Source.Maximise.Realise.
SMR Land is a specialist land acquisition and development consultancy.
Finding the right land, and putting it in the right hands.
SMR Land is founded on extensive experience in the identification, acquisition and progression of development opportunities across the UK, with core expertise in the North West of England and North Wales.
Seb's track record includes complex land transactions, off-market acquisitions, planning-led development strategies and the repositioning of existing commercial assets for specialist care accommodation. Every enquiry comes to him directly.
Seb Morris
Founder and Director, SMR Land Ltd
How SMR Land works: source, maximise, realise
Source.
Finding sites that fit.
Maximise.
Adding value before sale.
Realise.
Bringing the right parties together.
Illustrative model
Sites found off market. Value unlocked through structure.
- care home bedrooms across 5 schemes
- 361
- sourced off market
- 4
- commercial sites repositioned for care
- 3
The completed buildingManchesterConditional land contract59-bed care home redevelopment
28 to 59 bedrooms on the same site
Architect's visualisationPoulton-le-FyldeFull application submitted72-bed care home and 9 care bungalows
72 + 9 care home beds and care bungalows on 2.49 acres
Architect's visualisationChesterConditional contract, subject to planning75-bed care home acquisition
75 bedrooms on an occupied commercial site
Architect's visualisationNuneatonConditional contract, subject to planning75-bed care home on a former dealership site
75 bedrooms replacing a car dealership
Indicative visualisationStockportUnconditional acquisition80-bed care home and roadside mixed use
80 bedrooms alongside roadside commercial uses
These case studies reflect Seb's personal professional experience, including projects undertaken during previous employment. They are not projects of SMR Land Ltd.
The whole life of a site, from search to sale.
Four services that can be taken together or on their own, each handled personally from the first conversation.
- Land acquisitionFinding and securing sites that fit a specific brief, on and off market.
- Site promotionTaking land through planning to add value before it is sold.
- Development consultancyCommercial and planning strategy for sites at any stage.
- Land disposalSelling sites to the right operator, developer or investor.
Two sectors, two kinds of site.
Care home residents rarely walk to the shops; retirement living residents do every day. That one difference changes which land works.
Care homes
Purpose-built C2 care home sites for operators and developers.
- Site
- 1 to 3 acres
- Scheme
- 60 to 80 beds, single building, two or three storeys
- Location
- Edge of a town centre, with amenities nearby, ideally on a bus route for staff and visitors and with main road frontage
Retirement living
Land for retirement communities and later living schemes.
- Site
- Half an acre to 3 acres
- Scheme
- 30 to 100 apartments or cottages depending on the model
- Location
- Close to shops and amenities that residents can walk to, ideally on a bus route, in areas with an established older population
Have a site?
Find out in ten seconds whether it is the kind of land we are looking for. No details are sent until you decide to submit.
What we are looking for
We are actively seeking land for care home and retirement living development across the North West of England and North Wales and the wider UK. Typically 1 to 3 acres, though anything from half an acre is worth sending. Greenfield or brownfield, with or without planning, on the edge of a town centre with amenities nearby. A postcode and a plan is enough to start the conversation.
Discuss a site.
Whether you own land, act for someone who does, or need sites for a scheme, you deal with us directly from the first conversation, straightforward and without obligation.
Seb Morris
Founder and Director