Energy and Natural Resources

Energising property solutions

The Energy and Natural Resources team provides clients with advice and a comprehensive range of services including business sales, asset valuations, agency, environmental due diligence for acquisition and disposal, flood risk consultancy, rent reviews, business rates, estate management, planning consultancy and compulsory purchase.

Clients range from a mix of energy, environmental and natural Resources companies, financial institutions, public sector organisations, property developers, operators, investors, landowners and lenders – on any size and complexity of mineral, waste and energy related assets.

We provide that advice. Our energy and natural resources team are strategically situated around the UK, delivering creative solutions and practical support to clients spanning the private and public-sector spectrum.

We help to keep the nation’s power flowing, advising on all types of energy generation real estate – from nuclear to renewables. And we assist clients on a host of environmental, flooding and drainage issues, identifying mitigating strategies for them in an age of increasing climate volatility.

We also have experts in minerals and waste, a niche sector in which our knowledge and experience is invaluable. With services that span everything from agency and valuation to rent reviews, business rates and planning, we are a single point of contact for all real estate advice. For information on a specific area of our expertise, and to find out how we can help you, click on a box below. The team is divided into three specialisms, which are:

Our energy team delivers a full range of property-related advisory and transactional services. We work with energy supply companies, landowners, developers, operators and lenders across sectors including nuclear and thermal energy, energy from waste, onshore and offshore renewables.

Our advice focuses on the enhancement of asset value and cost reduction, while promoting safe and sustainable practices. Environmental

• Undertake Phase 1 environmental due diligence reports, flood risk assessments and outline drainage assessments
• Independently assessing land remediation costs and recommendations made by valuers and environmental consultants
• Quantifying the impact upon loan security/site disposal returns from ground contamination and flood risk
• Providing advice on the significance of existing data, searches and reports prepared by others

Our experienced team of chartered minerals and waste management surveyors are market leaders in these sectors. We act for minerals and waste management companies, financial institutions, public sector organisations, occupiers, lenders, property developers, investors and landowners.

The team offer a comprehensive range of services to clients nationally and across Europe, and understand today’s issues, as well as strategies for future success, by offering a one-stop solution to property requirements in these niche sectors.