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...
Principal Consultant - Hydrology
Alejandro Marcotegui
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Associate Utilities Director
Danny Lloyd-Jones
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Senior Hydrologist
Katherine Peers
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Group Director for Land, Development and Communities
Lee Witts
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Director of Utilities
Mat Capper
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Director of Transportation and Highways / Head of Eastern Office
Melanie A'Lee
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BREEAM Assessment & Advisory
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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Development Viability: An Increasing Area of Focus for SME Housebuilders
July 10, 2026
The development landscape continues to evolve. Planning policy, infrastructure requirements, utility capacity, environmental obligations and market conditions are all influencing how residential schemes are assessed, planned and delivered. Against this backdrop, the Home Builders Federation's latest SME Developer Sentiment Survey highlights development viability as an increasingly important area of focus for SME housebuilders. For a sector that plays a critical role in delivering much-needed housing across the UK, the findings provide a valuable snapshot of the factors influencing investment decisions, land acquisition strategies and project delivery.
Transfer Slabs Under the Spotlight
June 19, 2026
Transfer slabs are a key component in complex structural design, and evolving regulatory expectations are strengthening how their performance is understood and demonstrated. This article shares our perspective on the Building Safety Regulator’s focus on transfer slabs, outlining what it means for new and existing buildings, and highlighting the value of clear, evidence-led design and proportionate engineering judgement.
Brookbanks Podcast #19: Life Cycle & Upfront Costs
June 18, 2026
As the long-term sustainability and operational efficiency of developments come under greater scrutiny, the balance between initial capital outlay and long-term expenditure is playing an increasingly important role in successful project delivery. In our latest podcast, “Life Cycle & Upfront Costs,” Ben Wakeling is joined by Gerrad Mukuyu to explore how these two critical aspects of project budgeting interact in practice. The discussion focuses on why evaluating a project's financial footprint over its entire lifespan rather than just its construction phase can improve scheme viability, reduce risk, and ultimately create more sustainable, cost-effective assets.