West Yorkshire · Land intelligence
Land Finder
Search building plots and strategic development leads across Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Kirklees and Calderdale. The catalogue currently contains published planning records. Market and auction listings are paused.
From land search to a development decision
- Find a site. Search the catalogue above and separate marketed leads from planning records. Check the current listing and planning reference before committing time or money.
- Test the numbers. Use the free preliminary appraisal calculator to test sales, build costs, abnormal costs and a target profit.
- Request a detailed appraisal. Send Manorwest your site brief. Include the location, planning reference, asking price, intended scheme and the decision you need to make. We can discuss the scope of an appraisal or site deliverability review.
See an illustrative shortlist
Fictional examples. Brief: find a site for around five homes. These examples show how a shortlist is screened; they are not listings or client work.
- Site A · Marketed, five homes reported: investigate first. Verify the decision notice, conditions, access rights and utility costs.
- Site B · Allocated for housing, availability unknown: keep as a prospect. Check the policy boundary, ownership and whether a parcel can be bought separately.
- Site C · Brownfield, no verified consent: hold pending evidence. Establish the planning route and scope ground investigation before pricing remediation.
See an illustrative appraisal
Five homes at £250,000 each give £1.25m in assumed sales. Allow £850,000 for costs other than land, including build, infrastructure, abnormal works, fees, finance and contingency. Allow £250,000 for target profit (20% of sales). This leaves £150,000 for land and its acquisition costs.
A 5% reduction in sales and £50,000 in additional abnormal costs reduce that allowance to £50,000, keeping the 20% target on revised sales. These are hypothetical inputs, not market evidence or a valuation.
Test your own figures · See what could stop a scheme
Coverage and source directory
All five districts have indexed planning records. The index covers Leeds adopted SAP area schedules and identified-site annex, Kirklees adopted schedules, Wakefield site schedules and selected other designations, Calderdale adopted Appendix 1, and Bradford’s adopted City Centre and Shipley/Canal Road Area Action Plans plus a sample draft allocation. Bradford’s full Regulation 19 draft and remaining saved RUDP sites, and district-wide neighbourhood plan coverage, are not yet indexed. This is an index of published sources; sites may have been superseded or built since adoption.
Local Plans: Leeds · Bradford · Wakefield · Kirklees · Calderdale.
Market and auction listings are paused while reuse permissions are checked.
Contains public sector information from the Planning Data brownfield dataset (© Crown copyright and database right 2026), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source coverage
See which sources have been checked, how many records are indexed and what remains outstanding. An unknown expected count means we have not reconciled that source. Dates show source reviews or import checks, not live availability.
The catalogue shows the last published snapshot. Sources have different publication schedules.
Cash timeline
See what happens from exchange to completion and through each stage before sales. The exchange deposit is deducted from the completion payment. Use net lender advances you expect to be available at each step. Blank optional amounts count as zero. A negative balance is cash you still need to fund.
Funding routes · Source checked 12 November 2026
Development finance directory
Compare provider types and prepare a funding brief. This is a starter directory; figures are published maxima, subject to underwriting and confirmation. Inclusion is not a recommendation.
What does “100% development finance” mean?
- 100% of build costs: the lender may fund eligible works through stage payments. Land, fees, tax, contingency and the gap before a drawdown can still need cash.
- 100% of the land price: ask whether this requires equity or security elsewhere. A land advance does not cover the whole project.
- Land you already own: ask what value the lender will recognise, whether planning uplift counts, and how existing debt or charges reduce accepted equity.
- 100% of total project costs: ask how any gap is funded. A senior loan plus investor equity, mezzanine debt or a landowner joint venture may involve extra security, guarantees, a profit share or loss of some control.
Illustration: £100k land + £200k build + £40k other costs = £340k. Even if all £200k of eligible build costs are funded, £140k remains before any land advance or separate contribution. Both loan-to-cost and loan-to-gross-development-value caps can apply, as well as day-one and drawdown limits.
What to send a broker or lender
- Site address, title, purchase terms, existing debt, land value and planning decision or application reference.
- Proposed scheme, unit mix, comparable sales, estimated gross development value, and the planned sale or refinance exit.
- Cost plan with build costs, fees, obligations, utilities, abnormal costs and contingency. Include programme, cash flow and when drawdowns are needed.
- Developer and contractor track record, available cash and land equity, proposed borrower and any guarantee or security expectations.
Check the provider and any relevant permissions using the FCA’s verification guidance. For a home you intend to occupy, ask a specialist about the self-build mortgage route.