Land for the Energy Sector

If you own land, you may already have been approached about hosting a solar farm, a battery storage scheme or another renewable energy project.

These arrangements can offer a valuable long-term income, but are by no means necessarily the gentle, handshake deals they’re sometimes assumed to be. They’re substantial commercial transactions, backed by large sums of money and negotiated by experienced, well-resourced operators. And because they tie up your land for many years, the terms you agree now will shape what happens to it for decades.

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How we can help with land for the energy sector.

In this sector we act for landowners, ensuring their interests come first. Almost all of these projects are built around a lease, and there’s usually far more to the paperwork than that single document.

Options & agreements for lease

The agreements that come first, before any lease is granted — setting the terms on which a project can proceed.

The lease itself

The core document that ties up your land, negotiated to protect your position for the full lifetime of the arrangement.

Ancillary agreements

The further documents that sit in the background funding of a project, which is where much of the real detail often lives.

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Someone on your side who knows this area

Our job is to understand what you’re really signing up to, explain it in plain terms, and negotiate protections that hold for the full lifetime of the arrangement.

What matters most is having someone on your side who knows this area and understands the true import of what is coming from the other side of the table. We’ve acted on many solar and battery storage projects, so we know where the pressure points are and where a landowner’s position can quietly be weakened if no one is watching for it.

The advice is practical and commercial, handled by an experienced partner who’ll tell you plainly whether an agreement is a good one and, if not, where it needs to change.

Talk to us before you commit

If you’d like to understand more about how we handle land and development work, our Strategic Land & Development page covers related ground, and you can read about the wider sector on our Energy & Infrastructure sector page.

If you’ve been approached about a project, or you’re considering one, get in touch before you commit and we’ll help you understand exactly where you stand.