Land
A site introduction moves at the speed of the information behind it. The quickest way to slow it down is to leave the basics vague.
State the basics plainly: it's the single biggest time-saver
Where the site is, roughly how large it is, and what's actually being offered: freehold, leasehold, an option, or something else. It sounds obvious, but a vague introduction on any of these three points slows everything that follows, often by weeks.
Describe planning status honestly, not optimistically
No history, pre-application, outline consent, full permission: each one changes how quickly and how seriously a site can be assessed. A refused application or a known constraint is worth disclosing upfront. It will surface eventually, and it lands better coming from you first.
Send what you have, even if the set is incomplete
Site plans, planning documents, photographs, any professional reports already commissioned. A developer can work with a partial picture far more easily than with none, and it's rarely worth delaying an introduction to gather everything first.
A price expectation, even a rough one, gives the conversation somewhere to start
It isn't always available, particularly at an early stage. But a figure, even an approximate one, saves both sides from guessing at each other for the first few exchanges.
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