Charlotte Ballantyne

Charlotte joined Ryden in 2019 having worked extensively within the property sector for the last 15 years.

She is PRINCE2 qualified and project manages both external consultancy services to clients and internal consultancy and advice to Ryden.

Charlotte works with predominately public sector clients reviewing their property and land portfolios and providing strategic advice. This involves reviewing existing asset strategies and property reports, assessment of property market economics, reviewing levels of demand, analysing existing assets (supply) and synthesising findings into clear, evidence based recommendations. Charlotte also undertakes much of the Research team’s consultation and case study work across all projects.

SKILLS:

• Property Consultancy
• Economic and market analysis
• Commercial Needs Assessments
• Public sector funding studies
• Property market advice to most of Scotland’s local authorities and public sector bodies

PROJECTS:

Suite of land and property projects for the Glasgow City Region Including assessment of the employment land and property markets, retail study, review of City Deal projects, review of energy efficiency in employment properties and analysis of prioritised vacant and derelict land.

Review of Employment Land Strategy for Fife Council to take account of changes to the policy and funding landscape as well as the economy and post pandemic property markets.

Employment land appraisal for North Ayrshire Council In preparation for their next LDP and to inform the Regeneration Strategy

Employment land and property market analysis reports for North Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Moray, East Lothian and Perth & Kinross Councils

Assessing Demand for Commercial Development Best practice guidance for undertaking employment land appraisals on behalf of the Scottish Futures Trust

Review of High Value Manufacturing Property Needs In Scotland for Scottish Enterprise, Highlands & Islands Enterprise and the South of Scotland Development Agency.

Scottish Land Commission Vacant and derelict land study (2019), vacant and derelict land taskforce project management and the vacant and derelict land funding studies (2020 and 2022). Recently completed an update report on vacant and derelict land in Scotland (2024).