Rowenna Warburton

Rowenna has advised on a wide range of education property matters over the years. These include:

• academy trust conversions and academy transfers;
• acquisition and disposal of sites and the development of sites for the purpose of constructing new schools;
• advising further education colleges in connection with land transactions;
• school category changes and new free school sites involving the transfer of educational land and facilities;
• PFI sites;
• complex joint/shared use arrangements on multi-user school sites; 
• leases, licences and easements;
• dealing with transactions with telecommunications and utility statutory undertakers;
• solar panels;
• grant funding relating to school playing fields and sports facilities;
• dealing with complex title defect and restrictive covenant issues and potential ransom strip implications;
• advising on implications and applications relating to proposed changes of use, disposal and development matters on school land; and
• advising on Department for Education land consent requirements.  

Rowenna also has invaluable experience from acting on behalf of multiple local authorities in connection with property and governance.