I recently had the pleasure, alongside my colleague Louise Irvine (Senior Knowledge Development Lawyer in Forsters’ Commercial Real Estate team), to produce a webinar as part of the LexisNexis Webinar series, covering the interesting topic of drones and how we are seeing them fit into the real estate industry at present. 

 Our discussion centred around:

•  the current uses for drones within real estate and beyond; 
• what the current legal framework is in relation to the ownership and use of airspace; 
• what landlords might want to consider if thinking of including drones as part of their strategy for their existing/future projects (with a particular focus on drone landing pads for deliveries); and
• our view on where we might see increased opportunities for commercial drone use in future, for instance with ‘drone corridors’ across industrial sites and for urgent medical and remote area logistics. 

As drone technology continues to improve, we are expecting to see landowners increasingly consider incorporating provision for drones into their new schemes in years to come and we look forward to seeing whether the tight regulations in this area will eventually allow for the industry to really take off.

 You can watch/listen to the webinar here (subscription required).