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Development and regeneration

Providing comprehensive legal services across the UK for high-profile development and regeneration projects, from inception to completion.

Burges Salmon team providing legal services for large-scale development and regeneration projects in the UK.

Renowned for our expertise in large-scale development and regeneration, we advise on some of the most high-profile and cutting-edge projects across the UK, including in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Our experience spans construction and refurbishment projects, new homes and communities, infrastructure, industrial and logistics, transport-oriented developments, and working and leisure environments.

Our multi-disciplinary team includes experts in real estate, planning and compulsory purchase, construction and engineering, real estate tax, corporate, procurement and subsidy control, real estate finance, environment, and real estate disputes. We are equipped to advise on the entire lifecycle of your development or regeneration project, ensuring each phase is seamlessly integrated to help deliver successful outcomes.

We are proud to work with leading names in the sector, including development and construction companies, major landowners, funders, occupiers, local authorities, and other public bodies. Our experience enables us to understand the diverse priorities of all stakeholders, navigate the complexities of development projects efficiently, and deliver the best possible results.

Additionally, we offer specialist insight into the public sector and its complex regulatory frameworks. This allows us to swiftly identify and mitigate potential issues throughout a project’s lifetime, whether you are a public sector entity or contracting with one.

Services

Development agreements

Advising on complex agreements between developers, landowners, purchasers, tenants and funders to agree commercial terms.

Joint ventures

Covering a wide range of collaborative business arrangements, involving differing degrees of integration.

Forward sales, forward funding and pre-lets

Acting for investors, developers and funders on forward transaction structures.

Development finance and funding

Advising on other finance structures to optimise funding for development projects.

Planning and compulsory purchase

Including planning agreements, compulsory purchase orders, public inquiries, environmental impact assessments and biodiversity net gain

Construction and engineering

Supporting on contentious and non-contentious matters, including issues linked to the Building Safety Act.

Real estate tax

Including in relation to SDLT, VAT and Residential Property Developer Tax.

Procurement and subsidy control

Guiding clients through procurement processes, and ensuring compliance with subsidy control regulations.

Environmental law

Ensuring compliance with environmental legislation, including in relation to air quality, water management, waste disposal, land use and conservation.

Net Zero

Advising on sustainable developments incorporating heat networks, renewable energy provision, modern methods of construction, smart systems and energy efficiency.

Examples of our work

YTL Developments

Advising on the regeneration of the former Filton airfield into a new 3,000+ home community, including employment space, schools, parkland and new arena.

Indurent

Advising on industrial developments across the UK, providing real estate, planning, construction and dispute resolution support.

Greater London Authority

Advising on housing-led/mixed-use and employment-led redevelopment and regeneration projects, with multi-billion-pound GDVs across London.

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Advising on the development of Culham Science Centre, a leading fusion, science and technology hub.

Advising on the procurement of a development partner for a transport orientated mixed-use, employment-led regeneration in Belfast city centre – creating a new neighbourhood called Weavers Cross.

Cardiff Parkway

Advising on the transport-oriented development of a 1 million sq ft business park and mixed-use scheme, including a new railway station.

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What others say

“This is the team that you want to structure a complex development. ”

Legal 500, UK 2025

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