Property Hub

Session 1: Planning and the COVID-19 crisis

Louise Samuel (Partner) and Victoria McKeegan (Senior Associate) 

This session will consider the Coronavirus Act 2020 and virtual planning committee regulations and relevant guidance:

Session 1

What is a joint venture and why are joint ventures necessary?

• The benefits of joint venture partnerships and common imperatives
• Why and when you want a joint venture partner, such as to provide:
  (i) risk capital
  (ii) the necessary land and/or rights
  (iii) better funding arrangements

Session 1: The Legal Landscape of Service Charges

• A short introduction to service charge development
• The meaning of service charges
• Concept of reasonableness
• Legal rules impacting service charges
• Drafting repair and service charge clauses
• Common shortcomings in leases
• Liability of assignors and assignees when leases change hands

Session 2: Practicalities of Running Service Charge Accounts - Part 1

• Introduction to the case study
• RICS Service Charge Professional Statement

Session 1: Taxation and Property/VAT 

• Taxation of property and development:
  • The basics – how tax is levied – on income and gains throughout the property cycle
  • Taxes most frequently encountered by property owners and occupiers
  • The role of tax reliefs and allowances and the impact on cashflow and bottom-line performance
  • Trading and investing – the primary differences for tax and why they are important
  • The impact of tax on transactions
• VAT and the basics for property:
  • When does it

Session 1: Understanding the Service Provider Models and Practice Issues

• How has primary care changed in recent years
• Can the partnership model survive?  Is the partnership agreement robust or flawed?
• Retirement of GPs
• Recruitment & succession planning
• Impact of Primary Care Networks
• Premises Directions – anticipated April 2021?

Session 2: Review of Premises

• The primary care estate – what does it look like?
• The constraints existing lease terms may impose and how t

Sessions 1 & 2: Party Walls

• What works are ‘notifiable’ under the Act
• The procedural requirements of the Act
• The consequences of non-compliance with the Act
• The implications for successors in title and how to address them
• Reclaiming costs under the Act
• Complications and pitfalls – and how to avoid them
• Case examples and the lessons they teach

Sessions 3 & 4: Rights to Light 

• Rights to light – what to do when t

Session 1: The Occupier Market 

Where we are - the story so far; what the future holds

Session 1: An Introduction to Development Appraisal 

• Residual Valuation, Development Appraisal or Cost Benefit Analysis?
• How to value Development Land
• Land Speculation and Betterment
• Planning risk vs Development risk – what is the difference?
• Risk Management and the necessity for profit
• Redevelopment Options – from redecoration to retrofitting, refurbishments and redevelopment
• Volatility and interpretation of results
• The lifecycle of a development project and different stages
• Legal, insuran

Session 1: What’s Wanted and Knowing What you are Looking For

• Searching from your desk – what’s your strategy?
  • What to consider before searching
  • How to start
  • What to look for
  • What tools to use
  • Checking land registry data
  • Checking titles and using comparable data
• Searching in the field:
  • What has changed with what consequences for how we identify sites that ‘work’
  • Appraisals – from back of the envelope to feasibility studies
  • Analysing comparables

A Guide to Site Finding

‘Because it can be so profitable, if it is easy, everyone would do it – that’s where the art comes in.’ - Dan Mitchell, Planning Partner, Barton Willmore

Simple truths: