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Fosters Solicitors

Property Development

How we can help

We have considerable experience in property development, having dealt with the full range of transactions from small developments of a single plot to large scale residential or industrial development sites. We support our clients with expert legal advice on all residential and industrial developments.

Supporting your development

We have the considerable experience of working with a variety of developers in helping them realise the full potential of their development site.

Our experts appreciate you need clear, timely and quality legal support in the preparation, management and sale of your development plots.

Our team can help provide this support, and have extensive experience in development planning and agreements, including helping obtain planning permission through section 106 or section 38 agreements – and the preparation of all required legal documents, including the contract packs for the plot sales.

We want to help you ensure that each plot sale goes through as efficiently and quickly as possible.

Expert legal support

We can help those developers looking to acquire land or premises for development.

Our experts appreciate you need clear, timely and diligent legal support to help you make the right decision and reduce the risks over a potential development site before you commit your hard-earned time and finances.

We have extensive experience in helping clients with the following:

  • Enquiries and searches – diligent checks to highlight potential engineering issues.
  • Negotiating and liaising with interested parties, such as local authorities, Land Registry, landlords, tenants or financial providers.
  • Planning and tenure – helping you understand the regulations and potential obligations regarding ownership.
  • Drafting and negotiating option agreements, pre-emption agreements, overage arrangements and conditional contracts in support of you protecting your interest and securing your site.

Whatever your property development requirements please do get in touch with our specialists to see how they can help you.

How we can help

We can support you with all the legal requirements necessary for your development, allowing you to concentrate on the issues important to you.

From acquisition to completing the site sell off, we have the property and commercial expertise that can help.

Experienced in property development

You may be new to property development, requiring advice on acquiring property and the best way to set up the property for a smooth and trouble free development and disposal. We can point out the pitfalls and issues to avoid and deal with the legal side of the development for you, allowing you to concentrate on the issues important to you.

We can also assist larger developers, those who have been long established and know exactly what they require and expect from their legal team.

Whatever your situation please do get in touch with us to see how we can help you.

What we can do for you

We have experience in helping our clients with the following:

  • Acquisitions.
  • Affordable housing agreements and sales to registered social landlords;
  • Development agreements.
  • Disposal of all types of commercial properties including industrial units, warehousing and retail properties.
  • Disposals of all types of residential properties including apartments, houses and shared ownership properties.
  • Grant of easements.
  • Infrastructure agreements.
  • Options to acquire.
  • Planning and building control.
  • Section 106 Agreements.

We find that most clients require issues to be dealt with within a short timescale and we will work alongside you, your designers, site managers, financial institutions and other professional teams to deliver options and solutions, enabling your development to progress without delays or headaches.

Law Society accredited

The Law Society awards accreditations to legal practices and solicitors who meet the highest standards of technical expertise and client service in specific areas of law. We are members of their Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS), which is the recognised quality mark for legal experts in buying or selling property, and is trusted by some of the UK’s biggest lenders.

Recognised and recommended

The Legal 500 UK 2024 rankings note the Fosters Solicitors’ Commercial Property team as “proactive and always one step ahead for the client’s protection and benefit“.

Our commercial property team

Our Commercial Property team comprises seasoned experts dedicated to providing top-tier legal services tailored to your business needs. With extensive experience in handling a wide range of commercial property transactions, our team is equipped to support clients in every aspect of property law.