Development

The Merali Beedle Development team brings together lawyers of the highest calibre, who can advise on the full life cycle of development projects.

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Our property, planning, construction and disputes specialists work together seamlessly to take development projects from site acquisition through the planning and construction phases and on to disposal.

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Many of the multi-disciplinary team have City backgrounds and all have over 15 years’ experience dealing with residential, commercial and retail schemes, ranging from very large-scale city-centre re-developments and urban extensions though to bespoke, rural residential schemes of 1-3 high-end homes.

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Our experts will be with you every step of the way to ensure the successful delivery of your project, advising on the following:

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PROPERTY:

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Site acquisition
Option agreements
Conditional contracts
Development agreements
Joint-venture agreements
Site assembly
Infrastructure easements
Variation and modification of covenants
Pre-lets and off-plan sales
Site exit advice and ultimate freehold and unit disposal

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PLANNING:

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Planning applications, including environmental statements
Planning and infrastructure agreements (section 106, section 278 and section 38 agreements) and planning conditions
Highways and rights of way, including highway/footpath stopping-up and diversion applications
The Community Infrastructure Levy
Applications to modify permissions (section 73 and section 96A applications)

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CONSTRUCTION:

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Building contracts and professional appointments
Interaction between building contracts and professional appointments and agreements for lease and licences to alter
Party Wall Act matters

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