Land, planning and property - without the jargon. From the Ground Up is the podcast for land professionals, developers and property enthusiasts who want to know what's really happening in the UK development market. Hosted by the team at Landstack, the platform helping development professionals find, assess and track land opportunities across the UK. Each episode brings honest takes on the issues shaping the industry, the data behind the headlines, and conversations with the people building Britain's future.
The Cost of Ignoring Local Politics In UK Planning
Hello, and welcome back to another episode of From the Ground Up: the podcast for land professionals, developers, and property enthusiasts alike. 🎙️
This episode, we're joined by a special guest, Charles Bushe from DevComms, for a conversation all about the world of development communications.
Will and Jos sit down with Charles to talk through…
🗣️ Development Communications — what it actually involves, and why getting community engagement right matters more than ever for getting schemes through planning
🏛️ Government Reorganisation — what's changing in local government structures, and what it means for how planning decisions get made
🗺️ Devolution — the shift of powers to regional and local level, and what it means for developers navigating an increasingly complex planning landscape
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17 Aug 2026
Reform UK, Labour Planning Policy & the Future of UK Development
Hello, and welcome back to Episode 4 of From the Ground Up: the podcast for land professionals, developers, and property enthusiasts alike.
As always, our latest episode is jam packed with AI deep dives, political analysis, land market insights, and those all important Landstack updates!
In this episode, Will and Jos talk us through…
🤖 AI on the road — what they've been hearing at events, and why the gap in AI literacy between the private and public sectors is widening
🔌 Landstack MCP — what Model Context Protocol actually means, why it's a game changer for planning and development data, and how to plug it straight into your AI tool of choice
📋 AI in practice — real-world examples including automating five-year housing land supply checks, bulk site appraisals, and why grounding AI in trusted data eliminates hallucinations
🗳️ Local Elections & Reform UK — what reform-led councils mean for greenbelt policy, planning decisions, and the future of development🏗️ UKREiiF – talking points from the major industry conference in Leeds: AI, data centres as a sovereign opportunity
❓Q&A — do we have an Irish database? Why do people sit on land without building? What makes land valuable in 2026? And more...
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6 Aug 2026
Help to Buy, Housing Affordability & the Future of the UK Land Market
Hello, and welcome back to Episode 3 of From the Ground Up: the podcast for land professionals, developers, and property enthusiasts. As always, our latest episode is jam packed with key development changes, housing debates, policy reform and those all important Landstack updates!In this episode, Will and Jos talk us through…
🏠 Help to Buy — should it return? The case for demand support, affordability numbers, and the pros and cons of government intervention
🏗️ SME vs PLC housebuilders — why smaller developers are struggling and what it means for the land market
🧠 Landstack platform updates — transport & connectivity data, LiDAR terrain layers, title purchases, AI chatbot upgrades, and the massive new planning document keyword search
💰 Guess the Price — the team values four unusual land parcels live on Landstack, including a rural Devon plot, a Surrey golf course plot, a Newcastle telephone exchange, and a 1,200-acre Welsh estate
❓ Q&A — where does Landstack get its boundary data? How much land is stuck in trusts? What's the cheapest land in the UK?
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9 Jul 2026
Why Most Development Deals FAIL & How You Fund Them Properly
In this Episode, we sit down with Finance experts Tom Rowlands and Stuart Mico from Pure Property Finance to unpack the part of development most people get wrong... Funding! 💰
Planning permission doesn’t guarantee a funded deal. A healthy margin doesn’t automatically mean a lender says yes. And waiting until the “end” to think about finance is often where momentum dies.
We talk through how development finance actually works in 2026, when you should start those conversations, why projects stall, and what lenders are REALLY looking for behind the scenes...If you’re sourcing land, running appraisals, or trying to structure your next scheme properly, this episode gives you the context most developers only learn the hard way.
Landstack users can click “Get Funding” directly on a site and connect with Pure Property Finance early in the process, because finance shouldn’t be the final hurdle, it should be part of the strategy.
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24 Jun 2026
Site Viability in 2026: What Actually Makes a Development Worth Pursuing
Welcome to our very first episode of 'From The Ground Up' 🌱
Hosted by Will and Jos Pink, talking all things in development from, policy shifts, planning reform, market swings, funding changes, local politics, endless opinions. It’s hard to know what actually matters and what’s just background chatter, but that's exactly what we hope that this podcast will provide developers.
So if you're in land development, new to land development, or just curious about development in general, then this podcast will be valuable for you.
Subscribe and join the conversation where every video deep dives into the world of land development.If you'd like to get in-touch with us, contact: support@landstack.co.uk
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