Siting & Land Rights
Overview
Development of a successful energy project begins with diligent review of land rights issues and an understanding of how they affect project siting. Westwood’s siting and land rights professionals advise clients on a wide range of real estate matters to fully understand a site’s ownership characteristics, existing encumbrances, constraints, and regulatory requirements; allowing for a smooth and predictable siting and development process.
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Siting & Land Rights Services >
Route siting and alternatives analysis
Option and lease acquisition
Regulatory permitting and testimony
Community outreach and public information campaigns
Real property and ROW acquisitions
Title curative work
GIS analysis and aerial imagery
Lease preparation and vesting
Property rights acquisitions - progress mapping
Mineral ownership/operating interest reports
Team Collaboration
Westwood’s siting and land rights team has extensive experience in energy project siting, regulatory permitting and testimony, ROW and real property acquisitions, and project development. The team complements the survey and mapping groups by allowing information to transfer smoothly between the three processes, including coordination of right-of-entry (ROE) services. With industry backgrounds in renewable energy development and transmission and distribution level energy projects, we help our clients find the best approach to efficiently expedite any project.
Careful management of community relationships combined with project-specific tasks and documents allows us to represent our clients’ interests in the best possible way.