BCIS Q2 2026 band
- Low: 2,050 £/sqm
- Mid: 2,400 £/sqm
- High: 2,850 £/sqm
- Regional index (UK = 100): 95
GDV working band
Resale GDV 250 to 400 £/sqft (low to high). Mid 310 £/sqft. Sense-check against current Land Registry Price Paid postcode-area aggregates before committing a bid.
Nottingham, Derby, Leicester; sub-250k GDV/unit pencils on small sites.
Viability test
- NPPF Dec-2025 17.5 percent PoGDV benchmark is the working test.
- Schemes that target sub-250k GDV per unit must control build cost to under £1,800/sqm to hit the benchmark.
Sub-250k GDV per unit
- Terrace stock outside city centres delivers 220k to 280k GDV per unit.
- Below 250k, professional fees must trim to 9 to 10 percent or PoC dips below 17.5 percent.
Open the workbench with these rates
Inputs
MAX LAND BID£0At 20% profit on cost, 9 units, 950 sqft GIA each.
ABORT
GDV£2,252,925
Build cost£1,906,370
Prof fees£228,764
s106/CIL/BNG£108,000
Contingency£168,235
Finance interest£171,810
Target profit£516,636
Total costs (excl land)£2,583,179
Senior debt @ LTGDV£1,464,401
PoC-12.8%
PoGDV-14.7%
LTC56.7%
Sensitivity (PoC %)
Build -5%Build +5%Build +10%Build +15%Build +20%
GDV -15%-22%-29%-32%-35%-38%
GDV -10%-18%-25%-28%-31%-34%
GDV -5%-13%-21%-24%-27%-30%
GDV 0%-8%-17%-20%-24%-27%
GDV +5%-4%-13%-16%-20%-23%
Cells show profit-on-cost percentage at each GDV stress / build-cost shock pair. Cells below your target PoC turn amber-warm; cells below 10 percent abort.