Jack Johnson is Head of Land at TerraQuest and National Planning Portal, the platform through which virtually most planning applications in England and Wales is submitted. With a front-row seat to the data behind UK development, Jack sees what most developers don't: what's actually being submitted, where money is flowing, and what's separating the developers who are thriving from those who are treading water.

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00:00 Coming up
00:22 What are you seeing at the front line of UK development
03:20 Energy, data centres & where the big money is moving
07:51 Property Developer Show
08:23 Commercial Property Expo
09:04 Planning Portal data: pre-covid vs now
15:26 How to make sites viable when margins have nearly disappeared
21:47 What makes successful SME developers
28:50 TerraQuest
26:17 PDBC
27:02 Pipeline thinking: why most developers get this wrong
33:55 Build costs and viability
36:54 Modular build, prefab & the future of construction in the UK
41:17 How to use TerraQuest for land sourcing and reach out to Jack


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