Louise Cooper

Louise is a Licensed Conveyancer specialising in commercial and residential property sales and purchases, as well as development matters – with particular expertise in highways law (including stopping-up orders, standard Section 38 adoption agreements, Section 37 and Section 228 alternatives, and Section 278 agreements).

She also advises on development matters, including reporting on title, drafts option and overage agreements, negotiating easements, and advising on the variation of restrictive covenants.

Her work also encompasses road and footpath adoption and handling plot sales, including through zero-rated VAT golden brick arrangements.

Examples of Louise’s work include:

• Advising a mother and son in relation to the sale of a large part of their family farm for development purposes.
• Acting for a developer in relation to initial development site set-up, and the subsequent sale of the self-build plots.
• Supporting a developer with their sale of land to a large grocery retailer, including agreeing a deed of variation with an adjoining landowner to enable the access to be widened.
• Assisting a developer in negotiating and agreeing a promotion agreement, including varying existing overage provisions and negotiating and agreeing new overage terms.
• Acting for a local authority with their sale of land to a developer who was sub-selling part to a housing association.
• Supporting a developer to secure an option for future development which included an option to call for an easement from the landowner for access purposes should planning be granted.
• Assisting a developer in exercising their option and securing lender funding to facilitate development.
• Supporting a developer to agree and negotiate a Section 38 Agreement for a multi-phase development which included a DTI policy to cover unregistered land.