About ROQ
ROQ operates at the early stages of property and land, where planning, strategy and commercial decisions shape outcomes long before design, construction or capital deployment.
Our work is focused on identifying, screening and structuring development opportunities through a planning-led lens. We support landowners, investors, and organisations in making better upstream decisions, where risk is highest but the greatest value can also be created.
Our Approach
We believe the greatest value in property is created before a planning application is submitted or capital is deployed.
ROQ combines planning strategy, feasibility, and commercial insight to assess whether opportunities are viable, how they should be structured, and where value can realistically be unlocked.
This approach allows us to sit upstream of key-decision making, shaping strategy and commercial structure rather than reacting to it.
Alongside advisory work, we also originate opportunities directly. Where interests align, we selectively partner on projects through joint ventures, both on sites identified by ROQ or introduced by landowners and investors.
Experience and Perspective
ROQ is led by Shafk Malik, who has over ten years’ experience spanning across civil engineering, planning and development, institutional investment, and hands-on residential development.
This breadth of experience enables Shafk to have a very unique perspective of the entire project lifecyle, allowing opportunities to be assessed holistically rather than through a single professional lens. This means effort is focused where development value can realistically be unlocked.
Our Strengths
● Early-stage site identification, screening and land assembly
● Feasibility analysis, development appraisals and sensitivity analysis
● Assessing technical, planning and project-specific constraints at an early stage
● Planning-led land promotion and development strategy
● Project delivery, wider strategy and stakeholder management
● Risk management and commercial scrutiny within regulated environments
Shafk is a registered member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and operates in accordance with its Rules of Conduct.
How We Work
ROQ typically works with:
● Landowners seeking to understand or maximise the potential of their land
● Organisations and developers requiring upstream site finding or screening support
● Investors looking for disciplined, well-structured development opportunities
We focus on alignment, clarity, and long-term outcomes rather than volume. Our engagements are selective and structured.
Ethical considerations also matter. ROQ operates with integrity and, where applicable, follows interest-free (Riba-free) principles in its own development and investment activity.
