Ground 6B Ground 6BF1
Any of the following applies—
- (a)
letting the dwelling-house causes the landlord to breach a banning order under section 16 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, or would do so if the landlord were to continue to let the dwelling-house;
- (b)
an improvement notice under section 11 or 12 of the Housing Act 2004—
- (i)
specifies the dwelling-house or premises in which the dwelling-house is contained as requiring remedial action, and
- (ii)
specifies overcrowding as the deficiency giving rise to the hazard in respect of which that remedial action is to be taken;
- (i)
- (c)
a prohibition order under section 20 or 21 of the Housing Act 2004 prohibits use of—
- (i)
the dwelling-house,
- (ii)
the common parts, or
- (iii)
any part of the dwelling-house or of the common parts,
either for all purposes or for any purpose that is incompatible with continued occupation by the tenant;
- (i)
- (d)
the dwelling-house is or is in an HMO which is required to be licensed under section 61 of the Housing Act 2004, and—
- (i)
the landlord applied for a licence under section 63 of the Housing Act 2004 and the local housing authority refused to grant a licence, or
- (ii)
the landlord held a licence but the licence has been revoked;
- (i)
- (e)
the dwelling-house is or is in a house which is required to be licensed under section 85 of the Housing Act 2004, and—
- (i)
the landlord applied for a licence under section 87 of the Housing Act 2004 and the local housing authority refused to grant a licence, or
- (ii)
the landlord held a licence but the licence has been revoked;
- (i)
- (f)
the dwelling-house is or is in an HMO which is licensed under Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 or a house which is licensed under Part 3 of that Act and that HMO or house is occupied by more than the maximum number of households or persons specified in the licence;
- (g)
compliance with a planning enforcement notice or injunction would be, or is, incompatible with continued occupation of the dwelling-house by the tenant.
In this ground—
“common parts” has the same meaning as in Ground 13;
“house” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Housing Act 2004 (see section 99 of that Act);
references to the “landlord” are to the landlord who is seeking possession or, in the case of joint landlords seeking possession, to at least one of them;
“planning enforcement notice or injunction” means—
- (a)
an enforcement notice issued under section 172 or 182 of the TCPA 1990 that has taken effect,
- (b)
a breach of condition notice served under section 187A of the TCPA 1990,
- (c)
an injunction granted under section 187B of the TCPA 1990,
- (d)
a listed building enforcement notice issued under section 38, 45 or 46 of the P(LBCA)A 1990 that has taken effect, or
- (e)
an injunction granted under section 44A of the P(LBCA)A 1990;
- (a)
“P(LBCA)A 1990” means the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990;
“TCPA 1990” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
“the local housing authority” has the meaning given in section 261 of the Housing Act 2004.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 2 Ground 6B inserted (1.5.2026 for specified purposes) by Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), s. 145(1)(8), Sch. 1 para. 22 (with ss. 138, 146(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 3, 4, 16, 17); S.I. 2026/421, reg. 2(b)