Too Much Time Looking.

Too Few Sites Worth Pursuing.

The result?

Too much time spent pursuing land that goes nowhere — and not enough on opportunities that genuinely fit your business.

The wrong sites keep landing on your desk.

Wrong location, wrong size, wrong planning prospects or simply wrong price.

Dependent on others.

Agents and intermediaries show opportunities to several buyers, creating competition before you've even started, and generally getting in the way. Then they expect a high commission too.

Unpredictable timing.

One month you're overwhelmed with opportunities. Then, when you need it most, nothing suitable comes up.

No capacity to run a land department.

Identifying sites, researching ownership and managing outreach is another job on top of your main job of running your developments.

Does this sound familiar?

The answer isn't more agents. It's a better system.

Now you control your land acquisition at a pace and rhythm that suit your business needs.

Imagine having a reliable, low-effort process for finding land with development potential that meets your requirements — supported by automated outreach and an organised acquisition pipeline to put you into direct contact with the relevant owners.

From Search Criteria to Your Next Land Opportunity

How It Works

01 — Tell Me What You're Looking For.

Location, site size, development type, budget, capacity and planning situation. I turn your requirements into a focused acquisition brief, find potential sites based on planning-consent potential, and prepare a structured shortlist of sites for your review.

02 — Build a Prospect List Worth Pursuing

From the shortlist, you choose which opportunities to pursue. I find their contact details – this is your prospect list.

03 — Set Up Your Landowner Outreach

I build a high-response outreach system for you and queue all recipients from your prospect list. This includes branding and personalising the correspondence using tried-and-tested templates. Your company approves and sends the outreach – as simple as pressing a button.

04 — Catch Every Opportunity

I build your own Contact Relations Manager (CRM) system that tracks owner responses, automates replies, and initiates routine actions to set appointments with owners. This ensures both you and the Land Owners stay well informed and that no lead gets forgotten.

05 — Assess Before You Commit

If you need it, I can provide site intelligence reports, including site constraints, prospects for obtaining planning permission, indicative development capacity, and Gross Development Value. You gain valuable information to support your acquisition decisions.

06 — Secure the Land on Your Terms

Your land buyer speaks directly with targeted, interested landowners, conducts negotiations and decides which sites to pursue. I remain available in the background to advise on your acquisition process and planning considerations if you need me.

You retain control of the deal — SiteSpot provide research, systems support and expert guidance.

Practical Tools.

Not Just Advice.

Our objective isn't simply to find just a few sites for you. It's to give you a robust and repeatable land sourcing capability to augment or indeed replace your land acquisition methods from now on.

You will have:

02 - Efficient Outreach System

Tried and tested correspondence, reply forms and automated lead capture sequences that are personalised to the landowner and branded for your company. Everything is automated – no stamp licking or trips to Royal Mail.

Your business retains control of all the systems, data, and commissioned work product, subject to applicable third-party software and data licences.

And once the system is established, you choose how much assistance you want from SiteSpot.

01 - Targeted Prospect List

A shortlist of potential development sites with their owners’ contact details, researched against your acquisition criteria, planning prospects, and suitability for construction.

04 - Planning-Led Site Insight

Detailed site intelligence, including planning constraints, precedents for development and indicative capacity on any site, to inform your decision before you commit.

03 – Automated Acquisition CRM

A quality property owner response-capture system and organised dashboard that keeps you on top of site opportunities, landowner contacts, appointments, and follow-up actions.

Your System. You Choose How To Run It.

Some developers want to understand and operate every part of their sourcing process.

Others just want the machinery running with minimal involvement.

SiteSpot can accommodate both.

I handle the agreed research, technical setup, data preparation, outreach queueing, and system maintenance. Your company sends the pre-configured outreach and works directly with interested landowners.

Ideal if you want all the benefits of a structured acquisition system without taking on the day-to-day research and administration.

We work together to develop your acquisition process.

I provide the guidance, research, training and technical setup. You stay closely involved, review the work and learn how to operate the system yourself.

Ideal if you aim to develop your own in-house capability.

Land Sourcing Backed by Real-World Town Planning Experience.

Meet Bernard Haasbroek. Your land acquisition partner.

19 Years in Local Authority Development Control.

Progressing to Principal Town Planner at Canterbury City Council, dealing with complex major applications and planning appeals. For example, a 200-bed combined hospital and aged care home.

Planning Application CA//17/00465 (Canterbury Local Planning Authority)

7 Years In Independent Land Sourcing

Identifying development opportunities, finding ownership and outreach. Utilising specialist land intelligence tools, CRM automation and AI-assisted research with human oversight makes the process efficient.

Combining my Town Planning and land sourcing experience with professional judgement delivers reliable outcomes for you.

Finding a possible development site is one thing. Knowing whether it deserves your time and money is another.

My professional background combines:

Hire the Expertise. Keep the Acquisition Upside.

SiteSpot is a consultancy – not an agent. This means you benefit from:

The result: a tailored site acquisition system that breathes and grows with your business needs.

No SiteSpot finder's fees.

You pay for the agreed work and operating expenses — not a percentage of the land you end up purchasing.

Flexible, pay-as-you-go support.

Post implementation you can purchase consultancy time when you need to increase your effort to find more opportunities. Scale back or put on hold when you're busy delivering your projects.

No long-term retainer.

You own the system and the leads from day 1. Continue using SiteSpot support if you need it or take full control of it all when you are ready.

Take Control of Your Next Land Acquisition.

Book a free 20-minute Zoom call.

We'll discuss:

1. The types of sites and developments you're looking for.

2. What your ideal acquisition pipeline should look like.

3. Whether SiteSpot can help you build a more effective process.

Let's Talk About The Sites You Want To Build On.

Free · 20 minutes · Zoom · No Obligation

If there's a sensible fit, the next step is a £197 Land Acquisition Strategy Session, followed by a detailed proposal and quotation tailored to your business.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How much does it cost to get started?

£197 for your Land Acquisition Strategy Session and Proposal.

On your initial free 20-minute call, we may schedule a detailed Zoom consultation if SiteSpot can help you with your business needs. The charge for this next step is £197, and allows me to understand your acquisition objectives, site criteria and the level of support you require. I will then produce a written strategy proposal, recommended scope of work, and an itemised quotation with operating expenses and scenarios so you can build a budget. You decide whether to accept the proposal and proceed or not.

After we deliver and implement your acquisition pipeline, you can purchase all subsequent work through prepaid work blocks or agreed fixed-fee assignments. You pay only for my time and the operational costs associated with your land acquisition system.

Q. How much time do I need?

You do not need to manage the system yourself.

With Done For You, I handle agreed research, set-up and administration while you simply approve and action the relevant decisions and campaign materials. I would argue that this is more productive and a better use of your time than chasing after random sites brought to you by agents.

With Done With You, I provide training and support while you learn and manage the system.

In both cases, your business conducts the actual landowner outreach and negotiations.

Q. Will I own the leads, research and CRM?

Yes. Your company controls its CRM, prospect responses and client-owned campaign infrastructure.

You receive the agreed research outputs and commissioned materials, subject to any third-party software and data licensing restrictions. You're free to continue operating with our system, or implement your own practices and operate it independently at any time.

Q. Will SiteSpot contact landowners and negotiate for me?

No. You conduct all interactions with the landowner.

SiteSpot's consultancy service equips and supports your business to carry out these activities. I help you establish the research, correspondence, systems and processes. Your company sends the outreach, meets with and manages interested owners and negotiates purchases directly.

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