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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-rental-auctions-england-and-town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-amendment-regulations-2024/schedule-2/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-rental-auctions-england-and-town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-amendment-regulations-2024/schedule-2/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/1139",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Rental Auctions) (England) and Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-rental-auctions-england-and-town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-amendment-regulations-2024",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Tenant’s works",
  "text": "(1) Provision that, except to the extent that the tenant’s works (or any part thereof) do not require landlord consent or approval under the tenancy or as provided for under sub-paragraph (3), and subject to any provision made under paragraph 10(5) of Schedule 3, the tenant may after the date of the tenancy contract at the tenant’s expense prepare and submit to the landlord for approval (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), plans and specifications of the tenant’s works in such detail as the landlord may reasonably require.\n(2) Provision that—\n(a) provided the requirements in sub-paragraph (1) are satisfied, the tenant’s works may include—\n(i) works which are inside or outside the premises, and\n(ii) the removal of any fit out in the premises which exists at the date of the tenancy contract (“existing fit out”) and which will require the removal of any structural item;\n(b) in considering a request by the tenant for consent for the removal of existing fit out, the landlord must have due regard to any reasonable opinion of the tenant that it cannot be made use of by the tenant for its proposed use of the premises, if that opinion is communicated to the landlord by the tenant.\n(3) Provision that the tenant does not require the consent or approval of the landlord to remove any existing fit out in the premises where—\n(a) that removal will not require the removal of any structural item from the premises, and\n(b) the fit out cannot, in the reasonable opinion of the tenant, be made use of by the tenant for its proposed use of the premises.\n(4) A requirement that completion of the licence for alterations take place on the later of—\n(a) completion of the tenancy, and\n(b) 10 working days after the date the landlord consents to or approves the tenant’s works in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), where any such consent or approval is required.\n(5) A requirement, which may be included in the licence for alterations, for—\n(a) any tenant’s works to be carried out in accordance with any requisite consents;\n(b) any tenant’s works to be removed and any damage made good at the end of the tenancy subject to any alternative direction made by the landlord and communicated to the tenant at least three months prior to the expiry of the tenancy, provided that the tenant may not be required to reinstate any existing fit out which was removed by the tenant in compliance with sub-paragraphs (1) to (3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1139/schedule/2/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:24:38.256193+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}