School: The School of Surveying & Planning
Position: Head of School, School of Surveying & Planning
Professor Sarah Sayce is the Head of the School of Surveying & Planning. She initially qualified as a Chartered Surveyor and worked in both the corporate field and in consultancy in London and the South-East specializing in property valuation and management. She then moved into academia, gaining a PhD from the University of Reading for an investigation into investment in leisure property.
In her capacity of Head of school she has responsibility for a wide-ranging suite of programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and she directs the Centre for Real Estate Research.
Sarah is an active and widely published researcher. She currently concentrates on sustainability and commercial property markets, though she is also very active in the fields of spatial planning and professional education. This combined expertise in professional education and sustainable real estate helped her to lead a successful bid to Government to set up C-SCAIPE (Centre for Sustainable Communities Achieved through Integrated Professional Education) which seeks to promote active citizenship among the student body and an holistic understanding of sustainability.
Sarah is active within the RICS, having served on the Governing Council and she continues to serve on several committees and act as a Professional Competence Assessor.
My current research interests centre primarily round commercial property appraisal and management, recently centred on the implications of the sustainability agenda but extending to valuation issues generally and to leisure and heritage assets. In relation to sustainability I have authored professional body global guidance and sat on industry advisory groups in addition to undertaking numerous contracted research projects. I also have an active interest and expertise in spatial planning matters and have undertaken government commissioned research in relation to planning policy issues, such as back land development and I am currently working on the new land auction model aimed at promoting the supply of development land. I also have expertise in professional education including developing skills for sustainable communities and have contributed to several books in relation to the sustainability and higher education agenda.
Areas of Expertise
Sustainable property & Valuation
Property appraisal and management issues
Publications (since 2008 only)
Sayce, S Farren Bradley, J. Ritson, J and Quinn, F. (forthcoming) Well-being: what does it mean for the Sustainable University? chapter 10 in Sterling, S. Larch, M and Luna, H. (Eds) The Sustainable University Taylor and Francis
Sayce,S., Walford, N. and Garside, P. (2012) Residential development on gardens in England: their role in providing sustainable housing supply Land Use Policy Vol, 29 No 4 pp 771-780
Sayce, S and Farren Bradley, J (2011) Educating built environment professional for stakeholder engagement Chapter 2 in Rogerson, R., Sadler,S., Green, A. and Wong C. Sustainable Communities: skills and learning for place-making University of Hertfordshire Press
Sayce, S (2010) Maintaining the supply. Building Surveying Journal, p. 6. ISSN (print) 1750-1032
Farren Bradley J, Sayce S Lewis A (2010) Sustainability and Built Environment Professionals: A shifting Paradigm Chapter 14 (pp 257- 272) in Sustainability Education: Perspectives and Practice Across Higher Education Eds Jones P, Selby D & Sterling S, London, Earthscan
Sayce, S., Sundberg, A., and Clements, B (2010) Is Sustainability reflected in Commercial Property Prices: a review of the evidence London RICS
Corrigan N., Sayce S., and Taylor R M (2009) Sustainability in Practice. From Local to Global: Making a Difference Kingston University Press, September 2009
Sayce S., Sundberg, A, Parnell, P and Cowling E (2009) Greening leases: Do tenants in the United Kingdom want green leases? Journal of Retail and Leisure Property Vol. 8 No. 4 pp: 273-284
Sayce, S., Garside, P., Walford, N., Vickers, T. and Clements, B. (2009) Back Garden Developments: understanding the Issues DCLG
Sayce S., Smith J,. Sundberg, A, and Cowling E (2009) Greening Leases: the landlord and tenant relationship as a driver for sustainability Research Findings Final Report for Investment Property Forum (IPF) London IPF
Sayce S, Clements W, Sundberg A Farren Bradley J (2009) Towards an Ethical
Property Standard consultancy report for Ethical Property Foundation
Cowling, E., Lewis, A. and Sayce, S. (2009) Exploring the Changing Nature of Students' Attitudes and Awareness of the Principles of Sustainability Sustainability in Practice: From Local to Global: Making a Difference (eds. Corrigan N et al) Kingston University Press, Kingston pp143 – 153
Sayce S., Britton P., Morris A. and Sundberg A. (2009) Valuing our Heritage final report to RICS
Sayce S., Farren-Bradley J, Lewis A., Harris C., Cowling, E., Toogood E., Schecter S., and Heenan T. (2008) Enabling Sustainable Communities: Supporting Effective Skills Development for Current and Future Core Built Environment Professionals: final Report to ESRC
Corps C. and Sayce S. (2008) CAMF Sustainability update: a confidential exposure document for the Government of British Columbia submitted 18th November
Sayce S., Garside P., Walford N. and Vickers A (2008) National Land Use Database (NLUD) Scoping Study Final Report for English Partnerships and Department of Communities and Local Government
Sayce S., Vickers T., Connellan O. and Morad M. (2008) Local Property Taxation as a Strategic Planning Tool in UK: Can 'Landvaluescape' Play a Role at Local Levels?' ,Local Economy, Volume 23 No3 pp:208 ' 221
Sayce S. and Sundberg, A (2008) Chapter 17: Leisure Property in Hayward, R (Ed) (2008) Valuations: Principles into Practice 8th Ed. London Estates Gazette
Ellison L., Sayce S. and Smith J. (2008) Socially Responsible Property Investment: Quantifying the relationship between Sustainability and Investment Property Worth Journal of Property Research Volume 24 No 3 pp: 191-219
Sayce S. and Ellison L. (2008) Assessing sustainability in the existing commercial Property stock – establishing sustainability criteria relevant for the commercial property investment sector Property Management volume 23 No. 3 pp: 287-304
Sayce S., Ellison L. and Parnell P. (2008) Understanding Investment Drivers for UK Sustainable Property Building Research and Information: Special Issue Volume 35 No 6 pp: 629-643
Property Valuation & Investment
Commercial Property Markets
Sustainable Asset Management
Head of School of Surveying & Planning
Member of Faculty Management Group
Member of Academic Board
Member of University Quality Enhancement Committee
Convenor, University Sustainability Forum
Invited speaker at numerous conferences including:
1.Vancouver Valuation Accord 2010
2.Rethinking Sustainable Construction 2011
3.International Valuation Conference 2011
4.Globe Conference 2012
Presented research papers to various international conferences including:
ERES 2010 & 2011;
COBRA 2010 & 2011;
Cutting Edge 2010.
Run and spoken at numerous APC Preparation Days Courses
Member of RICS Arts & Antiques Professional Group Board (from 2011)
Chair of Council of Heads of Built Environment (2007- date)
Reviewer of papers for Journal of Property Research
Reviewer of proposals for Economic and Social Research Council
Sayce, Sarah, Walford, Nigel and Garside, Peter (2012) Residential development on gardens in England: their role in providing sustainable housing supply. Land Use Policy, 29(4), pp. 771-780. ISSN (print) 0264-8377
Sayce, Sarah, Sundberg, Anna, Parnell, Philip and Cowling, Eddie (2009) Greening leases: do tenants in the United Kingdom want green leases? Journal of Retail & Leisure Property, 8(4), pp. 273-284. ISSN (print) 1479-1110
Sayce, S., Vickers, T., Connellan, O. and Morad, Munir (2008) Local property taxation as a strategic planning tool in UK: can 'landvaluescape' play a role at local levels? Local Economy, 23(3), pp. 208-221. ISSN (print) 0269-0942
Sayce, Sarah, Ellison, Louise and Parnell, Philip (2007) Understanding investment drivers for UK sustainable property. Building Research & Information, 35(6), pp. 629-643. ISSN (print) 0961-3218
Ellison, Louise, Sayce, Sarah and Smith, Judy (2007) Socially responsible property investment: quantifying the relationship between sustainability and investment property worth. Journal of Property Research, 24(3), pp. 191-219. ISSN (print) 0959-9916
Ellison, Louise and Sayce, Sarah (2007) Assessing sustainability in the existing commercial property stock: establishing sustainability criteria relevant for the commercial property investment sector. Property Management, 25(3), pp. 287-304. ISSN (online) 0263-7472
Sayce, Sarah (2003) Book Review of: Construction ecology: nature as the basis for green buildings by Charles J. Kibert, Jan Sendzimir and G. Bradley Guy ; and Green architecture, architectural design by Brian Edwards. Sustainable Development, 11(2), pp. 119-120. ISSN (print) 0968-0802
Sayce, Sarah and McIntosh, Angus (2002) Planning for leisure: time for a radical rethink or just a slight adjustment? Journal of Leisure Property, 2(3), pp. 254-281. ISSN (online) 1471-549X
Sayce, Sarah and Connellan, Owen (2002) From existing use to value in use: time for a paradigm shift? Property Management, 20(4), pp. 228-251. ISSN (print) 0263-7472
Sayce, Sarah, Garside, Peter, Harris, Charlotte, Vickers, Anthony, Villars, Nicola, Walford, Nigel and Clements, Billy (2010) Garden developments: understanding the issues - an investigation into residential development on gardens in England. London, U.K. : Communities and Local Government. 106p. ISBN 9781409821595
Corrigan, Nicola , Sayce, Sarah and Taylor, Rosalind, eds. (2009) Sustainability in practice: from local to global: making a difference. Kingston upon Thames, U.K. : Kingston University Press. 243p. ISBN 9781899999446
Sayce, Sarah, Walker, Anthony and McIntosh, Angus (2004) Building sustainability in the balance: promoting stakeholder dialogue. London : Estates Gazette. 132p. ISBN 072820424X
De Leeuw, Aime and Sayce, Sarah L., eds. (1995) Theorie und Praxis der Wertermittlung von Gebauden, Grund und Boden. Peter Lang. 180p. ISBN 9783631492376
Sayce, Sarah, Farren Bradley, Judith, Ritson, James and Quinn, Fiona (2013) Well-being: what does it mean for the sustainable university? In: Sterling, Stephen , Maxey, Larch and Luna, Heather, (eds.) The sustainable university: progress and prospects. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 211-231. (Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development, no. 2) ISBN 9780415627740
Sayce, Sarah and Farren-Bradley, Judith (2011) Educating built environment professionals for stakeholder engagement. In: Rogerson, Robert , Sadler, Sue , Green, Anne and Wong, Cecilia, (eds.) Sustainable communities: skills and learning for place making. Hatfield, U.K. : University of Hertfordshire Press. pp. 23-35. ISBN 9781907396137
Farren Bradley, Judi, Sayce, Sarah and Lewis, Amanda (2010) Sustainability and built environment professionals: a shifting paradigm. In: Jones, Paula , Selby, David and Sterling, Stephen, (eds.) Sustainability education: perspectives and practice across higher education. London, U.K : Earthscan. pp. 257-272. ISBN 9781844078776
Cowling, Eddie, Lewis, Amanda and Sayce, Sarah (2009) Exploring the changing nature of students' attitudes and awareness of the principles of sustainability. In: Corrigan, Nicola , Sayce, Sarah and Taylor, Ros, (eds.) Sustainability in practice: from local to global: making a difference. Kingston upon Thames, U.K. : Kingston University Press. pp. 143-153. ISBN 9781899999446
Vickers, Tony, Sayce, Sarah, Connellan, Owen and Morad, Munir (2006) A revealing landvaluescape: making property tax more acceptable using value maps. In: Cavaliere, Alberto , Ashiabor, Hope , Deketelaere, Kurt , Kreiser, Larry and Milne, Janet, (eds.) Critical issues in environmental taxation. Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press. pp. 565-590. ISBN 9781904501084
Sayce, Sarah (2011) Residential/commercial valuation information papers. In: SB11 Helsinki World Sustainable Building Conference; 18 - 21 Oct 2011, Helsinki, Finland. (Unpublished)
Sayce, Sarah (2011) The role of the valuer: from reflector to influencer. In: SB11: World Sustainable Building Conference ; 18 - 21 Oct 2011, Helsinki, Finland. (Unpublished)
Bernet, Juerg R., Sayce, Sarah, Vermeulen, Maarten and Ledl, Rupert C. (2010) Winning in the long run? Driving sustainable financial performance in real estate: Working Paper 3. In: COBRA 2010: The Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference; 02 - 03 Sep 2010, Paris, France. ISBN 9781842196199
Mohd Aini, Ainoriza and Sayce, Sarah (2010) Disclosing environmental and sustainability practices and initiatives in the annual reporting process of property investors: evidence from Malaysia. In: ERES 2010; 23 - 26 Jun 2010, Milan, Italy.
Bernet, Juerg R., Sayce, Sarah, Vermeulen, Maarten and Ledl, Rupert C. (2010) Winning in the long run: a quantified approach to the drivers of sustainable financial value on real estate: Working Paper 2. In: ERES 2010; 23 - 26 Jun 2010, Milan, Italy.
Bernet, Juerg R., Sayce, Sarah, Vermeulen, Maarten, Ledl, Rupert C. and Clements, Billy (2010) Winning in the long run: a quantified approach to the risk of sustainable financial value on real estate. In: SPR/RICS Cutting Edge Conference: How to measure and manage real estate risk in the real world; 13 May 2010, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)
Sayce, Sarah (2010) Putting a price on green: a review of the evidence. In: GLOBE 2010; 24 - 26 Mar 2010, Vancouver, Canada. (Unpublished)
McFarland, Olga and Sayce, Sarah (2008) Linking accurate data capture with unlocking land. In: AGI GeoCumminty '08 - 'Shaping a changing world'; 23 - 25 Sep 2008, Stratford-upon-Avon, U.K..
Sayce, Sarah, Cowling, Eddie and Sundberg, Anna (2007) Are employers seeking sustainability literate graduates? In: Sustainability in practice: from local to global: making a difference; 6-7 Sep 2007, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)
Cowling, Eddie, Lewis, Amanda and Sayce, Sarah (2007) The changing nature of students' attitude and awareness of the principles of sustainability. In: Sustainability in practice: from local to global: making a difference; 06 - 07 Sep 2007, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)
Cowling, Eddie, Lewis, Amanda and Sayce, Sarah (2007) Exploring the changing nature of students' attitudes and awareness of the principles of sustainability. In: Built Environment Education Annual Conference (BEECON 2007): Developing competent people; 12 - 13 Sep 2007, London, U.K..
Sayce, Sarah and Plimmer, Frances (2006) Depreciated replacement cost: consistent methodology? In: Shaping the Change. XXIII International FIG Congress; 08 - 13 Oct 2006, Munich, Germany.
Sayce, Sarah, Ellison, Louise and Parnell, Philip (2006) Investment drivers for sustainable property: have we got the balance right? Questions from the UK. In: Rethinking sustainable construction 2006: next generation green buildings; 19 - 22 Sep 2006, Sarasota, U.S.. (Unpublished)
Sayce, Sarah and Clements, Billy (2010) Deconstructing the stereotypes: building mutual respect. (Project Report) Kingston upon Thames, U.K. : Kingston University. 46 p.
Sayce, Sarah, Sundberg, Anna and Clements, Billy (2010) Is sustainability reflected in commercial property prices: a review of existing evidence. (Other) London, U.K. : RICS. 12 p. (Findings in built and rural environments, no. 2010/V)
Sayce, Sarah, Sundberg, Anna and Clements, Billy (2010) Is sustainability reflected in commercial property prices: an analysis of the evidence base. (Project Report) London, U.K. : RICS. 99 p.
Sayce, Sarah, Clements, Billy and Cowling, Eddie (2009) Are employers seeking sustainability literate graduates? A review of the importance of sustainability within the graduate recruitment process in the built environment. (Project Report) York, U.K. : Higher Education Academy. 41 p.
Sayce, Sarah, Smith, Judy, Sundberg, Anna and Cowling, Eddie (2009) Greening leases: the landlord and tenant relationship as a driver for sustainability. Research findings. (Project Report) London, U.K. : Investment Property Forum. 26 p.
Sayce, Sarah, Britton, Paul, Morris, Alistair, Sundberg, Anna and Watkins, David (2009) Valuing heritage assets: final report of a research project examining the case for the valuation of heritage assets. (Project Report) London, U.K. : RICS. 30 p.
Sayce, Sarah, Morad, Munir, Harris, Charlotte, Farren Bradley, Judith, Lewis, Amanda and Ellison, Louise (2009) Enabling sustainable communities: supporting effective skills development for current and future built environment professionals. (Project Report) Swindon, U.K. : Economic and Social Research Council. 15 p.
Sayce, Sarah, Walford, Nigel, Garside, Peter, Livingstone, David, Vickers, Tony and Jones, Alun (2008) National Land Use Database (NLUD): NLUD scoping study final report. (Project Report) London, U.K. : English Partnerships. 37 p.