Standard documents

A lease of a suite of offices granted for a short term with no rent review and at an inclusive rent. Alienation is not permitted. It is assumed that the lease will contracted out of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and that it will be a headlease or, if an underlease, that it complies with the requirements of the headlease.  See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

An agreement for use when a Deed of Surrender alone is not appropriate. PLC Property training materials on the Agreement for surrender are also available. See Training: Agreement for surrender. The Commercial Property Standard Enquiries include a set of enquiries suitable for use on the surrender of a rack rent commercial lease. For more information, see CPSE 5. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

Landlord's section 40 notice - request for information about occupation and sub-tenancies. This is in the prescribed form as set out under section 40(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. We would recommend creating this form in FastDraft, as this allows you to insert the relevant details into the form quickly and easily.

Licence from the landlord to the tenant giving consent to a charge, where the landlord's permission is required under the terms of the lease.See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This is an example set of case management directions in unopposed lease renewal proceedings under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954). Note that the standard document must be adapted to the specific facts and circumstances of the claim and is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying integrated drafting notes.

Notice to landlord of arrangements for sharing occupation of property let by a lease.See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This standard document is a notice that a tenant wishes to deal with the other landlord (not the reversioner) directly under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967).

This standard document is a notice by the tenant requiring the landlord to set out its particulars of rights of way and restrictive covenants required by the landlord over land to be enfranchised under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967). The landlord can serve a similar request on the tenant.

Notice to landlord of the creation of a charge over a lease.See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

Licence from the landlord to the tenant giving consent to underlet part of the property comprised in the (head)lease. The (head)lease may be either an old or a new lease under the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995. The underlease will be a new lease under that Act.See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This is an example of particulars of claim, which could be used as a starting point when drafting a claim for relief against forfeiture of a lease of commercial premises. The particulars of claim are drafted on the assumption that the forfeiture was for non-payment of rent and took place by peaceable re-entry.  It must be adapted to the specific facts and circumstances of the claim and is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying information in the drafting notes, Practice note, Procedure for possession of commercial property and Practice note, Leases: Re-entry and forfeiture. An N5A Claim form must be used.

This is an example of particulars of claim that could be used as a starting point when drafting a claim for possession of commercial property if the tenant has stayed in occupation after the expiry of a tenancy, where it has no security of tenure or right to do so.  Note that it must be adapted to the specific facts and circumstances of the claim and is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying information in the drafting notes, Practice note, Procedure for possession of commercial property and PLC Dispute Resolution, Practice note, Drafting statements of case. The requirements for the claim are set out in Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 55. An N5 claim form must be used (paragraph 1.5, Practice Direction (PD) 55A and Table 1, PD 4).

This standard document is a tenant's notice to complete to be served on the landlord in relation to a lease extension or enfranchisement under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967).

This deed of covenant is for use where an "old" lease under the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 is assigned and the landlord requires a direct covenant from the assignee where the assignment does not require landlord's consent so that the direct covenant is not contained in the licence to assign. For a deed of covenant where the landlord and the management company both require a direct covenant from the assignee, see Deed of covenant by assignee of residential lease with landlord and management company (old lease). For clauses that can be used to adapt this document, see Standard clauses and drafting notes.

This standard document incorporates prescribed clauses and allows an underlease to be granted of the same premises as are let by a superior lease. It avoids repeating each individual clause by incorporating them by reference to the superior lease. As explained in the drafting notes, this standard document will not be suitable for use in all cases. For example, if the superior lease is not a reasonably modern commercial market rental lease it will not be appropriate, neither should it be used for an underlease of part of the premises let by the superior lease. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This lease is for use when the landlord and tenant are entering into a new lease under section 56 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993. The new lease is often referred to as a lease extension, but technically the new lease will replace the existing lease with a longer one, rather than "extending" the old lease.

This standard document is a notice under section 6 of the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1908 (LDAA 1908).  Section 6 of the LDAA 1908 entitles a landlord, whose immediate tenant is in arrears of rent, to serve a notice on an undertenant, requiring it to pay the underlease rent directly to the head landlord until the arrears set out in the notice have been paid.  If further arrears accrue, another notice under section 6 of the LDAA 1908 must be served, to recover them from an undertenant. The notice should be served in duplicate and the undertenant asked to sign and return the duplicate as acknowledgment of receipt.  The Word version of this document includes a duplicate with this provision and in order to allow this no Firmstyle is available.

This is an example reply by a defendant tenant to a claim by a landlord for an unopposed lease renewal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954). The Part 8 procedure (as amended by Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 56) must be used in an unopposed lease renewal claim. The reply must be set out in an acknowledgment of service using Form 210 (Practice Direction (PD) 56.3.11(1)). There is no need to serve a separate defence.

Licence from the landlord giving consent to the tenant to assign a lease which is a new lease under the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995. The licence incorporates the authorised guarantee agreement by the tenant and is therefore completed when the licence is completed.  The authorised guarantee agreement does not need to be printed off and executed separately. The document assumes that there is no tenant's guarantor. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This standard document is a request for information given under section 41(3)(a) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (LRHUDA 1993) by the tenant to the freeholder (or a superior landlord other than the freeholder).

Exclusivity agreement (also known as a lock-out agreement) for the grant of a lease with no agreement for lease in which a landlord agrees not to negotiate with another prospective tenant for a period of time. This document contains integrated drafting notes in the web view, which provide brief warnings, explanations and directions to assist with drafting and negotiation. The integrated drafting notes also link to Practice notes and other relevant materials. You may view or print the integrated drafting notes separately or integrated with the Standard document. Please see Actions in the top right hand corner of the screen.See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

Exclusivity agreement (also known as a lock-out agreement) for the grant of a lease in which a landlord agrees not to negotiate with another prospective tenant for a period of time. PLC FastDraft allows for the choice of whether the grant of the lease comes with or without an an agreement for lease.

Form 7: Landlord's section 25 notice ending a business tenancy (with reasons for refusing a new tenancy), where the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 may apply. You should use this form where the landlord wishes to oppose the grant of a new tenancy, and the tenant may be entitled to acquire the freehold or an extended lease. We would recommend creating this form in FastDraft, as this allows you to insert the relevant details into the form quickly and easily.

Declaration by tenant of his intention to enter into an agreement to surrender his tenancy. We would recommend creating this form in FastDraft, as this allows you to insert the relevant details into the form quickly and easily.

A deed for use when acting on the sale of a reversionary interest in a property subject to occupational leases, where one or more tenant has entered into a Rent Deposit Deed.

This is an example of particulars of claim, which could be used as a starting point when drafting a claim for forfeiture of a lease of commercial premises, on the grounds of non-payment of rent. Note that it must be adapted to the specific facts and circumstances of the claim and is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying information in the drafting notes, Practice note, Procedure for possession of commercial property and Practice note, Leases: Re-entry and forfeiture. An N5 Claim Form must be used (Practice Direction (PD) 55, paragraph 2.6). For an example of particulars of claim for forfeiture of a lease for a breach other than non-payment of rent, see Standard document, Particulars of claim for forfeiture for a breach other than non-payment of rent (commercial premises).

This is an example of a letter serving a terminal schedule of dilapidations on a tenant.  The standard document includes optional provisions to put the tenant on notice to reinstate the premises, or to leave all alterations made to the premises in place at the end of the lease.

Prescribed form of warning notice from the landlord to the tenant, giving notice of exclusion of the provisions of sections 24-28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 from the lease.

A contract for the sale of leasehold land subject to one or more commercial leases, incorporating the Standard Commercial Property Conditions (Second Edition).See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This standard document is an example of wording to transfer the benefit of a notice of claim to enfranchise or extend the lease under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967).

Licence from the landlord to the tenant giving consent to underlet the whole or part of the property comprised in the (head)lease. The (head)lease may be either an old or a new lease under the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995. The underlease will be a new lease under that Act. PLC FastDraft allows for the licence to underlet to be for the whole or part of a property. It also allows for the landlord to give consent to a change of the use of the property, and to carry out minor works. It is assumed that planning permission is not needed for the works.

This lease is designed for use in connection with the grant of a long residential lease of a flat within a house, or other building which has been converted into a small number of residential flats, with no non-residential element. There is no separate drafting note for this Standard document but the web version of the document contains some integrated drafting notes, which draw attention to some of the most important issues.  The integrated drafting note, "About this document", which appears underneath the Contents and above the Prescribed clauses sets out the drafting assumptions. The standard document may be viewed with or without the integrated notes by using the options in the "Actions" box in the top right corner of the screen. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

Provisions to be inserted in an asset purchase agreement or a sale contract of commercial property where a joint capital allowances election is to be made by the buyer and the seller to fix the amount paid for fixtures where that amount is part of a larger sum paid for an interest in land and buildings.  To be used in conjunction with Standard document, Asset purchase agreement and contracts for sale of commercial property.

This standard document is a notice by the reversioner requiring the tenant to extend the time limit to comply with its notice under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967).

Standard document letter to HM Revenue and Customs requesting permission (before 1 June 2008 only) to exercise and option to tax (also known as an "election to waive [VAT] exemption") where an exempt supply has been or will be made in relation to the relevant land before the date on which the option would take effect and the conditions for automatic permission have not been met. For permission applications on or after 1 June 2008, HMRC form VAT 1614H should be used.

A full repairing and insuring (FRI) lease of a high street shop unit. Rent review is to open market rent. It is assumed that the landlord retains the structural parts and that upper storeys will be separately let. It is also assumed that there are no external areas (such as a service area). The tenant contributes to the costs of repair of the structural parts. It is assumed that the lease, when granted, will be a headlease. This standard document is not intended for use for a unit in a shopping centre. The prescribed clauses can be deleted if not required. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

Notice from the landlord extending the time the tenant has to complete a transaction, or commence works, for which consent has already been given.See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

An agreement for underlease conditional upon the grant of a licence to underlet from the superior landlord(s). It contains optional wording for use where the underlease is to be excluded from sections 24-28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. It is drafted from the landlord's point of view but seeks to achieve a fair balance between the parties. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This standard document is a notice under section 5C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987) offering the tenants the right of first refusal when the landlord intends to grant an option or a right of pre-emption.

Statutory declaration by tenant of his intention to enter into an agreement to surrender his tenancy. We would recommend creating this form in FastDraft, as this allows you to insert the relevant details into the form quickly and easily.

A full repairing and insuring (FRI) lease of one or more floors of an office block. The landlord retains and repairs all external and structural parts of the building and recovers the costs through a service charge. The tenant is responsible for interior repair only.  The lease has been specifically drafted to comply with the Code for Leasing Business Premises in England and Wales 2007 (Lease Code 2007) and the second edition of the RICS Code of Practice on Service Charges in Commercial Property (Service Charge Code 2011). This standard document contains integrated drafting notes, drawing attention to specific issues. You can elect to view the standard document with, or without, the integrated notes by using the options in the "Actions" box in the top right hand corner of the screen. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

A residential lease of a flat in a block between a landlord, management company and a tenant with full service charge provisions where the intention is to transfer the reversion to a tenants' management company. There is no separate drafting note for this standard document but the web version of the document contains some integrated drafting notes, which draw attention to some of the most important issues.  The integrated drafting note, "About this document", which appears underneath the Contents and above the Prescribed clauses sets out the drafting assumptions.  The standard document may be viewed with or without the integrated notes by using the options in the "Actions" box in the top right corner of the screen.  For a residential lease in a block of flats without a management company joined as a party, see Standard document, Residential long lease of a flat in a block of flats.

Notice to former tenant or guarantor of intention to recover fixed charge (section 17, Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995).   This is in the prescribed form as set out in s17 of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995. We would recommend creating this form in FastDraft, as this allows you to insert the relevant details into the form quickly and easily.

Form of notice that an agreement to surrender a business tenancy is to be made. We would recommend creating this form in FastDraft, as this allows you to insert the relevant details into the form quickly and easily.

A standard document for use where the tenant is being granted an option to renew the existing lease of the property. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

Licence from the landlord to the tenant giving consent to carry out works or alterations at the property. This standard document is intended for use with reasonably substantial works, which may require planning permission and be subject to the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/320). There is no separate drafting note for this standard document but the web version of the document contains integrated drafting notes, which draw attention to the most important issues. The standard document may be viewed with or without the integrated notes by using the options in the "Actions" box in the top right hand corner of the screen. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This standard document is a notice under section 5A of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987) offering the tenants the right of first refusal when the landlord intends to enter into a contract to create or transfer an interest in land.

This standard document is an example of a counter-notice claiming the benefit of the Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938 (LPRA 1938). The landlord must serve on the tenant a notice under section 146 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA 1925), before the landlord forfeits the lease for a breach of a covenant.  If the breach complained of relates to the repairing covenants in the lease and the lease satisfies the conditions of section 1(1) of the LPRA 1938, the tenant can serve a counter-notice under the LPRA 1938. If the tenant serves a counter-notice, the landlord must then get the leave of the court to make an application to forfeit the lease. The counter-notice should be served in duplicate and the landlord asked to sign and return the duplicate as acknowledgment of receipt.  The word version of this document includes a duplicate with this provision and in order order to allow this no Firmstyle is available.

This is a notice under section 1(4) of the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 (ATA 1995) which states that the tenancy is to be and will remain a farm business tenancy. This notice should be exchanged by the landlord and the tenant before the farm business tenancy is entered into.

This is an example interim rent application in a claim for a lease renewal or termination of a lease under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. It is written on the basis that court proceedings for a lease renewal have not begun, or have already ended.  In these circumstances, the application for interim rent must be made using the Part 8 procedure and Claim Form N208 (Practice Direction (PD) 56.3.19). The application for interim rent should be set out in the details of claim section in the claim form.

Confidentiality agreement in the form of a letter intended for use at the initial stage of a letting of a property, before the tenant has begun its investigations and before the landlord has sent out any information or contract documentation. There is no separate drafting note for this standard document but the web version of the document contains integrated drafting notes, which draw attention to the most important issues. The standard document may be viewed with or without the integrated notes by using the options in the "Actions" box in the top right corner of the screen. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

Licence from the landlord to the tenant giving consent to carry out works or alterations at the property. This Standard document is intended for use only where the parties have entered into an agreement for lease which governs the way the tenant is to carry out its initial fitting out works and those obligations are not personal to the tenant. This licence simply records the landlord's consent to the works. Other than reinstatement obligations, it does not impose any further obligations on the tenant as to how the tenant is carry out the works. This is in order to avoid duplicating or conflicting with the obligations entered into by the tenant in the agreement for lease. This document contains integrated drafting notes, which draw attention to the most important issues. The standard document may be viewed with or without the integrated notes by using the options in the "Actions" box in the top right hand corner of the screen. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

A fixed-term tenancy for a residential property, for use when an assured or assured shorthold tenancy is inappropriate, for example: A letting to a company. A tenancy where the annual rent is more than £100,000. Where the landlord is a resident landlord. For more information on when an assured or assured shorthold tenancy should not be used, see Practice note, Types of residential tenancies: overview: Tenancies that cannot be assured tenancies.

This is an example of the details of claim, which can be used as a starting point when drafting a claim made by a landlord for an unopposed lease renewal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954). If practicable, the details should be set out in the claim form under the heading "Details of claim".  However, if there is insufficient space in the claim form, you may need to draft the details of claim as a separate particulars of claim which should be served on the defendant tenant with the claim form (or within a specified period). For an example of the details of claim which can be used when a tenant brings a claim for an unopposed lease renewal, see Standard document, LTA 1954: Details of claim to be included in a tenant's claim form for an unopposed lease renewal. The Part 8  procedure (as amended by Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 56) must be used for an unopposed lease renewal claim (CPR 56.3(3)).  The claim must be made using Claim Form N208. The claim must include all the information set out in CPR 56 and the wording of this standard document should be adapted to the specific facts and circumstances of the claim.

This lease is designed for use in connection with a flat above a commercial unit such as a shop or office, for example in a high street location. The lease can be used in circumstances where there is one or more than one flat above the commercial premises. It is assumed that: The landlord retains the structural parts. The ground floor is let to a commercial tenant as a shop or office unit. The tenant contributes to the costs of insurance and repair of the structural parts, but there is no annual service charge payable (and no reserve fund). The landlord charges the tenant the service charge (being the tenant's share of costs incurred by the landlord in maintaining the building) as and when these costs are incurred. There is no separate drafting note for this Standard document but the web version of the document contains some integrated drafting notes, which draw attention to some of the most important issues.  The Standard document may be viewed with or without the integrated notes by using the options in the "Actions" box in the top right corner of the screen. For details of the assumptions on which the lease was drafted and an explanation of the structure and general approach taken to the document, see the integrated drafting note, "About this document", which appears underneath the Contents and above the Prescribed clauses. See Standard clauses and drafting notes  for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

Licence from the landlord giving consent to the tenant to assign a lease which is an old lease under the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995.See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This standard document is a notice by the tenant exercising its right to withdraw from the purchase of the freehold after ascertaining the price under section 9(3) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967).

This is an example of a notice of forfeiture to be used when a landlord forfeits a lease by peaceable re-entry. A notice should be attached to the premises after a landlord has effected peaceable re-entry.  The notice should be in a place where it will be visible, such as the door or the window.

An agreement for a long lease of a flat where the developer landlord will construct the flat before granting the lease. The tenant enters into the agreement based on the property plans and description (the tenant acquires "off-plan"). The agreement incorporates the Standard Conditions of Sale (Fifth Edition) (SCS) with modifications where appropriate. This standard document contains integrated drafting notes, drawing attention to specific issues. You can elect to view the standard document with, or without, the integrated notes by using the options in the "Actions" box in the top right corner of the screen. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

A lease of commercial car parking space(s), including a guarantee, for a short term with annual upwards only indexed rent reviews based on Retail Prices Index (RPI). The rent will be inclusive of business rates, insurance and service charge. It is assumed that the lease will be contracted out of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and that it will be a headlease. You may view or print the integrated drafting notes separately or integrated with the standard document. Please see "Actions" in the top right hand corner of the screen. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

A lease of a high street shop for a term of less than five years in which: The tenant pays a rent representing a fixed percentage of its gross turnover, with a minimum base rent. There are no rent review provisions. Alienation is prohibited but there is a tenant's break clause.  The parties agree to exclude Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.  See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

Licence from the landlord to the tenant giving consent to a change of use where the lease contains a mechanism permitting changes of use meaning variation is not necessary. There is no separate drafting note for this standard document but the web version of the document contains integrated drafting notes, which draw attention to the most important issues. The standard document may be viewed with or without the integrated notes by using the options in the "Actions" box in the top right corner of the screen. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This standard document is a landlord's counter-notice to a tenant's notice of claim to acquire the freehold or an extended lease under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967). This standard document follows the prescribed wording of a landlord's reply under the Leasehold Reform (Notices) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/3209). The notice must be served in this form, or substantially the same form, including the notes in the Annex. As this document has been drafted in the prescribed format no Firmsyle is available. This standard document must be read in conjunction with the integrated drafting notes.

An underlease of floor(s) in an office block. The underlease contains prescribed clauses and optional wording if there is a guarantor. The landlord retains responsibility for the repair and maintenance of all external and structural parts of the building demised to it under the superior lease. The landlord repairs the retained parts of the building and recovers the costs through a service charge. The undertenant is responsible for interior repair only. Rights over the common parts of the building are granted to the undertenant. There is no separate drafting note for this Standard document but the document incorporates integrated drafting notes. We would like to receive your comments on this document and the approach that we have taken. Please send any comments through the Ask PLC Query Form. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

An assured shorthold tenancy agreement. The agreement has been drafted to take account of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999. See also Standard document, Letter to landlord client enclosing draft assured shorthold tenancy.

This is an example particulars of claim which could be used as a starting point when drafting a claim to terminate a business lease without renewal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954). Note that it must be adapted to the specific facts and circumstances of the claim and is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying integrated drafting notes and PLC Dispute Resolution, Practice note, Drafting statements of case. The requirements for the claim are set out in Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 56. The Part 7 procedure and a Part 7 claim form must be used (see, Court form N1) (CPR 56.3(4).

This standard document is a declaration under section 1 of the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1908 to be made by a third party (not the tenant) whose goods have been seized by a landlord who has levied distress against its tenant. This standard document declares that the tenant has no right of possession or beneficial interest in the goods and that ownership rests with the person making the declaration. The landlord must return the goods to the third party upon receipt of the declaration.

An agreement for lease for use where: The terms of a lease have been agreed but completion of the lease will not occur immediately. The agreed form of lease is to be annexed to the agreement. There is no premium payable for the grant of the lease. The standard document contains alternative wording for use where the lease is to be: Excluded from the security of tenure provisions of sections 24 to 28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. Conditional upon the grant of planning consent for change of use. It is drafted from the landlord's point of view but aims to achieve a fair balance between the parties. This standard document contains integrated drafting notes within the text, drawing attention to specific issues. You can elect to view the standard document with, or without, the integrated drafting notes by using the options in the "Actions" box in the top right corner of the screen.

A standalone authorised guarantee agreement (AGA) for use with a lease which is a new lease under the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995. It contains optional wording to join in the outgoing tenant's guarantor in order to give a sub guarantee (also know as a GAGA). There is no separate drafting note for this standard document. Instead it incorporates integrated drafting notes. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

A set of rural and agricultural land enquiries, primarily for use when buying rural and agricultural land with residential properties and farm buildings. Where the land is not sold with vacant possession then further tenancy enquiries should be raised. This document should be used in addition to the Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSE. 1) (version 3.1) General pre-contract enquries for all commercial property transactions. The document is available in two formats: The web format incorporates guidance notes, which can be viewed or printed with, or separately from, the enquiries (see Actions pane in the top right hand corner of the screen). The Word format can be accessed from the Word link in the Actions pane in the top right hand corner of the screen. The Word format allows a user to insert replies to the enquiries.

This is an example of particulars of claim, which could be used as a starting point when drafting a claim for forfeiture of a lease of commercial premises, for a breach other than non-payment of rent. Note that it must be adapted to the specific facts and circumstances of the claim and is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying information in the drafting notes, Practice note, Procedure for possession of commercial property and Practice note, Leases: re-entry and forfeiture. An N5 Claim Form must be used (Practice Direction (PD) 55, paragraph 2.6). For an example of particulars of claim for forfeiture of a lease for non-payment of rent, see Standard document, Particulars of claim for forfeiture for non-payment of rent (commercial premises).

Form 2: Landlord's notice ending a business tenancy, with reasons for refusing a new one. (s25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954). If the landlord wishes to oppose the grant of a new tenancy on any of the grounds in section 30(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, complete this form and serve it on the tenant. We would recommend creating this form in FastDraft, as this allows you to insert the relevant details into the form quickly and easily.

A notice to a prospective tenant of an assured shorthold tenancy that the landlord may seek to rely on grounds 1 to 5 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988 when recovering possession of the property. The notice must be served before the tenancy is entered into.

Licence from the landlord to the tenant giving consent to underlet the whole of the property comprised in the (head)lease. The (head)lease may be either an old or a new lease under the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995. The underlease will be a new lease under that Act. See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

A lease of a shop for a short term with no rent review. Alienation is not permitted. It is assumed that the lease will be contracted out of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and that it will be a headlease or, if an underlease, that it complies with the requirements of the headlease. The standard document assumes the shop is in a high street, but may be adapted for use in the case of a shopping centre unit (see the drafting note). See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This is an example reply by a defendant landlord to a claim by a tenant for an unopposed lease renewal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954). The Part 8 procedure (as amended by Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 56) must be used in an unopposed lease renewal claim. The reply must be set out in an acknowledgment of service using Form 210 (Practice Direction 56.3.10(1)). There is no need to serve a separate defence.

This Standard document is for use where a landlord and a tenant agree to vary the terms of their lease. It provides a framework that can be used by the parties to document the changes that they have agreed which are particular to their circumstances. PLC Property training materials on a deed of variation are also available. See Training: Deed of variation.See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

Further notice to former tenant or guarantor of revised amount due in respect of a fixed charge (section 17, Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995). This is in the prescribed form as set out in s17 of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995. We would recommend creating this form in FastDraft, as this allows you to insert the relevant details into the form quickly and easily.

Prescribed form of statutory declaration from the tenant, declaring that it has received and read the warning notice of exclusion of the provisions of sections 24-28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 from the lease. NOTE: The form of this notice is set out in paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Regulatory Reform (Business Tenancies) (England and Wales) Order 2003. The prescribed form does not include space for the declarant to sign the form, but this may be added after the declaration.

This is an example particulars of claim, which could be used as a starting point when drafting a claim for possession and to prevent a trespass.  Note that it must be adapted to the specific facts and circumstances of the claim and is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying information in the drafting notes and Practice note, Procedure for possession of commercial property. The requirements for the claim are set out in Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 55. An N5 must be used (Practice Direction (PD) 55, paragraph 2.6). Form N121, may also be used.

Licence from the landlord giving consent to the tenant to assign a lease. PLC FastDraft gives the option of the lease being either a new lease or an old lease under the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995. It also allows the licence to includes an authorised guarantee agreement by the tenant, and allows for the option for the tenant to be able to change use and carry out minor works.

Application to HMRC seeking its view under the non-statutory clearance procedure. Suitable for a company. This standard document was formerly known as Code of Practice 10: Letter to HM Revenue & Customs.

This standard document is a landlord's counter notice under section 45(2)(a) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (LRHUDA 1993) in relation to a tenant's claim for a lease extension.

Rent review memorandum.See Standard clauses and drafting notes for clauses that can be used to adapt this document.

This standard document is a tenant's notice of default. The tenant can serve this notice on the landlord if the landlord fails to comply with any of its obligations under the Leashold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967).