Cripps Harries Hall

Richard Stokes is a development solicitor with in-house and private practice experience, dealing with the acquisition of consented and strategic sites for both housebuilders and housing associations. He also acts for landowners in respect of strategic land deals.

Expertise

• Development
• Development agreements
• Housing associations
• Overage
• Easements
• Restrictive covenants
• Planning

Career

• Partner, Cripps Harries Hall LLP, 2011
• Associate, Cripps Harries Hall LLP, 2007
• In House Solicitor, Bovis Homes Limited, 2001
• Solicitor, Charles Russell, 1999
• Solicitor, Davies and Partners, 1997

• Acting for a plc housebuilder on the acquisition of a residential development site of over 300 units in the northern home counties for a consideration in excess of £30 million. The transaction was complex, involving a number of land interests and major infrastructure issues and was subject to very tight deadlines
• Acting on behalf of a developer with regard to a site assembly involving the entry into option agreements with over 30 landowners. We also acted on behalf of the developer with regard to a planning appeal with regard to a planning appeal in respect of that site
• Acting for a developer with regard to the entry into a promotion agreement with a offshore company in respect of a significant landholding. The agreement included both option and pre-emption provisions alongside ones relating to market testing
• Acting for a registered charity with regard to the proposed entry into a promotion agreement and conditional contract with a national housebuilder. The agreement included market testing and our advice extended to the obtaining of charitable consents