PLAN 60102 & 40662 LAND AND DEVELOPMENT 2023-2024

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PLAN 60102 & 40662 LAND AND DEVELOPMENT
2023-2024
ASSIGNMENT BRIEF (TO BE READ TWICE AT LEAST)
Assignment weight: 100%
Assignment type: Professional report
(Development proposal including residual appraisal)
Submission deadline: Thursday 14th May 2026, 14:00 BST
CONTENTS
Assignment Task 1
Report Length, Structure & Content 3
Notes on Style 4
Assignment Submission Policy 4
Marking criteria 4
Word Count Policy 4
Penalties for exceeding word count 4
Late Submission 5
Referencing 5
Plagiarism & Academic Malpractice 5
Submitting coursework online via Canvas 6
University Guidance The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) 6
Frequently Asked Questions 7
ASSIGNMENT TASK
You are working for a private property development company, and you have been
asked by your boss to prepare a development proposal for a site within the
SISTER regeneration area in Manchester. The proposal will include a financial
appraisal.
The development vision, including the boundary of the regeneration area, has
been provided in the ID Manchester Strategic Regeneration Framework
completed in December 2023.
The purpose of the proposal is to allow the company to assess the initial viability
of the proposed development to decide if they want to enter into negotiations for
acquiring the site from the landowner. You can assume that the site is available
for the developer to buy with a freehold or very long leasehold (virtual freehold)
interest.
Aligned with the company’s strategy, your proposal should put the site to its
‘highest and best use’ as defined in the International Valuation Standards (IVS)
paragraph 140.2,
‘The highest and best use must be physically possible (where
applicable), financially feasible, legally allowed and result in the
highest value. If different from the current use, the costs to convert
an asset to its highest and best use would impact the value.’
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You have been provided with the following additional instructions to ensure that
the proposal aligns with the company’s strategy:
You must NOT propose any development of the recently refurbished Renold
Building. Otherwise, you can choose the site for your development freely within
the SISTER regeneration area.
The proposed development must:
a) Contain at least 10 dwellings or 1,000 square metres (net internal area) of
commercial space;
b) Be a development project that can be completed independently of other
property developments in the area;
c) Be limited to one development zone of the SISTER site (i.e. Dev Zone A, Dev
Zone B etc. etc. – see fig. 1) and should not extend beyond the boundaries of
the chosen development zone;
d) Be broadly in accordance with the principal uses in the illustrative master plan
presented on Page 48 of the ID Manchester Strategic Regeneration
Framework (2023).
e)
Fig. 1: General site map of the Sister site showing the different development zones. The
development proposal should be based on one of these development zones (Source: ID
Manchester SRF 2023, p.105)
The company will use the proposal to determine how much it can pay for the site
subject to the proposal.
Therefore, you have been instructed that your proposal must include a financial
appraisal utilising the residual method to determine the highest bid the
Section 8. Illustrative Delivery Plan
The principles set out in this SRF envisage a 15 to
20-year delivery plan – allowing the Framework
Area to grow in a manner that will maximise the
benefits that IDM can bring to the city region.
The development principles offer a flexible
framework that supports commercially viable
development capable of meeting the future occupier
requirements, whilst allowing the masterplan to
evolve and adapt to changes in demand, design and
technology over time.
Essential infrastructure and public realm
interventions are also anticipated to be phased
and could be delivered such that the public and
occupiers can enjoy the emerging place as the
site and buildings are re-activated and plots are
developed out.
Meanwhile uses can form a vital component of this
strategy, bringing early activation and identity to
the place.
Whilst IDM will be delivered in phases, with details of
each being developed and tested as part of detailed
planning proposals, a holistic approach which takes
into account the vision, objectives and outcomes
of the project as a whole can best support
the overarching success of IDM. Provision of
infrastructure, such as drainage, is also anticipated
to be considered on a masterplan-wide basis.
Image (right):
Indicative delivery plan showing potential
development zones
105
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company can make for the site. You have been instructed that you must include
a detailed valuation table in the proposal to allow the company to scrutinise your
valuation.
Finally, the company wants you to keep its interest in developing the site secret.
You are not to approach anyone for data collection purposes.
REPORT LENGTH, STRUCTURE & CONTENT
The development proposal should be 3000 words long +/- 10% (so between
2700 and 3300 words)
The report should contain only the following sections1.
Title: this should be informative and descriptive.
Introduction: set the context for your development proposal. You should
communicate the purpose and present clearly the specific site subject to your
proposal in this section.
Analysis of site conditions: discuss the relevant physical and legal conditions
of the site that impact what can be developed on the site.
Analysis of planning policies: discuss the relevant national/regional/local
planning policies that impact what kinds of developments have a good chance of
receiving planning permission. (Remember that the company has instructed that
the proposed development must NOT significantly deviate from the principal uses
in the illustrative master plan presented on Page 48 of the ID Manchester
Strategic Regeneration Framework (2023)).
Analysis of the relevant market conditions: discuss the relevant global/
national/regional/local market conditions and trends that impact what kinds of
uses have the best demand-supply balance.
Proposed development scheme: provide the essential details for the reader to
understand what the proposed scheme contains. Remember to make it clear
what uses the scheme has and how much. You should also provide a rough
description of the massing of the developed building(s); however, keep in mind
that at this stage of the development process, you should NOT provide any
detailed drawings related to the development design. Remember to explain your
proposal by referring to the analysis of site conditions, planning policies and
market conditions.
Residual valuation: present, explain and justify your residual valuation inputs
and report the outcome of the valuation. Remember that the validity of your
valuation is dependent on the justification of the valuation inputs. Remember that
you must include the detailed valuation table, based on the provided Excel
template.
References: list any sources you have used in your report.
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1. So please do not include a table of contents, abstract, executive summary or any other
such “front matter” nor any appendices.
Notes
NOTES ON STYLE
Bullet points and/or numbered lists should be used to highlight information
and make it easy to read. However, do not use them excessively, as this can
make the report fragmented and more difficult to read.
Graphics such as photographs, diagrams, maps and other figures should be
used to support the text. Graphics should always be referred to in the in text and
properly captioned and referenced (see fig. 1 above for an example). Graphics
should be located near to or adjacent to the relevant text and run at the full width
of the text.
Tables should support the text, and not be used a means of increasing the
available word count.
Your prose should be clear, concise, unbiased and unemotional.
Formatting should be kept simple and clear. Reports are marked on-screen so
we just scroll through them in the same way that one scrolls through a website.
The basic report templates supplied in word-processing applications are
generally good enough.
Leave time to edit and proof-read your report, and to check it against the brief.
ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION POLICY
Marking criteria
Marking Criteria are the standard postgraduate-level taught criteria, which are
available in your programme handbook.
Word Count Policy
For every piece of work which you are required to submit for assessment, the
Course Convenor will indicate the word limit. This is a maximum word count and
should not be exceeded. Markers can take into account minor transgressions of
up to 10% within the existing marking criteria which means that you can lose
marks for not being concise.
The word count includes:
chapter footnotes and endnotes
quotations
tables etc.
It does not include:
bibliography
You must include a word count on the front page of every piece of work. Failure
to indicate the word count, or the provision of a false word count, may lead to
disciplinary action.
Penalties for exceeding word count
If you exceed the word count by between 10-50%, your final assignment mark
will be capped at 50% (PGT) or 40% (UG).
Work exceeding the word count by more than 50% will be viewed as not having
met the requirements of the assignment. The work will not be marked and a mark
of zero will be recorded.
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Notes
Please note also that you must retain an electronic copy of each piece of work
which you submit for assessment.
Late Submission
Late submission results in severe penalties so make sure that you allow sufficient
time to upload your work to Blackboard. If you submit the work after the stated
deadline, the mark will be reduced progressively. The work will lose 10 marks per
day including weekends. This option is not available for a pass/fail assessment.
10 marks will be deducted for each day, for up to 5 days; after that, no marks
are awarded;
a “day” is each 24 hour period, starting as soon as the submission deadline
has passed (note: even missing the deadline by a millisecond, a 1 day
penalty will be imposed);
a “day” includes weekends and bank holidays.
Referencing
Referencing is essential to your assignment. You are expected to draw on
professional reports, books, peer-reviewed academic journal articles, articles
from professional journals and other material as appropriate. The use of blogs
and think-tank policy papers should be kept to a minimum, since such sources
may be biased, inaccurate or both. You are also expected to draw on and
reference government policy documents. You should not rely on just a few
references to construct your assignment. You are expected to draw on multiple
sources in order to construct your arguments.
Articles, reports and policy documents must be referenced properly both in-text
and in the Reference List. The standard referencing system used in Planning and
Environmental Management is the Harvard system of referencing. http://
subjects.library.manchester.ac.uk/referencing/referencing-harvard
Plagiarism & Academic Malpractice
Academic malpractice is any activity – intentional or otherwise – that is likely to
undermine the integrity essential to scholarship or research. It includes
plagiarism, collusion, fabrication or falsification of results, and anything else that
could result in unearned or undeserved credit for those committing it. Academic
malpractice can result from a deliberate act of cheating or may be committed
unintentionally. Whether intended or not, all incidents of academic malpractice
will be treated seriously by the University.
Plagiarism is presenting the ideas, work or words of other people without proper,
clear and unambiguous acknowledgement. It also includes ‘self plagiarism’ (which occurs where, for example, you submit work that you have
presented for assessment on a previous occasion), and the submission of
material from ‘assignment banks’ (even if the authors of such material appear to
be giving you permission to use it in this way). Obviously, the most blatant
example of plagiarism would be to copy another student’s work. Hence it is
essential to make clear in your assignments the distinction between:
the ideas and work of other people that you may have quite legitimately
exploited and developed, and
the ideas or material that you have personally contributed.
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Notes
Additional information on avoiding plagiarism and academic malpractice are
available here and must be adhered to when writing your assignment:
http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx DocID=2870
Mitigating circumstances & extensions The course unit director or other
teaching staff cannot approve any extensions or mitigating circumstances. You
have to follow the official mitigating circumstances and extensions process.
See https://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/student-intranet/postgraduate/
postgraduate-taught/mitigating-circumstances/.
SUBMITTING COURSEWORK ONLINE VIA CANVAS
It is ESSENTIAL that you enter only your student ID into the ‘submission title’ box
without your name. This is a number (either seven or eight digits long) and can
be found on the front of your student ID card. DO NOT use quotation marks or
add any other characters in the submission title box as this can cause errors and
prevent your assignment from uploading properly. Failure to correctly upload your
assignment may result in your assignment being treated as a non-submission
and late submission penalties could be applied.
Do not put your name anywhere on the assignment itself as all marking is
completed anonymously. The Canvas system preserves your anonymity until the
marking process is complete. However, it is a good idea to put your student ID as
a running header or footer throughout assignment itself.
Avoid submitting within minutes of the submission window due time (e.g. at
13.58) as the time it takes to upload the file may record your submission as late.
Submission windows are open for a minimum of 7 days before the due date.
Please remember that penalties will apply for late submission – please see
section 4.4 of your handbook. If you have mitigating circumstances that are
affecting you and your work please ensure you complete a mitigating
circumstances application and provide documentary evidence. For more
information please see your handbook (section 4.7) or the following link or you
are always welcome to come and see me for advice.
http://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/studentintranet/pgt/mitigatingcircumstances/
When the system has successfully uploaded your assignment you should see a
confirmation and will receive a receipt. This should be kept for your records.
If you have any technical problems with any stage of the submission process you
should contact the eLearning team: http://www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/
blackboard/
UNIVERSITY GUIDANCE
THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
AI tools have the potential to enhance learning, and can support inclusivity and
accessibility when used appropriately. It is important that you understand the
potential risks and benefits of these tools if you plan to use them during your
studies.
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Notes
You may use AI tools like any other resource to help you generate ideas, key
themes, and plan your assessment, and you may also cite or quote content
generated by AI systems. However, passing off work generated by AI as your
own is plagiarism, and will be treated as seriously as plagiarism of another
person.
Some Course Units or assignments may vary this position. In these cases you
will be given detailed instructions on what is and isn’t allowed, and may be asked
to sign a code of conduct. If you are unclear about what is permissible, contact
the course unit lead.
For more detail on the University’s position on the use of AI in teaching and
learning, see Artificial Intelligence (AI) Teaching Guidance.
For advice on how to acknowledge and cite content generated by AI see https://
manchester-uk.libanswers.com/teaching-and-learning/faq/264824
NB: you are not permitted to use AI to generate text or partial text for use in
your assignment. any such use will be deemed to be academic malpractice.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q. Should I interpret these FAQs as part of the brief
A. Yes.
Q. How much detail do I need to include on planning policy
A. Enough detail to demonstrate that your proposal is broadly in accordance with
local planning policy and therefore likely to get planning permission. That
means that your report will draw primarily on local planning policy rather than
national planning policy.
Q. How should I present the residual valuation
A. The best and easiest way is simply to use the relevant provided template and
then modify to suit your own proposal. While it is possible to generate one’s
own tables and so forth, this has in the past tended to result in errors and
omissions (and hence lost marks), and has offered no improvement on the
provided templates.
Q. Can I refer to lecture slides in my report
A. No. All of the material referred to in the report should be publicly available.
Q. Do I need to visit the site
A. Visiting the site is not obligatory, and online tools such as Google Street View
and Google Earth can often provide an adequate overview of a site. That
said, it may be that you have already walked past or through the site, for
example en route to Manchester Piccadilly Station, and there is certainly
nothing to be lost by visiting the site with friends (preferably on a pleasant
sunny day!). In practice, at least one site visit, probably with a colleague,
would be normal procedure.
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Notes
Q. Should I include site photographs in the report
A. Site photographs can certainly add to a site analysis (“a picture is worth a
thousand words,” goes one old saying). You can also use online tools such as
Google Earth for overhead views.
Q. I’m getting near the end of the report, and I’m running out of words. Is 3000
words really enough
A. Yes. If you are struggling to say what is necessary within the word limit, then
there are two likely and/or possible reasons.
First, you may be going into too much detail in places. This can happen in
the site analysis and planning sections quite easily, especially if you get
caught up in the minutieae of topography or individual planning policies.
Second, your prose may be less succinct than it could be. So leave
yourself at least a couple of days to edit your report so that you are using
each word as effectively as possible. This is difficult, time consuming and
often frustrating. But it is worth it2.
Q. How complicated does the report formatting have to be
A. Keep it simple. Reports are marked on-screen, so we just scroll through them
in the same way that one scrolls through a website. The basic report
templates supplied in word-processing applications are generally good
enough and using them means you have one less thing to worry about.
Graphics (photos, graphs, diagrams, maps, plans, whatever) should be run
at the same width as the text to save zooming in an out when reading, and
should be near or adjacent to the relevant text.
Do not put all the graphics at the end of the report: this merely makes the
report harder and more time-consuming to read.
Q. How many graphics should my report have
A. There is no fixed number or range. Bear in mind that the choice of graphic
matters as much as the quantity: one good graphic is better than two poor
ones.
Q. Do I have to generate my own graphics
A. No. You can use third party graphics and photographs but you must properly
cite the original source. If you do generate your own graphics, cite them as
“Source: The author.” Bear in mind that good diagrams and so forth are very
time consuming to produce, so be careful to manage your time well.
Q. Will there be opportunities to ask you more questions
A. Yes, during and after every lecture session, and also by email.
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2 For example, here is a shorter version (31 vs 84 words) of the answer to the 3rd FAQ
(“Do I need to visit the site ”).
“No, but it can help, and you may already have walked through it. If you do visit, go
with friends when it’s sunny. If you don’t, try Google Street View instead.”
Notes

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