Mark Banton

Mark is a partner based in the West End. He specialises in the minerals, landfill and related industries and provides advice to operators, lending institutions and landlords. He has undertaken numerous valuation instructions including major international asset valuations. Mark joined Gerald Eve in 1997 having spent seven years in RMC’s estates department. Prior to that he worked for the Valuation Office in Maidenhead and Reading.

Specific experience
Valuation of land, buildings, void space and mineral assets of companies throughout the UK, Europe, Asia and the USA

Negotiated option agreements and the acquisition of mineral reserves and void space

Advised the acquiring authority regarding Compulsory Purchase Order claims for compensation resulting from the construction of the Jubilee River, the Maidenhead, Windsor & Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme

Presented successful expert witness evidence at Lands Tribunal

Negotiated compensation claims and the rerouting of services overlying mineral reserves

Prepared and submitted planning applications and negotiated related legal agreements

Development and estates management advice to operating companies and landlords

Complete management service to the landlord of a quarry producing circa 800,000 tonnes per year

The management, negotiation and settlement of Lands Tribunal Rating Appeals related to mineral extraction and landfill sites for the 1990 and 1995 Rating Lists

Successful presentation of numerous cases at Valuation Tribunal Hearings for the 1990, 1995 and 2000 Rating Lists

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