Mixed-use premises – refusal of consent to permit an application for planning permission – collateral advantage – reasonableness of refusal


Hautford Ltd v Rotrust Nominees Ltd [MCLC] (Unreported) (HHJ Collender QC) (Mayor’s and City of London Court) (11 August 2017)


This case raised the circumstances in which a landlord was entitled to refuse consent to an application for consent to the tenant to make an application to the local planning authority (LPA) for planning permission to enable the tenant to sublet part of the premises, which such subletting was not prohibited by the terms of the lease.