Topic
land development
29 published works
Greener Land Law
What Conservation Development Is Not
By John Schafer
Since this blog’s focus is on land development principles and practices labeled “conservation development,” it is important for readers to know what conservation development is not. Generally speaking, true conservation…
Land Use Law Blog
Abbott & Kindermann Welcomes Back Daniel S. Cucchi As A Senior Associate!
Daniel S. Cucchi returns as a senior associate at Abbott & Kindermann, Inc., providing legal services for our land development, public agency and industry practice groups. His practice areas include…
In the Zone
MPC Permits a Private Cause of Action to Enforce a SALDO
In a case caption Smith v. Ivy Lee Real Estate, LLC, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania was faced with the question if Section 617 of the MPC permits a private…
In the Zone
STOP – Before You Apply for Land Development, Read This!
[caption id="attachment_1886" align="alignleft" width="320"] Copyright: ymgerman / 123RF Stock Photo[/caption] Before you rush to file a land development application with a municipality, make sure that the proposed work actually constitutes…
PropertyProf Blog
What Happens to Holdouts?
Slate recently put up a short piece that property profs will love. It's the story of Edith Macefield, who refused to sell her home to a developer in Seattle. Most…
Real Estate Legal Update
(US) Commonwealth Court of PA Clarifies the Scope of the Development Permit Extension Act
By Peter Kogan, Steven Chadwick
On April 8, 2014, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued its decision in Kraftdev Assoc., LLC v. East Cocalico Township Authority, affirming the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in…
Keeping It Real Estate
Second annual Welbeck strategic land debate
By Simon Keen
On 24 September 2012 Hogan Lovells hosted the Second Annual Welbeck Strategic Land Debate. Chaired by Property Week's Editor-in-Chief, Giles Barrie, Chris Tinker of Crest Nicholson and Liz Peace of…
NC Legal Landscapes
On Leviathan’s Trail
By Tom Terrell
Leviathan. Li-VAYH-uh thuhn – (1) “Anything of immense size and power, as a huge, oceangoing ship. (2) The title of Thomas Hobbes’ 1651 philosophical work which asserts that a…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Sixth Circuit Finds Environmental Suit Moot: Plaintiffs “might as well ask a meteorologist on Friday to redo the Thursday forecast”
A recent Sixth Circuit case pithily illustrates the potential fate facing plaintiffs who, after failing to obtain injunctive relief against ongoing land development, discover that subsequent events have outstripped the…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
The NY Debate
By Greg Russell
The Buffalo News has an article pointing out the opposing views of environmentalists and New York landowners over the development of the landowners' mineral interests: "'The extreme environmentalists have misinformed…