His clients include national and regional housebuilders on large-scale acquisitions and private landowners seeking to realise development potential. He also has experience with the set-up and disposals of mixed-use schemes and commercial-only developments.

Patrick enjoys guiding a residential development project from the first beginnings. He often remains involved from strategic option through to plot sales, aligning documents at each stage so a scheme can move without unnecessary rework.

Purposeful and direct, he identifies the issues that could slow a project and deals with them in the right order. Language is straightforward, and ancillary pieces are pushed forward so there are no bottlenecks when several parties are involved. He is known for perseverance on complex matters and for keeping a scheme’s moving parts coordinated. The effect is agreements that fit funding and planning realities and a single point of contact who stays with the project from first principles through to sales.

Patrick’s full name as registered with the SRA starts with Christopher, but he much prefers to be called Patrick. His initials, CPD, also stand for Continuing Professional Development and it is true that Patrick embraces change, strives to grow and improve and find better ways of achieving the best results for his clients.