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Monday, December 11, 2023

Savills acquire Hepher Dixon

Savills and Hepher Dixon combine to create the largest planning team of any major property consultancy.

Savills announces the acquisition of Hepher Dixon, the award winning national planning and regeneration specialists. Established in 1995, Hepher Dixon has over 80 employees in four office locations; London, Milton Keynes, Cardiff and Leeds. Savills planning and urban design team is currently around the same size and operates from 9 locations nationally.

Once the formalities are completed in January Savills combined with Hepher Dixon will be the leading firm in UK planning, development and regeneration consultancy, and offers:

A combined team of over 100 chartered town planners and 160 planning professionals in total *

Unparalleled experience of serving major corporate and public sector clients

Professional expertise and experience of the highest quality in 12 offices covering all regions

One of the largest planning and regeneration teams in the UK, and the largest within a major property services company

* Source: Planning magazine Consultants Survey 17th November 2006

Rupert Sebag-Montefiore, Chairman and Chief Executive of Savills (L&P;) said; "Planning is a key part of our business. It complements our housing, mixed use, commercial, development and other professional teams, adding greatly to the service we offer to our clients. Hepher Dixon has a tremendous reputation for dealing with complex and challenging planning situations. Their strengths and client-centred approach to their work fit well with ours. By bringing together Hepher Dixon and Savills, we have created the largest planning business of its kind".

Richard Shaw, Savills Head of National Planning Group, said: "From early in our discussions, it was clear just how well the businesses would fit together. The combined planning businesses will be a major force in London and across the regions. We have an exceptionally strong blend of planning, environmental, regeneration and urban design skills, focussed on delivering commercially informed solutions. This meets exactly the current requirements of the national planning, development and regeneration agendas."

Roger Hepher, one of the founders of Hepher Dixon, said: "Joining forces with Savills will enable us to further develop the service that we offer to our clients. Our mission has been to be the natural choice for the most complex and challenging planning projects, and combining with Savills is another step towards that goal".

Peter Dixon, co-founder of Hepher Dixon, added: "This is a significant step for us, made possible by the fact that there is such a good match between the cultures and the people in the two businesses."