The case of London Kendal Street No3 Limited v Daejan
Investments Limited (2019) provides some useful guidance on
what a landlord needs to show in order to successfully oppose a
tenant's right to renew its tenancy on the ground that the
landlord intends to demolish or reconstruct the tenant's
premises.
A landlord's right to redevelop
The most commonly used ground by landlords to oppose a
tenant's right to renew under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
(the "Act") is set out in section 30(1)(f) of the Act.
Under ground (f), a landlord may oppose renewal if:
"on the termination of the
current tenancy the landlord intends to demolish or reconstruct the
premises comprised in the holding or a substantial part of those
premises or to carry out substantial work of construction on the
holding or part thereof and that he could not reasonably do so
without obtaining possession of the holding"
