As of 1 September 2020, the government introduced new use classes following a review of the planning system, as well as further permitted development rights for residential properties.
How will the new use classes affect user clause provisions?
Our team in Business Space Lease Advisory explain what to consider in their report.
I am a Chartered Surveyor and a lease advisory specialist and lead the Business Space Lease Advisory team at Colliers. My team specialises in the industrial, logistics and offices market sectors. We advise investors and occupiers on rent reviews, lease renewals and lease renegotiations. My role is to achieve the best possible value and outcomes for clients in negotiations.
I've worked as a specialist in the lease advisory sector since leaving university in 1995 and I joined Colliers in 1998. I have advised clients on most types of properties across the UK and now specialise in the logistics and offices market sectors in London, East Midlands and the South East.
I advise both occupiers and investors in negotiations and I am regularly appointed as an Expert Witness in dispute resolution cases.
Associate Director working in Business Space Lease Advisory, specialising in the Office and Industrial sectors.
Janek regularly advises occupier and investor clients on lease renewals, rent reviews and lease restructuring. He is adept in identifying opportunities to realise value from leases – either by lease extension or negotiating an early surrender - tailored to the needs of each of his clients' objectives.
Before retraining as a surveyor, Janek served as an officer in the British Army for nine years, in a variety of Command and Staff roles. He now serves in the Army Reserves, as a Naval Gunfire Liason Officer (NGLO).
