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Grounds for Possession
Ground
Summary
Notice
Mandatory grounds
1
Occupation by
landlord or family
The landlord or their close family member wishes to
move into the property. Cannot be used for the first 12
months of a new tenancy.
4 months
1A
Sale of dwelling-house
The landlord wishes to sell the property. Cannot be used
for the first 12 months of a new tenancy.
4 months
1B
Sale of dwelling-house
under rent-to-buy
The landlord is a private registered provider of social
housing, and the tenancy is under a rent-to-buy
agreement.
4 months
2
Sale by mortgagee
The property is subject to a mortgage, and the lender
exercises a power of sale requiring vacant possession.
4 months
2ZA
Possession when
superior lease ends
The landlord9s lease is under a superior tenancy that is
ending. Can only be used by private registered providers
of social housing, agricultural landlords, a person who held
the dwelling for the purposes of making it supported
accommodation or a company majority owned by a local
authority.
4 months
2ZB
Possession when
superior lease ends
The landlord9s lease is under a superior tenancy that is
coming to an end or has ended. Can only be used if the
superior lease was for a fixed term of over 21 years.
4 months
Possession by superior
landlord
After a superior tenancy ends, the superior landlord
becomes the tenant9s direct landlord and seeks to take
possession. Can only be used where the intermediate
landlord prior to reversion was a private registered
provider of social housing, agricultural landlord, a person
who held the dwelling for the purposes of making it
supported accommodation or a company majority owned
by a local authority.
4 months
Possession by superior
landlord
After a superior tenancy ends, the superior landlord
becomes the tenant9s direct landlord and seeks to take
possession. Can only be used where the superior lease
was for a fixed period of over 21 years and has expired, or
within a 12 month period of the fixed term expiry date, if
the fixed term has been ended early. Or if the superior
tenancy comes to an end after the expiry of the fixed
term as a result of a valid notice.
4 months
2ZC
2ZD
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