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69 Carter Lane
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Contact Person: Peter Roberts
Qualifications: FRICS CEnv
Phone: 020 7489 4835 / 020 7489 0213 / 07917 194972
Occupation: Director – Valuation & Compulsory Purchase

Peter Roberts
FRICS CEnv

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Director – Valuation & Compulsory Purchase

Peter Roberts has in excess of 35 years’ professional experience in both the private and public sectors and is a RICS Registered Valuer and a RICS Registered Expert Witness.

He was previously a Partner and Head of Valuation, Compensation & Litigation at Rapleys LLP following 11 years with the Valuation Office Agency before joining DWD in January 2018.

In addition to his private sector work, he is a fee paid Valuer Chairman of the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) Eastern Region.

Peter has a particular specialism in providing expert valuation advice in respect of contentious matters concerning the application of statutory principles and negotiating settlements. He also provides professional valuation, site assembly and strategic advice to corporate and individual clients throughout the UK on development opportunities, including the delivery of high profile complex residential/mixed use development and regeneration schemes.

Peter has extensive experience in providing detailed compulsory purchase and compensation advice dealing with all aspects of the process from scheme inception, including the negotiation of Development/Indemnity Agreements, through to the settlement of compensation claims or presentation of evidence to the Lands Chamber or arbitration proceedings. As part of this Peter also presents expert evidence to CPO Public Inquiries, Parliamentary Select Committees and DCO examinations. He has also provided evidence to the Supreme Courts of Gibraltar and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

He also provides expert evidence to the County Court and High Court and as part of mediation and adjudication proceedings in respect of professional negligence and disputes concerning Option Agreements, Overage provisions, utility easements/wayleaves, S18 (1) LTA diminution/covenant breaches, and Rights of Light profit assessments. In addition, Peter provides expert evidence in respect of S84 LPA covenant modification/discharge applications to the Lands Chamber.

His specialisms include:

  • • Commercial and residential valuation
  • • Expert evidence and contentious matters
  • • Compulsory Purchase and compensation
  • • DCO and CPO land assembly
  • • Restrictive Covenants
  • • Mixed use and residential development
  • • Affordable Housing Viability
  • • Section 18 (1) diminution

Services:

  • • RICS Independent Expert - valuation disputes
  • • Written and oral expert evidence
  • • Compulsory purchase and compensation
  • • Site assembly
  • • Affordable housing and viability
  • • Residential and mixed/commercial use development
  • • Access issues
  • • Marriage value
  • • Utility and telecoms wayleaves/easements Relocation
  • • Covenant restrictions
  • • S18 dilapidations
  • • Overage and option development agreements
  • • Professional negligence and regulatory matters

Peter also provides viability advice as well as presenting expert valuation and viability evidence in support of planning appeals and Inquiries.

Peter is regularly appointed by the RICS and accepts appointments, by the agreement of the parties, to act as an Independent Expert in respect of 'non rent' valuation disputes typically concerning development disputes.

Click here to view his CV.

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