The use of a building or property is governed by many factors, including legal title (i.e. any restrictions or positive obligations for use contained in the title register), statutory requirements (and existing planning permissions), the lender’s requirements (if the property is subject to a Third-Party Legal Charge) and the User Clause (or the ‘Permitted Use’ clause) in a commercial lease. The User Clause in a commercial lease will expressly state how the Tenant may or may not use the property. The provisions may be prescriptive, specifying exactly how the property must be used, and/or restrictive, imposing prohibitions on what the tenant must not do from the premises.  Such clause may be narrow, for example, requiring the Tenant to use the Property solely as a ‘travel agents’ or extensive, imposing a covenant (contractual obligation) on the tenant to use the Property for any use pursuant to a particular Use Class of the Town and Country (use Classes) Order 1987.  Further information regarding User Clauses  may be found here.