Podcast Episode #16: Material Matters, Cut and Fill
May 5, 2026
Explore how early cut and fill strategy, sequencing and on‑site material management shape cost, programme and environmental outcomes on development projects.
2025 Summary & Looking Ahead to 2026
2025 was a year of transformation for Brookbanks. From unlocking land to shaping communities, we’ve worked tirelessly to deliver projects that make a real difference. Here’s a look back at what we achieved and a glimpse of what’s ahead.
2025 Highlights
- Planning Success: Secured over 15 outline planning consents, enabling 7,500+ future, new homes.
- Land Development: Unlocked 400+ hectares of land for future growth.
- Infrastructure Delivery: Supported construction of 3,000 new homes and 400 km of new infrastructure
- Community Impact: Enhanced social value by helping deliver 10 schools and 8 local centres.
- Innovation & Savings: Delivered £120M+ in client savings through innovation and value engineering.
This year we also…
Launched a podcast!
We talked about topics including National Planning Policy Framework and Sustainable Drainage Systems and had guests including Emily Timmins from MADE Partnerships and Paul Brocklehurst, Chairman of the Land, Planning and Development Federation (LPDF)
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Raised Money for Lingen Davis!
Our Charity partner for this year was Lingen Davis and our target was to raise £15k
We smashed this goal and raised
£17,527.75 (inc gift aid)
We achieved this goal through several different methods but our highlight of the year was sportive, an unforgettable day of cycling and community. To find out more, read the linked article
Defined our success by its measurable impact, strong partnerships, and sustained growth!
Over the past 12 months, we have supported in the planning, design or delivery of:
- Over 30,000 acres of development land
- Over 100,000 new homes
- 400km of road and drainage infrastructure
- Over six million sqm of commercial space
- Unlocked 150MVA of power for new developments
- Over 2000 Photovoltaic panels specified generating over 1.2MW of power and saving over 134 Tonnes of carbon
- Over 20 new schools and local centres
- Commenced work on over 300 new projects
Through innovative design, value engineering and commercial insight, we have worked to deliver over £120m in cost savings for our clients.
Opened Three new Offices!
Cambridgeshire and East Anglia office
Guildhall, Market Square, Cambridge, CB2 3QJ
Headed up by: Lee Bowers
South West Office
The Mount, 72 Paris Street, Exeter, Devon, EX1 2JZ
Headed up by: Richard Quarry and Mark Baldwin
Wales Office
Harcourt House 15 St Andrews Crescent Cardiff CF10 3DB
Headed up by: Andrew Wilkinson, Callum Parker and Tom Quaife-Jones
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Andrew Wilkinson
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Associate Director for Hydrology
Callum Parker
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Structural Director
Lee Bowers
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Senior Associate Director
Mark Baldwin
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Director of Acoustics
Tom Quaife-Jones
Read ProfileLooking forward to 2026
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Continuing our expansion across the UK
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To help our clients by securing more planning consents, unlocking land for development and help support clients to meet the target of building 1.5m new homes in England by 2029.
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Ensure we’re bringing the best innovative design and engineering to the table to overcome challenges and implement cost saving solutions.
Follow our journey as we continue shaping the UK’s landscape and keep up to date with everything happening in 2026 through our LinkedIn
Here’s to an exciting 2026 and building better, together.
More News
Mitigating the Impact of Global Uncertainty
April 30, 2026
Rising geopolitical tension does not affect development viability in isolation, but through increasing pressure on energy prices, supply chains and the cost of energy‑intensive materials. Where schemes are progressed on assumptions made under more stable conditions, these pressures can quickly challenge margins, appraisals and deliverability, particularly in a flat housing market. Our article looks at how developers can respond to build cost volatility in a more informed and proportionate way. Drawing on our specialists' experience, it explores how early coordination, design‑led value engineering and integrated decision‑making can help manage cost risk, protect scheme viability and avoid short‑term measures that compromise long‑term quality and value.
Our April 2026 Newsletter
April 27, 2026
Welcome to our April 2026 newsletter. In this month's Brookbanks newsletter, learn more about how high-rise developments can be made more deliverable, with guidance on how you can reduce risk and protect viability. We're also looking back on our April webinar, where Annabel Le Lohe and Katherine Peers gave a rundown of Environmental Impact Assessments and how coordination can make a real impact on project delivery. Plus, there's a recap of this month's podcasts featuring two special guests. Paul Smith, Managing Director at The Strategic Land Group, and Tom Park, Associate Development Director at Caddick Developments. Also, find out which members of our team will be at UKREiiF as well as more about the CPD event we're co-hosting with the LPDF in May.