Where—
(a)a local housing authority have disposed of land held by them for any of the purposes of this Act and the person to whom the disposal was made has entered into a covenant with the authority concerning the land, or
(b)an owner of any land has entered into a covenant with the local housing authority concerning the land for the purposes of any of the provisions of this Act,
the authority may enforce the covenant against the persons deriving title under the covenantor, notwithstanding that the authority are not in possession of or interested in any land for the benefit of which the covenant was entered into, in like manner and to the like extent as if they had been possessed of or interested in such land.
(1)The local housing authority or a person interested in a house may apply to the county court where—
(a)owing to changes in the character of the neighbourhood in which the house is situated, it cannot readily be let as a single tenement but could readily be let for occupation if converted into two or more tenements, or
(b)planning permission has been granted under Part III of the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (general planning control) for the use of the house as converted into two or more separate dwelling-houses instead of as a single dwelling-house,
and the conversion is prohibited or restricted by the provisions of the lease of the house, or by a restrictive covenant affecting the house, or otherwise.
(2)The court may, after giving any person interested an opportunity of being heard, vary the terms of the lease or other instrument imposing the prohibition or restriction, subject to such conditions and upon such terms as the court may think just.