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The Government is set to cut red tape; making it easier for businesses to open so-called “pop-up shops”.
Planning rules are to be relaxed to make it easier for temporary retailers to take on empty properties.
The new proposals will allow landlords to change an empty shop’s use for up to two years before having to secure planning permission.
It is reported that more than 11% of shops on the British high streets are empty.
Although many agree that this is good news, critics argue that business rates can be a far bigger hurdle for businesses than planning and have called for the increases to be reversed.
We think that the removal of the red tape is a step in the right direction. However, the proposals need to go further to truly encourage the revitalisation on Britain’s high streets.
The Government appears set to announce plans on ‘living with Covid to restore freedom’. With the success of the retail and hospitality sector key to recovery, what protections will be on offer to tenants to deal with Covid-19 rent arrears?
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Break rights have proved a fertile source of litigation over the last few years. More often than not, tenants have found themselves on the wrong end of the decisions. However, a Court of Appeal decision yesterday has bucked that trend.
One of the requirements for tenants to contract out of the security of tenure regime contained in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is that they make a simple or statutory declaration before entering into the lease.
Landlords should reconsider summary judgment if a Part 26A restructuring plan is pending.
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