Utilities
Infrastructure development for utilities
We’re committed to ensuring that the UK continues to provide businesses and homes with reliable utility infrastructure.
Decarbonisation, decentralisation and digitalisation are transforming the future of utility provision in the UK and Ireland, ensuring increased demand is met with reliable supply.
Our Utilities sector experts have extensive experience in utility infrastructure development and our team includes some of the most experienced land and property specialists in each of the electricity, water, gas and telecoms sectors. Drawing on years of successful project implementation, our team of utility experts provides strategic land and property advice for new projects, upgrades, and future extensions.
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Within this sector
Electricity
The rise of an ‘on-demand’ culture, combined with digitalisation has placed growing pressure on our electricity demands and supply. ...
Electricity
Gas
Gas remains an important part of the UK and Ireland’s energy mix, providing an essential bridge to our low-carbon future ambitions. ...
Gas
Power Stations
Despite our increasing reliance on renewable energy sources, fluctuations in natural conditions mean that Gas-fired power stations still play an im...
Power Stations
Water
Maintaining a consistent and resilient water infrastructure is the foundation from which we build thriving communities, businesses, and industries....
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Our Services
We have designed a unique approach to project delivery by offering six integrated core services that help support your project through its entire life cycle, from conception to completion.
Atlas & Geospatial Insights
Geospatial and GIS solutions that empower our clients to visualise, analyse and share geographic information and location-based intellig
Atlas & Geospatial Insights
Compensation & Valuation
Supporting our clients’ best interests via leading land and compensation risk, negotiation, and settlement advic
Compensation & Valuation
Consents Management Consultancy
Leading project advice and management by our growing team of consent promotion and delivery specialists.
Consents Management Consultancy
Geomatics
Reliable, accurate, and efficient Geomatic and data solutions to support the delivery of your project.
Geomatics
Land Assembly Services
Delivering expert land assembly and compulsory purchase advice and strategy for more efficient development sites.
Land Assembly Services
Land Referencing
High-quality and reliable Land Referencing services that meet the unique land requirements of your project.
Land Referencing
Eccles Wastewater Treatment Works (EwTW)
United Utilities’ is proposing to acquire the land and rights in order to achieve necessary improvements to the current and future water quality in...
Eggborough Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
Ardent was instructed by Eggborough Power Limited to supply land and property advice, as part of a consortium of multi-disciplinary experts, to...
Knottingley Power
Ardent was appointed by Knottingley Power Limited in 2013 to provide land and property advice in relation to Knottingley Power’s Combined Cycle Gas...
Norfolk Vanguard & Norfolk Boreas
Following the successful completion of option agreements on the Triton Knoll Electrical System project and the successful consent awarded, Ardent was...
What our clients have to say
Having worked with Viki James before in major project consent delivery I knew her skill set would be invaluable in Laing O’Rourke’s ECI role in Sizewell C’s DCO application. Leading as the interface between the Clients planning team and the civil works engineering and construction programme she is ably preparing the team for examination, managing the technical dialogue and decision making, identifying risks and opportunities for delivery and influencing the DCO to preserve cost & programme. She is also a great team player with top communication skills. Her insight of both sides of a major application is not a common skill set and one I value. I would happily recommend Viki and Ardent.
Ian Watkins
Project Leader
Ardent approached the land referencing in a professional, structured and robust way, designed to ensure that the risks involved in a complex site and large scale CPO were effectively managed. I was particularly impressed by their repeated quick turnaround times.
Nick McDonald
Senior Associate
