Strategic land.
Thoughtfully delivered.
Acrehowe is a strategic land promoter. We work with landowners to unlock complex sites, secure planning permission and deliver high quality new communities through trusted SME builders.
Acrehowe partners with landowners to realise the full potential of their land.
We specialise in resolving complexity, whether that means fragmented ownership, access constraints, policy risk, the use of statutory powers, infrastructure interfaces or the need for innovative delivery models. Our role is to align planning, land value and delivery such that consented sites translate into real homes on the ground.
We take sites from inception to value realisation. Our focus is simple. Create value thoughtfully. Deliver homes responsibly. Build places that last.
Our delivery model provides access to a range of disposal and delivery strategies which are flexible to maximise value specific to the opportunity.
What we do
Land Promotion and Partnerships
We promote strategic land through the planning system and local plan process, from inception to value realisation.
We fund the promotion process at our risk. We prepare planning strategies, instruct professional teams, engage with local authorities and resolve the technical and policy constraints that often prevent sites from coming forward. Our role is to secure allocation and planning permission and translate land potential into deliverable development.
As a landowner’s partner, we share the objective of maximising value. We operate on a success based model and are remunerated as a proportion of the uplift in value achieved once the land is sold, whether following allocation, planning permission or another agreed route to market.
We are confident in our commercial position and will generally better comparable promotion arrangements. We provide clear and honest advice on planning prospects, timescales and strategy, and have a track record of unlocking opportunities that others have overlooked.
If you own land, we would welcome an initial discussion, even if you believe it does not have development potential.
Development Delivery
Unlike volume housebuilders, we are not limited to a single delivery model.
Our interests are aligned with the landowner to maximise both value and deliverability. Depending on the opportunity, this may involve the sale of land to a third party, delivery through a structured development partnership, or direct delivery where appropriate. Every disposal route is market tested to ensure that the optimum outcome is achieved.
Alongside this, we are building a network of SME housebuilders across England. Our approach supports a more diverse and resilient delivery model, providing opportunities for smaller developers to access consented land and deliver high quality homes.
If you are an established SME builder seeking long term access to residential opportunities, including phased parcels or partnership delivery models, we would be pleased to hear from you. We are focused on creating sustainable pipelines of work and building long term partnerships with trusted delivery partners.
Featured Projects
Immingham Garden Community
Newlay and Horsforth Coal Yard
Rural Exception Sites
Our Approach
Complex Sites. Clear Strategy.
We specialise in sites that require considered and coordinated strategy.
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- Multi landowner assembly
- Infrastructure coordination
- Green Belt and policy promotion
- Title constraints
- Access and highway challenges
- Public sector interfaces
We combine planning expertise, development appraisal and delivery structuring to unlock opportunities others overlook.
What do recent planning reforms and grey belt policy mean for you?
You may be familiar with recent press coverage on the Government’s support for new homes and the introduction of grey belt policy.
This represents a significant shift in planning policy, making it easier for some land in the open countryside to come forward for development in order to address the UK’s housing shortage.
Whilst this creates a more favourable policy environment, much of the coverage does not fully explain how the policy works in practice. In simple terms, grey belt land comprises parts of the Green Belt that meet certain criteria and may be considered more suitable for development. This means land can be both Green Belt and grey belt.
However, grey belt land will not be prioritised for development automatically. A specific site still needs to be actively promoted through the planning system and supported by robust evidence to demonstrate why it should come forward ahead of others.
This is a specialist skill set. It involves advocating for one site to be prioritised over another, based on clear planning strategy and high quality technical evidence. This is one of our core business functions.
Who we are
We unlock value from land in strategic locations.
We assemble sites.
We navigate planning complexity.
We structure delivery.
We operate with a long term mindset and a disciplined commercial approach.
Our Experience
Our directors bring experience from regeneration, masterplanning, town planning, land assembly, compulsory purchase, and major infrastructure projects.
Our background spans local authority regeneration, infrastructure DCO projects, estate renewal and large scale urban extensions.
We combine public sector insight with private sector delivery discipline.
The Acrehowe Name
The name Acrehowe is taken from Acrehowe Hill in West Yorkshire.
The name first appeared on Ordnance Survey maps in 1852 and is believed to originate from Acrehowe Cross which once stood upon the hill, marking a well.
Acrehowe’s first project was delivered in the shadow of Acrehowe Hill. The landscape reflects both natural beauty shaped by the last ice age and the legacy of industrial heritage that defined much of Northern England.
It is this relationship between land, industry and place that inspires our work today.
Immingham Garden Community
Immingham Garden Community is a strategic urban extension promoted by Acrehowe to support the town’s long-term growth. The scheme extends to around 135 acres of land on the edge of Immingham and is being proactively promoted through the local plan process as a sustainable location for future housing.
Immingham is home to the UK’s largest port by tonnage and plays an important role in the national economy. Its economic significance, together with wider growth ambitions in the area, creates a clear need for further housing to support local workers, families and the town’s long term development.
Our proposal seeks to deliver around 1,300 new homes together with green space and supporting infrastructure, helping meet local housing needs whilst enabling the town to grow in a planned and sustainable way. The scheme has been positively received by the local authority and is proposed for allocation in the emerging local plan.
A key part of the project is Luxmore Village, an initial phase that will come forward ahead of the wider urban extension and allocation. Luxmore Village is intended to act as an incubator for SME housebuilders, providing opportunities for smaller developers to deliver homes and grow their businesses. In doing so the scheme supports the Government’s objective of broadening housing delivery and increasing capacity within the housebuilding sector.
Newlay and Horsforth Coal Yard
Newlay & Horsforth Coal Yard is a residential scheme located a short walk from Kirkstall Forge railway station in Leeds. Acrehowe owns the site, which was historically home to Newlay & Horsforth station and its associated goods yard.
Extending to around four acres, the land is being promoted for a residential scheme of approximately 25 to 35 homes depending on the final mix and design approach
The scheme sits within the wider Kirkstall Forge regeneration corridor and benefits from excellent rail connections to Leeds, Bradford and the wider region. Our vision is to create a distinctive residential scheme that reflects the site’s industrial heritage whilst delivering high quality family homes in a highly connected location.
Rural Exception Sites
Rural exception sites are small areas of land used to deliver affordable homes in rural communities where conventional planning policy would normally prevent development. These sites are typically located on the edge of villages or within the surrounding countryside and are brought forward specifically to meet identified local housing needs.
The aim is to help people with strong local connections, such as those who live or work locally or have family ties in the area, remain in their communities. In many rural areas house prices and rents have risen far beyond what local residents can reasonably afford.
Acrehowe promotes a portfolio of rural exception sites through the planning process. If you own land in or around a rural village that you have always assumed would never receive planning permission, it may be worth speaking to us.
Whilst rural exception schemes do not generate the same returns as private housing development, they can still deliver significantly greater value than agricultural land whilst providing much needed homes for local communities.
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