Planning issues with conditional contracts and options

Property lawyers who do not fully understand how planning works can have major difficulties when drafting, amending and understanding sale contracts that are conditional on the grant of planning permission.  This webinar will focus on the pitfalls to be avoided and the issues that you need to be aware of, including in particular:

• Defining the planning permission that is the subject of the condition – outline or detailed, onerous conditions, etc.
• Third party challenges, judicial review and s288 – how do they work and what are the problem areas
• Should the seller approve the form of planning application and/or be a joint applicant?
• What about planning appeals?
• Issues with s106 planning obligations
• Lessons from the cases