Farm diversification solicitors

A diversification project changes how your land or buildings are used, and it usually brings in other people: buyers, tenants, operators, developers and lenders. The agreements you make with them set out who can use the land, on what terms, for how long and what happens when the arrangement ends.

Those terms are easier to settle before work starts than to change once a project is running. If your land is mortgaged, your lender may also need to agree to the arrangements.

Tourism and leisure projects include holiday cottages, campsites, wedding venues, equestrian facilities, dog exercise fields and other outdoor facilities. You may be setting one up on your own land, or buying or selling one that is already running.

We advise on:

• Sales and purchases of tourism and leisure property
• Banking arrangements with your lender
• Section 106 agreements
• Disputes, with our dispute resolution team

If you are changing the use of agricultural buildings to a commercial use, we advise on:

• Leases of the buildings
• Section 106 agreements
• Banking arrangements with your lender

If a developer or operator wants to lease your land for a solar farm, wind turbines, battery storage or an anaerobic digestion plant, we advise on:

• Options
• Leases
• Access and cable rights
• Lender consent, if your land is mortgaged

If you are putting land into an environmental or biodiversity scheme, we advise on the section 106 agreements these schemes can involve.

If part of your land could be developed for housing, we advise on:

• Sales and purchases of development land
• Options
• Promotion agreements

Our property development page covers these agreements in more detail.

A telecoms operator may want to install apparatus such as a mast on your land, and an EV charging operator may want to install charge points. We advise on:

• Site agreements
• Options
• Leases
• Statutory rights, where they apply
• Reinstatement of the land and termination of the agreement