Development work whether redeveloping brownfield sites or repurposing office buildings for residential or other alternative uses is at the heart of real estate.

Complex and strict planning controls combined with a shortage of developable sites combined with a national housing shortage drives land value.

Our knowledgeable real estate team advise a wide range of developers which include national house builders, private developers, overseas developers, family offices and private individuals.

Clients choose Fox Williams as we specialise in complex strategic land acquisitions for development purposes, structuring transactions through conditional contracts, long term options, development or promotion agreements and joint venture arrangements.

Key Contact

If you require assistance or need advice, please don't hesitate to reach out to the following key contact:

Phillip Hope
Partner
+44 (0)20 7614 2653
+44 (0)7771 834 199
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Development work expertise

  • Acquisitions & disposals conditional on planning
  • Development finance
  • Development management agreements
  • Joint venture agreements
  • Option agreements
  • Overage & clawback arrangements
  • Promotion agreements
  • S106 planning agreements
  • Site clearance arrangements
  • Stopping up of highways orders
  • Title issues, including restrictive covenants & third-party rights
  • Unconditional acquisitions having regard to anticipated development hurdles
  • Acquisitions & disposals conditional on planning
  • Development finance
  • Development management agreements
  • Joint venture agreements
  • Option agreements
  • Overage & clawback arrangements
  • Promotion agreements
  • S106 planning agreements
  • Site clearance arrangements
  • Stopping up of highways orders
  • Title issues, including restrictive covenants & third-party rights
  • Unconditional acquisitions having regard to anticipated development hurdles

Development work experience

  • Advised a central London landowner on a Development Management Agreement relating to the full demolition and redevelopment of three office buildings.

  • Provided specialist bespoke advice to developers on title issues or third-party rights preventing development.

  • Acted for a private developer who has secured development agreement arrangements in connection with a London Borough authority for 400 residential unit residential scheme including two towers and ancillary commercial space.

  • Acted for a developer of a property requiring part of the public highway registered to a London Borough authority, to maximise development that was structured by way of a Call Option conditional on planning permission and Stopping Up of Highway Order.

"They involve the appropriate internal teams to advise on any specialist matters, allowing the advice to be in-depth."

Chambers UK 2024

"I find it extremely easy to work with Fox Williams. They are very good at explaining things in layman's terms which shortcuts a lot of conversations and negotiations before they become too protracted."

Chambers UK 2024