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Who are Gladedale?
Gladedale Holdings plc (registered company No. 03215228):
  • They are one of the top 50 UK residential house builders
  • They aim to become a major National house builder
  • They are owned 100% by Remo Dipre
  • 2003 Revenue ~£232 million; and profits ~£40 million
  • They acquired Bett Homes (2003) for £96 million and have many subsidiary companies, some joint owned
  • They appear to obtain most finance from Bank of Scotland, who have a 15% option
  • Sold 1,358 homes in 2003 @ average price of £191,000
  • Land bank as of Dec 2003 = 8,200 plots and growing
  • They say they aim "to deliver quality homes in the middle market"
Web site: www.gladedale.co.uk

Click here for further company details.
 
Who are Green Issues?
  • They are a PR & Political Lobbying Group
  • They work for Gladedale and other developers e.g. Barrett Homes
  • They employ politicians / local councillors / party candidates
  • They seek to engage local opinion prior to and after planning submission
  • They seek out objections then try to counter them or put them in a more positive light
  • They say they use "sociodynamics" to achieve their goals ("essentially why people behave as they do, often irrationally")
  • They say it is not the number of Objectors that can stop a project but the lack of Supporters
  • So they try to nurture and maximise support for their client's proposals and to minimise Objectors
  • They mention employing planning consultants to working closely with the planning officers in an attempt to ensure a scheme gains a recommendation to approve
Check out their Case Studies to see how they attempt to manipulate local influencers and local opinion makers.

View their heavy weight team on their web site: www.greenissues.com
 
Who are Reland?
  • Mark Jackson now signs himself Managing Director Reland
  • The Reland web site states: "Reland is the commercial and mixed-use development and investment division (for England and Wales) of Gladedale Group". Last accounts submitted: 24/11/05. Click here for company details...
    Change of directors advised 28/06/06.
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