This FREE 1-hour webinar session from DevAssist is designed to help conveyancers better understand planning risks, strengthen due diligence processes, and reduce professional negligence exposure, with a particular focus on SHELAA land and evolving planning policy.

The session explores how standard planning searches can often reveal only part of the picture and highlights the hidden risks that may exist beyond the property boundary. It also considers recent and emerging policy developments, including proposals aimed at making greenfield development easier, and the potential implications for both clients and conveyancers.

Attendees will gain practical insight into:

• Understanding SHELAA land and its relevance to conveyancing
• Identifying planning risks that standard searches may not reveal
• Strengthening due diligence processes and reducing PI exposure
• Improving client care, managing expectations, and reducing complaints
• Key lessons from real-life case studies, including the Bird & Bird £2 million negligence claim
• Practical safeguards to help protect both clients and firms
• How DevAssist reports can help transfer planning-related risk from firms to us