This practical and user-friendly book provides a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to the acquisition of land for development and an analysis of the most commonly used transaction structures. It highlights for legal professionals, developers and land owners the issues and pitfalls encountered by the author in practice. The key features of this book include: a detailed procedural guide to the acquisition of land for development; incisive commentary on the relevant statute and case law; discussion of the key issues associated with different development documents, including: contracts conditional upon the grant of planning permission; option to purchase agreements; pre-emption agreements; overage agreements; promotion agreements; and collaboration agreements; a detailed analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the different transaction structures; model clauses and suggested amendments to be made to development documentation, both from a developer's and a landowner's perspective; procedural checklists; and a range of over 30 essential precedents on the accompanying free CD-ROM.