Local Authority estate rationalisation and land disposals

Join our webinar on Local Authority estate rationalisation and land disposals, exploring strategies, challenges, and best practices for optimising public sector land use.

Given ever increasing pressures on local authorities, many have embarked on an estate rationalisation strategy to raise capital receipts and to reduce property holding costs. This often leads to the disposal of surplus or underperforming assets including land and buildings.

Land disposals can often involve a number of procedural matters which must be observed pursuant to the Local Government Act 1972 together with a range of public law issues such as procurement, subsidy control and vires. These matters are not always apparent on the face of a transaction and can often be invertedly overlooked leading to problems in the future.

In this webinar we will highlight a number of the important legal issues to be considered to ensure that a local authority land disposal is lawful and safe from challenge.