It all started in 2013 when the first planing Act was passed to allow farm buildings to be converted to residential now known as GPDO Part Q, have just purchased the farmyard next to my house this seemed like an opportunity not to be missed, I set about familiarising myself with the Act and was the first person in the new Forest District council to have a successful planing application passed, having developed the property, further local opportunities arose in the area and I found myself using what I had learned to obtain more planning consents.  

My background is in IT and I started CCR Data in 1998 which transformed from a small mailing house into the biggest hand fulfilment company working for clients such as Louis Vuitton and Polo, the company sold its mailing devising and concentrated on data service becoming the largest Data Migration company in the UK moving data into applications such as Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics, we work with bluechip companies such as news UK and Euro Tunnel. I transferred my skills as a software developer to a buildings developer and started Long Cope Developments (its the name of the wood next to my house) having stepped back from my day to day role in CCR during 2018.

Long Copse Developments has strategic alliances with trades, architects, planning consultants, structural engineers, building control, quantity surveyors and suppliers. Our mantra is "We don't profess to know everything but are never more than one person removed from the man that does".