About Us
Peakmere was founded by Katie Lane and Tom Wheatley - a husband and wife team who between them bring commercial strategy, property knowledge, and a drive for building a career out of what they love.
Meet The Team
Experienced, capable and friendly. We look forward to meeting you.
Katie Lane
Founder, Relationship Manager
Katie has a brilliant eye for potential and loves discussing the possibilities a piece of land could deliver.
With a background in design, Katie has completed multiple historic home renovations alongside a corporate career in marketing, brand licensing and business strategy.
Katie’s role is to identify sites with development potential and build relationships with landowners. She loves a cup of tea and will be your main point of contact throughout your relationship with us.
Tom Wheatley
Founder, Property Manager
Tom is a property renovation expert with over 20 years of experience working on historic homes, commercial buildings and construction machinery.
Tom advises on build costs, design and construction logistics. He ensures each site is designed in the most practical and ergonomic way - creating homes people actually want to live in and look at.
Mads Dal
Investment Partner
Mads is a property developer and investor with over 30 years of experience working on ultra high value building and renovation projects. Mads provides the funding behind every Peakmere deal.
His extensive knowledge of development ensures each one of our financial assessments is highly scrutinised to ensure we only commit to the sites with the best chance of success.
Mads has built a reputation of dealing fairly with landowners, ensuring that every deal works for all parties and that landowners receive the best possible outcome from their site.
Chris Rowland-Smith
Planning Expert
Chris is a real estate expert focusing on land acquisition, planning and strategy, within the private residential, care, education and natural capital sectors.
Chris plays a vital role in refining our development projects, using his extensive knowledge of the planning system to ensure each site reaches its full financial potential while also making a positive impact on the local area.
Chris is on hand to discuss the technical and practical details of our site proposals, and remains present throughout every stage of the planning process.
Patrick Reedman
Planning and Development Advisor
Patrick has experience working on large-scale strategic regeneration projects, residential-led mixed use developments and complex development control matters.
He brings over 16 years of town planning experience in consultancy and local authority roles. Patrick is a full member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and holds an MA in Town Planning Practice and Policy.
Patrick ensures our planning applications are developed in line with the local plan and with full awareness of all planning and heritage constraints.
Our Values
We believe landowners deserve honesty - about what their land is worth, what the process involves, and what they can realistically expect. We won't dress up uncertainty as confidence, or make promises we can't keep. We work within a clear structure so you always understand the process.
We understand that land and property hold emotional value, and that the process of selling can be complicated. We’ll never pressure you. We’ll offer support and guidance through the decision making process, but ultimately every decision is yours and we’ll respect it.
We are creative and intelligent in our approach to planning applications. We understand that each site is unique and that planning is only achieved when the design is created with awareness of the local plan and sympathy of the surroundings. Once we commit to a site we will invest fully into every aspect required to bring the best chance of success.
Development done well is good for everyone. It creates homes, brings neglected sites back into use, and generates real returns for landowners who never knew their land had that kind of value.
Straight-talking. Respectful. Committed.
