Stringer & Kennington was founded to help landowners unlock the full value of their land through a more focused and deliverable approach to land promotion.
We take on the cost and risk of securing planning permission, allowing landowners to realise value without upfront expense.
Having worked together at Hopkins Homes, Jonathan and Matthew recognised that successful land promotion requires more than simply securing planning permission. It requires clear strategy, thoughtful design, and a deep understanding of how schemes are delivered in practice.
Their approach combines commercial strategy with technical expertise, ensuring that sites are not only promoted effectively, but capable of achieving planning permission and being delivered in real-world conditions.
Unlike volume land promoters, they focus on a small number of opportunities. This allows them to take a more hands-on role, carefully managing each stage of the process to reduce risk and maximise value for landowners.
Together, they combine commercial strategy with technical delivery to ensure land is not only promoted effectively, but capable of achieving planning permission and being delivered in practice. This integrated approach gives landowners confidence that their site is being promoted with discipline, clarity, and a clear focus on achieving the best possible outcome.
Their long-term ambition is to design and deliver high-quality, bespoke homes, and this mindset underpins every project they undertake.
Jonathan Stringer
Commercial Strategy, Land Sourcing & Deal Structuring
Jonathan brings a commercially driven background across property, finance, and business development, with a clear focus on identifying opportunities, structuring deals, and maximising land value.
He has worked with leading regional housebuilders including Hopkins Homes, Hills Residential, and Mulberry Homes, where he played a key role in driving sales performance across multiple developments. This experience gives him a detailed understanding of how developers assess sites, price risk, and ultimately determine land value.
Prior to property, Jonathan held senior roles in financial services and international trading businesses. As Director of Business Development at a global trading exchange, he helped scale the business across London, Vancouver, and Beijing, forming strategic partnerships with multinational corporations, law firms, and financial institutions. He also managed high-value trading portfolios specialising in interest rate futures, developing a disciplined, analytical approach to risk and decision-making.
At Stringer & Kennington, Jonathan leads on land sourcing, landowner relationships, and deal structuring. He ensures every opportunity is positioned strategically to maximise value while carefully managing risk throughout the promotion process.
His approach combines commercial insight with financial discipline, giving landowners confidence that their asset is being handled with clarity, structure, and a focus on results.
Matthew Kennington
Technical Strategy, Planning & Delivery
Matthew brings a technical and delivery-focused background across architecture, construction, and residential development, ensuring that sites are not only well-designed, but realistic, compliant, and deliverable.
He has extensive experience coordinating residential schemes from early design through to construction, managing planning compliance, consultant teams, technical design, and on-site delivery. Having worked across a wide range of developments, from bespoke housing to larger-scale schemes, he understands the practical challenges that can determine whether a site succeeds or stalls.
Working at the centre of the development process, Matthew has collaborated closely with land, planning, commercial, and construction teams. This provides a clear understanding of how planning strategies translate into real-world delivery, and where risks can arise if schemes are not properly considered from the outset.
His early career focused on architectural design and heritage projects, including conservation-led schemes and sensitive refurbishments. This experience is particularly valuable when working with constrained or complex sites, where careful design and planning strategy are critical.
Alongside his role at Stringer & Kennington, Matthew runs both a building company and an architectural design practice. This hands-on experience ensures that every scheme is grounded in buildability, cost awareness, and practical delivery.
He holds a First Class Honours degree in Architectural Technology and a Master’s degree in Conservation of Buildings.
His role within the business is to ensure that every opportunity is not just viable on paper, but capable of being successfully delivered - a key factor in unlocking maximum land value.