Housebuilding & Strategic Land
Developing new homes nationally
Specialist Housebuilding & Strategic Land lawyers
Freeths have a long history of work in this sector and act for some of the biggest private house builders in the country. We are proud of our reputation as one of the pre-eminent law firms for residential development in the Midlands and beyond. Our experienced residential development lawyers can advise you on a wide range of transactions, from small residential development sites to major strategic land acquisition and promotion. We have the expertise to ensure that everything runs smoothly.
We can advise on strategic land, joint ventures, acquisition and development of residential estates, together with Housing Association disposals, residential property portfolio management, site assembly, funding, and planning and infrastructure agreements. We continue to help a wide variety of residential developers across the UK.
Our expertise in Housebuilding & Strategic Land
- We regularly assist national house builders, registered providers and landowners with high value projects
- Our nationally renowned Real Estate team has the resource to be there when you need them
- You can trust our lawyers to be commercially-minded and results-focused, and to help you to keep costs down
- We are based in offices all around the country, so we will have knowledge of your local area
Our team includes a large number of residential development specialists to deal with all aspects of your needs, with support from knowledgeable teams of lawyers covering environmental law, construction, planning, litigation and property tax. Whatever your project, you can talk to us with confidence that we have the expertise to find you the right solution. Call our residential development team now to find out how we can help you.
Our other services include:
Key contacts
James Hart
Regional Lead for Real Estate in the Midlands – Partner in the Housebuilding & Strategic Land Team
Patrick Adie
National Head of Housebuilding & Strategic Land
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Housebuilding & Strategic Land Lawyers
Patrick Adie
Partner
0345 050 3273
Mitchell Ball
Partner
0345 077 9675
Daniel Cuthbert
Partner
0345 026 7904
Darren Debock
Partner
0345 073 8581
Suriya Edwards
Partner
0345 404 4124
Kevin Fox
Partner
0114 263 9499
Thomas Golding
Partner
0345 050 3647
James Hart
Partner
0345 274 6811
Clive Pearce
Partner
0345 128 6990
Jon Smart
Partner
0345 050 3650
Mark Alexander
Director
0345 634 2562
Laura Brown
Director
0186 578 1060
Emma Medina-Wallace
Director
0345 404 1755
Ciara Sweeney
Director
0345 404 4134
Caroline Wofinden
Director
0345 274 6862
David Danskin
Consultant
0345 166 6303
Masood Ahmed
Managing Associate
0186 578 1205
Claire Bennett
Managing Associate
0345 274 6826
Maxine Chenoweth
Managing Associate
0345 128 7961
Rachel Clarke
Managing Associate
0345 050 3634
Emilie Criddle
Managing Associate
0345 126 3749
Julia Lock
Managing Associate
0345 050 3280
Frances McKinnon
Managing Associate
0345 274 6857
Tristan Milner
Managing Associate
0345 030 5803
Andrew Rathi
Managing Associate
0345 274 6923
Nick Wallace
Managing Associate
0345 030 5681
Polly Wisner
Managing Associate
0345 050 3682
Alexa Basquil
Senior Associate
0345 030 5784
Maxine Endicott
Senior Associate
0186 578 1171
Chloe Frances
Senior Associate
0345 272 5708
Bridget Smith
Senior Associate
0345 274 6893
Lorna Trimble
Senior Associate
0345 128 7966
Elizabeth Wildhaber
Senior Associate
0345 274 6865
Kimberley Stone
Associate
0345 274 6911
Freeths strengthens its national Housebuilding & Strategic Land Team with senior hire
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Articles 26th Oct 2023- Advising Bellway Homes Limited in relation to the ground-breaking partnering arrangement with Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, InPartnership Limited and Whitefriars Housing Group for carrying out the major 15 year, £1.8 billion regeneration of Council estates in North Solihull.
- Acting for Milton Keynes Development Partnership in a wide range of residential and commercial development schemes. These were secured by way of development agreement and building lease within the borough of Milton Keynes. Schemes included education and health sites, residential developments, industrial schemes and town-centre mixed use developments.
- Acting for a consortium of national house builders in the purchase of land for 1100 houses from a consortium of 10 landowners subject to deferred payments and a number of overages.
- Acting for two land promoters in a series of promotion agreements to facilitate the creation of a Sustainable Urban Extension (“SUE”) for circa 6000 houses with ancillary schools, community facilities and commercial uses.
- Acting for a national residential developer in relation to the assembly of a development site in Cheshire, involving complicated timing issues and overage provisions.
- Acting for a developer on a conditional back-to-back purchase and sale of land. The sale was to a housing association at golden brick, with a linked JCT and a land-and-build price of £9 million. This is a transaction structure that Patrick has utilised many times, on behalf of landowners, developers and housing associations.
- Advising a major London local authority in connection with the development and sales of new build properties and regeneration projects at three new housing developments.
- Acting for Blueprint Limited Partnership in relation to the disposal of 160 new build plots at its residential regeneration and eco-development in Nottingham – including the grant funding agreement with the Homes and Communities Agency.
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