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The DVS provides , including property advice and valuations.

They offer services to specific parts of the public sector:

• central and local government
• healthcare
• educational bodies
• transport
• emergency services
• environmental organisations

Central and local government

The DVS provides specific services to central and local government.

Policy development and analysis

• advice on development plans and strategies
• property market analyses and reports

Housing

• development appraisals
• negotiating affordable housing mixes, values and commuted sum payments
• portfolio reviews and stock valuations
• Right to Buy valuations

Commercial development

• compulsory purchase and compensation
• developer selection and negotiations
• land assembly issues
• apportionment of proceeds between development partners
• overage, escalator and claw back

Healthcare sector (NHS)

In addition to providing , the DVS also provides the NHS with the following services:

• preparation of project documentation for business cases
• Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) advertising and private finance initiative (PFI) project briefs
• primary care premises development services
• Current Market Rent assessments of GP practices under the NHS Directions
• advising on capital funding allocations for NHS dentistry
• LIFT Market Value transfers and value for money (VFM) reports
• advice on residual value amounts and bullet payments

Educational bodies

The DVS provides advice on a range of educational properties including:

• student halls of residence
• student accommodation
• administration and teaching blocks
• lecture theatres
• leisure facilities

Transport

The DVS provides advice on new road, rail, tram and pipeline schemes, and on airport expansions and new runways.

The services they offer this sector, include:

• advice on route selection
• initial estimates of acquisition and compensation costs
• market and land price change forecasts and reports

Compulsory purchase and compensation

The DVS also offers the transport sector:

• expert witnesses at CPO inquiries, lands tribunal and alternative dispute resolution hearings
• negotiation and handling of all types of compensation claims under compulsory purchase order (CPO) powers including blight notice, severance, injurious affection and disturbance
• advice on
• easements, wayleaves and licences

Emergency services

The DVS provides property services to support the needs of the emergency services.

Read the guide for more information.