Complimentary Webinar
10-11:30 a.m. ET | 9-10:30 a.m CT | 7-8:30 a.m. PT
Across Virginia and the country, developers are facing increasing challenges to securing and maintaining land use approvals. Shifting political priorities, development moratoriums, procedural challenges and evolving regulatory interpretations can put even long-approved projects at risk.
Join McGuireWoods for a 90-minute CLE webinar exploring the legal frameworks and practical strategies for protecting land use entitlements and navigating challenges to existing approvals.
Topics will include:
- Understanding Virginia’s vested rights framework: Key protections under Virginia Code § 15.2-2307 and the advantages of Virginia’s approach to vesting
- Navigating emerging challenges: Political reversals, comprehensive rezonings, development moratoriums, procedural challenges, regulatory reinterpretation and emerging litigation risks
- Strategies for protecting approvals: Proffer strategy, site plan coordination, documenting expenditures, obtaining formal vested rights determinations and building a defensible administrative record
- Recent legal developments and practical implications: Significant court decisions, pending litigation and regulatory developments affecting land use approvals, with insights into how developers can proactively protect project entitlements
While data center development will serve as a key case study, the legal principles and practical strategies discussed will apply broadly to projects involving land use approvals.
The program will conclude with an extended audience Q&A.
Speakers:
- Gregory A. Riegle, Partner, McGuireWoods
- Robert W. Loftin, Partner, McGuireWoods
- Tracy M. Baynard, Senior Vice President, McGuireWoods Consulting
- Christopher D. Lloyd, Senior Vice President and Director, McGuireWoods Consulting
- Scott E. Adams, Partner, McGuireWoods
- Michael S. Dingman, Partner, McGuireWoods