Property development solicitors

Turning land into lasting, thriving places

Property development work supports the entire journey, from identifying and assembling land, through planning and funding, to construction and long-term stewardship of what is built.

Whether you’re looking to unlock stalled sites, regenerate existing estates, repurpose struggling assets or deliver mixed‑use schemes that require careful alignment of public, private and community interests, our property development lawyers are here to help.

We help local authorities, housing providers, charities and social businesses bring complex projects to life, from early site assembly and planning strategy through to build, occupation and long‑term asset management.

How our property development solicitors can help

We ensure every legal element is thoughtfully considered. From options and conditional contracts, overage and infrastructure, planning obligations, funding and delivery structures, we help a scheme’s viability, buildability and commerciality.

As real estate lawyers with deep planning and construction law expertise, we align legal risk with your wider regeneration and growth strategy, not just the immediate transaction. For us, it’s about supporting schemes that are capable of delivering long-term economic benefits, as well as social impact.

We work closely with planning consultants and colleagues to navigate the changing regulatory landscape. During delivery, we coordinate with our construction, procurement and funding specialists to put in place build contracts, professional appointments and funding and security packages that keep schemes moving.

Residential development – building homes that communities need

Residential development lies at the heart of our practice. We support housing associations, local authorities, charities and third sector clients on the whole range of residential development projects, including new build acquisitions from housebuilders, land-led schemes, estate regeneration, infill schemes, large urban extensions, rural exception sites and mixed‑tenure developments.

Our work spans land acquisition and collaboration agreements, planning strategy, affordable housing obligations, shared ownership and rent‑to‑buy products and long‑term management structures.

Our strength in social and affordable housing, balances viability, regulatory compliance and local political challenges with care to help create places and spaces that flourish.

Stewardship and placemaking – building communities, not just homes

Delivering homes is only part of the challenge. What happens after completion – how places are managed, how communities are built, how residents and businesses thrive – matters just as much.

We advise on the legal frameworks that underpin long-term stewardship. This includes estate management structures, community governance models, maintenance obligations, shared facilities and the mechanisms that ensure places remain well-managed and loved over time. Our work on stewardship arrangements for largescale developments, including advising on the community structures for major new settlements, gives us practical insight into what works at scale.

Placemaking is about fostering community involvement, not simply deciding who is responsible for maintenance. We help clients structure the legal foundations, from resident-led management organisations to long-term asset transfer arrangements, we help give new places the best chance of becoming communities people are proud to call home.

Making the most of your development

From viability and funding, planning risk and political risk, and the complexity of aligning multiple stakeholders and phases over sustained periods of time, seeing a development programme through to fruition isn’t always straightforward.

Our specialists help you understand the planning and land risk before you commit, design land and partnering structures that share risk appropriately, and build in flexibility so schemes can adapt as funding, policy or demand changes.

We help uncover the options that provide you with what you need to make informed decisions that help your projects excel.