and to be delivered through a enabled THT to have access to the site.
joint venture partnership with • Enabled Homes England the delivery OUR SOLUTION
Trafford Housing Trust. of more affordable housing than a • We created a joint venture (JV) with Trafford
traditional approach. Housing Trust to give THT access to the site
through our framework appointment.
CUSTOMER OBJECTIVES
• Homes England: THE OUTCOME
• Achieve the highest possible land value. • The JV successfully bid to deliver 250 new
homes over a 4 year period, providing
• Homes delivered at an accelerated
Homes England with the most competitive
construction pace.
land offer.
• Exchange land contracts prior to the end of
• Our solution, focussing on smaller 2, 3
March 2019.
and 4 bed homes was designed to not
• Trafford Housing Trust: compete with surrounding new build
developments, predominantly providing
• Access to larger development sites.
larger family homes.
• Ability to deliver 50% affordable housing
on their schemes.
• Be in full control of the development.
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D’URTON LANE FRAMEWORK
PROCUREMENT
PRESTON DEVELOPMENT
SPV SOLUTION
BENEFITS OF OUR APPROACH The completion of off-site works (S278)
FOR THE CUSTOMER enabled us to provide greater access
Our partnership will allow us to deliver to the site. This in turn allowed Homes
a scheme consisting of 50% affordable England to determine greater certainty
housing and 50% housing for sale, far in over a site start date and land value
excess of planning policy requirements. payments, as well as allowing for overall
better site delivery.
Our tenure solution will enable us
to deliver at an accelerated pace, a Gave THT access to a site which
planned delivery rate of 8 homes per they would otherwise have been
month (against a market average unable to access.
of 5 per month).
We are making a significant contribution
towards meeting local housing needs
by providing a mix of homes which are
currently under-supplied in the local
housing market.
ADDED
VALUE
ELECTRICAL
LESSON SAFETY CIRCUIT
SUPPORT TALKS BOARD
FOR PUPILS FOR PUPILS WORKSHOPS
Pupils will be supported in building new Our people will visit primary schools Electrical circuit board workshops
habitats such as bird boxes and insect during assembly or class times to will be held to allow pupils to
hotels for local wildlife, whilst being deliver site safety talks. These talks create sound, motion and light
taught about the animals’ habits and will be centred around the dangers through building snap circuits, all
learning new skills such as basic joinery. children could be exposed to if they whilst learning the basic principles
were to enter a site unsupervised. of electronics.
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Willmott Dixon | Development SolutionsTo find out more about Willmott Dixon Development Solutions contact: Richard Sterling National Head of Land & Development 07964 974 653 richard.sterling@willmottdixon.co.uk Chris Wheeler Regional Head of Land & Development (Wales & West / Central South) 07828 174 884 chris.wheeler@willmottdixon.co.uk David Atkinson Regional Head of Land & Development (Midlands / North) 07816 283 578 david.atkinson@willmottdixon.co.uk Simon Boreham Regional Head of Land & Development (London & South / London & East) 07580 679 064 simon.boreham@willmottdixon.co.uk
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