Property Development: Option Agreement or Conditional Contract – is there a difference?

Should I accept an Option to purchase my land, or is a Conditional Contract better?

What are the legal considerations you should be thinking about when buying a development site?

The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment on yet another case involving an application to modify restrictive covenants under Section 84 of the Law of Property Act 1925, this time concerning two large apartment towers to be constructed on the site of redundant warehouse buildings.

Laura Czapski, Legal Director in our Agriculture and Rural Land team, considers the requirements for off-site BNG and the opportunities that that may present to farmers and landowners.

Head of our Agriculture and Rural Land team, Hazel Eccles, briefly summarises the announcements that may affect property owners

FSP completes the purchase of a development site in Nutbourne in West Sussex for Bewley Homes.

Michael Higgin, who leads our Strategic Land team, comments on the IAA Vehicle Services Limited case and looks at the treatment of conditional completions and the payment of deposits in relation to option exercise contracts.