About Us

We’ve been helping landowners and land buyers in Cheshire for almost 200 years and we’re happy to help you today. Our heritage begins in 1836, when Mr E Meller opened a Land Agency and Surveying business in Manchester.

By 1860, his son had joined him in the business, and it wasn’t long before Mr Speakman joined them in partnership to become E Meller Sons & Speakman. Their business quickly expanded from Manchester across Cheshire, making a name for itself and managing a number of illustrious estates – including Henry Loyd’s Minshull Vernon Estate for over 50 years!

In 1916, the firm amalgamated with a Land Agent – Mr J H Hall, moved to new offices in Cooper Street, Manchester, and took on a new name – Meller Speakman & Hall. Mr Hall managed the great Toft Estate in Knutsford – a task still carried out to this day by our skilled land managers.

In 1933, Mr Hall was commissioned by Manchester City Council to identify potential sites for a new airport to replace Barton Aerodrome. The recommended site was ‘Ringway’, better known today as Manchester International Airport!

Expanding the services we offered to land and property owners, in 1946 Meller Speakman & Hall acquired an interest in John E Braggins, Auctioneers and Estate Agents. By 1976, our association was known as Meller Braggins & Co.

After an acquisition in 2013 and a brief time where the land agency business became Meller Braggins Estates Plus, in 2016 we underwent a full re-brand to be known again as Meller Speakman.

Today, Meller Speakman is made up of experienced Chartered Surveyors and Chartered Town Planners. From our beginning as a land agency and surveying business, we still provide that same service 180 years later – plus so much more. From Strategic Land & Estate Management and Planning & Development to Contract Farming, RICS Valuations and Expert Witness Reports compiled by RICS Registered Expert Witnesses – there isn’t anything about land ownership that we don’t know!

meet our team

Peter Wain FRICS MBA

Group Managing Director

Sectors

Strategic Land & Estate Management, Planning & Development, RICS Registered Valuer, Land Sales, Rural Professional Services, RICS Expert Witness

Qualifications

FRICS, MBA, FALA

Sarah Carden MRICS

Director

Sectors

Strategic Land & Estate Management, RICS Registered Valuer, Rural Professional Services, Land Sales, Compulsory Purchase & Compensation

Qualifications

MRICS

Jo Townson MRICS

Associate Director

Sectors

Planning and Development, Land Sales, Advice on Development Agreements, Submission of Planning Applications

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) MRICS

Bethan Ellis AssocRICS

Associate Director

Sectors

Infrastructure and CPO, Valuation, Compensation, Mapping, Administration

Qualifications

AssocRICS, MSc Conservation and Land Management, BSc Geography

Ben Pester mrics

Associate Director

Sectors

Landed Estates and Commercial Property

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) MRICS & RICS Registered Valuer

Philip Morris FRICS

Consultant Surveyor

Sectors

RICS Registered Valuer, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Expert Witness, Compulsory Purchase Compensation Claims, Professional Services (Rural and Commercial), Commercial Mediation.

Qualifications

FRICS, MCIArb, Accredited Mediator

Jessica Butler

Graduate Surveyor

Sectors

Valuation, Utilities, Infrastructure and CPO, Compensation, Mapping, Rural Professional Services

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Rural Enterprise and Land Management

Olivia Hodson

Graduate Surveyor

Sectors

Estate Management, Mapping, Rural Professional Services, Compulsory Purchase and Acquisition, Valuation

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Rural Enterprise and Land Management

Jessica Davison MRICS

Administrator / Property Manager

Sectors

Property Management, Administration

Qualifications

MRICS

Giorgia Greenwood

Residential Property Manager

Sectors

Residential Property Management

Rachel Bunting

Administrator

Sectors

Administration

Qualifications

Bsc (Hons)

Charlotte Worrall

Personal Assistant / Team Organiser

Sectors

Administration

Aneeka Brennan

Degree Apprentice

Sectors

Estate Management, Commercial Property, Land Sales

Taylor Carslake

Degree Apprentice

Sectors

Strategic Land and Estate Management, Commercial Properties, Land Sales

Rebecca Davies

Trainee Surveyor

Sectors

Estate Management, Valuation, Land Sales and Commercial Property

services we offer

Biodiversity Net Gain
Biodiversity Net Gain
Strategic Land & Estate Management
Strategic Land & Estate Management
Planning & Development
Planning & Development
Valuations
Valuations
Land Sales
Land Sales
Rural Professional Services
Rural Professional Services