PART XVIIIE+W MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. XVIII (ss. 604–625): power to apply certain functions with modifications conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(6)

Enforceability of covenants, &c.E+W

610 Power of court to authorise conversion of premises into flats.E+W

(1)The local housing authority or a person interested in [F1any premises] may apply to the county court where—

(a)owing to changes in the character of the neighbourhood in which the [F2premises][F3are situated, they] cannot readily be let as a single [F3dwelling-house] but could readily be let for occupation if converted into two or more [F3dwelling-houses], or

(b)planning permission has been granted under Part III of [F4the Town and Country Planning Act 1990] (general planning control) for the use of the [F2premises] 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 [F2premises], or by a restrictive covenant affecting the [F2premises], 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.

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