Your land; Our creativity.

Geoff France

Geoff is an experienced land and planning professional who has a good knowledge and proven track record of land acquisition and gaining planning permissions in the demanding environment of three major development companies operating in London and the south east. His experience ranges from developing large single houses to multi-unit schemes of houses and flats with elements of commercial.

Andrew Driscoll

Andrew in a highly experienced Land Director with nearly 25 years of experience buying both short term and strategic land in the south west of England.

Having previously held senior positions privately owned and Plc house builders including Bloor, Crest Nicholson and Berkeley. He also headed the Group land team of a major Housing Association.

Andrew Says:- "The opportunity to join Bewley at this stage was too good to pass up. The company has a 30 year track record and has a reputation of building quality, new homes. I’ve been very impressed with the company’s ambition and direction."

Andrew Morris

Andrew joined Bewley Homes in 1997 as Strategic Land and Planning Director. He has 30 years’ experience in planning and construction and is responsible for the provision of longer-term land, typically held under option or with more complex planning issues.

Tom Smailes

I graduated from Oxford Brookes University in 2000 with a BA (Hons) Planning and Environmental Policy and again in 2010 with an MSC in Spatial Planning. I achieved full RTPI accreditation in 2012. I began my career as a Planning Officer at the Environment Agency in 2000, before being employed as a Planning Policy Officer at SODC in 2006.

In 2007 I decided to make the jump from the public sector to private sector work and joined Kemp and Kemp Property Consultants as a Planner and then subsequently Senior Planner. I left Kemp and Kemp Property Consultants in 2013 and joined Linden Homes as Planning Manager until July 2019 at which point I joined Bewley Homes as Planning Manager.

Emily Corfield

Emily joined Bewley Homes at the start of 2021 following over 3 years in Planning Policy at Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. Having started Bewley as a Development Planner managing planning applications for both strategic and immediate land opportunities, Emily is now part of our immediate land function, acquiring land across the South East, whilst continuing her input and advice on planning. Emily brings experience from her Policy background in land promotion and delivery, affordable housing, local and neighbourhood plan making and strategic land assessments to the Land Team, in addition to experience managing major residential planning applications and insight into land acquisition from her work to date at Bewley.

Charlie Brown

Charlie has joined us as Senior Land Manager to support Bewley’s exciting growth plans. Charlie comes with over 15 years of experience in housebuilding, having spent almost 14 years at Miller Homes Southern, where she has held various roles in the land department, including 3 years as Land Director. Charlie brings extensive experience in buying immediate sites in the Southeast. Her particular focus will be land acquisition in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, and West Sussex.

Charlie says "I have been very impressed with Bewley’s reputation as a business and their focus on building quality homes. I am delighted to be joining the Bewley team at such an exciting time."

Maria Pouney

Maria joined Bewley homes in March and comes with a wealth of experience and skills that she has gained through her management positions within Telecoms and most recently private schools. As the Land Team Secretary and PA Maria plays a crucial role within our team, assisting on all our projects and liaising with landowners and consultants.

Matt Roberts

Matt has joined as a Strategic Land Manager to support Bewley exciting growth plans. Matt comes with 10 years’ experience in the housebuilding industry, having spent time at Barratt David Wilson, Croudace Homes and Martin Grant Homes. He has held various roles as Strategic Land Promoter and Strategic Land Manager, Matt also became a member of the Royal Town Planning institute in 2017. Matt will oversee the identification, acquisition, and promotion of strategic sites and report into Bewley Homes’ Strategic Land Director, Andy Morris.

Matt said: “This is an excellent opportunity for me at this stage of my career. I’m looking forward to working with the team here on current sites and delivering new and exciting opportunities we hope to secure now and in the coming years.”