Commercial landlords can only refuse to renew a lease for a number of reasons specified in the Act, and only after serving a Section 25 notice.
The grounds for refusing a lease renewal, found under Section 30(1) of the Act, are:
• the tenant’s failure to keep the premises in a good state of repair;
• persistent late payment of rent;
• other substantial breaches of the tenancy agreement;
• provision of alternative premises on reasonable terms;
• demolition, reconstruction or sale of the property;
• the landlord can prove that they intend to occupy the premises for their own business.