Meet Our Land, Development and Communities Group
At Brookbanks, our Land Development and Communities team is where most projects begin. We take a concept, often just an idea and guide it through planning and initial technical approvals, ensuring it’s viable, sustainable, and ready for development.
A Unified Team
What sets us apart is our integrated approach. Rather than clients having to coordinate multiple consultants, we bring everything together under one roof. This unified structure eliminates disconnects, reduces delays, and ensures that priorities are aligned from day one. It’s a joined-up approach that saves time and adds value.
Consistent Leadership, Ongoing Involvement
Unlike many consultants, we don’t just deliver a report and move on. The directors you meet at the outset remain involved throughout the project. We don’t disappear or delegate everything to junior staff. When you need answers, you get them from someone who knows your project inside and out.
Solving Challenges, Adding Value
Every site presents its own challenges—be it flood risk, access infrastructure, or sustainability requirements. Our role is to make development possible by finding practical, bespoke solutions. We understand that delays cost money, so we focus on delivering clear, direct advice that helps clients make informed decisions without unnecessary complexity.
Real Results: Court Lodge, Ashford
A prime example of our approach is the Court Lodge project in Ashford. The local council proposed the Southeast Ashford Bypass as a requirement for the scheme. However, through detailed highway trip analysis and environmental engineering, we demonstrated that the bypass was not only unnecessary but potentially harmful to local wildlife.
This rigorous, evidence-based approach saved our client over £15 million in infrastructure costs.
Moving Projects Forward
This is what we do at Brookbanks. We take complex sites, find solutions, add value, and move projects forward.
That’s the Brookbanks difference.
Meet the team...
Alejandro Marcotegui
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Danny Lloyd-Jones
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Katherine Peers
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Lee Witts
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Mat Capper
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Melanie A'Lee
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Ground Conditions and Contamination
We can assist with your concerns regarding ground condition, be they contamination or geotechnical.
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Highways and Transportation
At Brookbanks we provide transportation and highways services to assist clients in the delivery of their development proposals.
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Hydrology
We aid in the optimisation of water, pollution reduction, and promote environmental sustainability to benefit communities across the UK.
Moreover, we pos...
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Land, Development and Communities Group
Our Land, Development and Communities Group (LDC) has built an enviable reputation across our industry as leading providers of a variety of services with t...
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Nutrient Neutrality Assessments and Mitigation Strategies
The issue of Nutrient Neutrality has been holding up development for over four years now. Whilst legislation, guidance and discussion around the topic is o...
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Utilities
The management of a development’s interaction with existing utility infrastructure and coordination of new utility infrastructure is critical to its succes...
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Podcast #3: Utility Infrastructure for Strategic Sites
October 23, 2025
In this episode of the Brookbanks podcast, host Ben Wakeling is joined by Mat Capper, and Emily Timmins from MADE, to explore the evolving landscape of utility infrastructure for strategic development sites.
Elevating Value: Planning & Project Management in Action
October 22, 2025
In today’s development landscape, the ability to unlock value through effective planning and project management has never been more critical. Increasing regulation, complex stakeholder networks, and heightened expectations around sustainability and deliverability mean that every decision, from concept to completion, carries weight.
Bridgend College – Flagship Project & Ceremony
October 21, 2025
Brookbanks is proud to have delivered the civil and structural engineering design for Bridgend College’s transformative new town centre campus. This is a landmark £50 million development that will provide 13,000m² of state-of-the-art educational space across two buildings.