Conveyancing / Tenancy / Land Law

Property Development: A Practical Guide, 4th edition

By Gavin Le Chat
Law Society Publishing January 2024

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781784462086
Publisher
Law Society Publishing
Publication
January 2024
Format
Paperback + CD-ROM , 608 pages
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Property Development explains all the issues arising from property development work and will guide lawyers, developers and landowners through the many pitfalls commonly encountered in practice.

This new fourth edition has been comprehensively updated to include:

  • references to new legislation, planning guidance and statutory instruments, including the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, the revised National Planning Policy Framework published in 2021 and the Community Infrastructure (Amendment) Regulations 2019
  • references to new cases, including cases concerning easements benefitting the owners of timeshare apartments, interference with a right of way, breach of restrictive covenants and the use of a right of way to gain access to land not forming part of the dominant tenement
  • important changes to the Electronic Communications Code
  • important changes to the Community Infrastructure Levy regime
  • commentary on the proposed new Infrastructure Levy

The chapters on investigating title, planning and obtaining vacant possession have also been substantially revised and expanded.

This practical guide features updated checklists, example model clauses, contracts and precedent deeds and transfers, included along with bonus material as a companion resource in Word.

Table of Contents

PART I: Site acquisition; 
1. Preliminary investigations;
2. Investigating title: adverse matters; 
3. Access; 
4. Drainage and other services; 
5. Planning;
6. Contaminated land issues; 
7. Miscellaneous issues;
8. Obtaining vacant possession; 
PART II: Transaction structures;
9. Conditional contracts;
10. Option agreements; 
11. Pre-emption agreements;
12. Overage agreements; 
13. Land promotion agreements;
14. Collaboration agreements; 
15. Mixed use developments;
Appendices.

About the Author

Gavin le Chat is a solicitor and partner with Shoosmiths LLP. He has over 30 years' experience and a detailed understanding of development work. Gavin currently specialises in residential development and regularly advises developers and landowners in connection with site acquisitions, contracts conditional on planning, options to purchase, overage agreements, joint venture and collaboration agreements.

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