Part 10Letting by local authorities of vacant high-street premises
Significant concepts
I1192High-street uses and premises
1
For the purposes of this Part, any use of premises that falls within any of the following sub-paragraphs is a “high-street use”—
a
use as a shop or office;
b
use for the provision of services to persons who include visiting members of the public;
c
use as a restaurant, bar, public house, café or other establishment selling food or drink for immediate consumption;
d
use for public entertainment or recreation;
e
use as a communal hall or meeting-place;
f
use for manufacturing or other industrial processes of a sort that can (in each case) reasonably be carried on in proximity to, and compatibly with, the preceding uses.
2
For the purposes of this Part, premises are “qualifying high-street premises” if—
a
they are situated on a designated high street or in a designated town centre, and
b
the local authority considers them to be suitable for a high-street use.
3
But premises are not “qualifying high-street premises” if they are, or when last used were, used wholly or mainly as a warehouse.
4
For the purposes of this Part, “suitable high-street use”, in relation to premises, means a high-street use for which the local authority considers the premises to be suitable.
5
In considering the uses for which premises are suitable, a local authority is to have regard to any works that it expects—
a
the landlord would be required to carry out, or
b
the tenant would be permitted to, and likely to, carry out,
if a contract was entered into under section 204 and a tenancy was granted further to it.