Commentary on the Sections: Part 1 Exercising the right Section 99: Approvals: supplementary
185.Section 99 specifies the procedures which apply where a landlord objects to the granting of an approval under section 96.
186.Subsection (1) provides that where the landlord objects to the granting of approval within the period allowed, the company may not grant approval except in accordance with the agreement of the landlord or in accordance with a determination of (or on an appeal from) a LVT.
187.Subsections (2) and (3) provides that a landlord may not object to the granting of an approval (including an objection which has effect if the tenant fails to comply with a condition imposed by the landlord) unless he would have been able to do so were he the person responsible for granting the approval.  That would include the landlord being bound not to unreasonably object to the granting of the approval in circumstances where he would be bound not to unreasonably withhold consent under section 19 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 (such as, for example, in dealing with a request for consent for the assignment of the lease).  (The RTM company is also bound not to unreasonably withhold such consents by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 7.)
188.Subsection (4) provides that a landlord who objects to the granting of an approval under section 98 must give notice of that objection to both the RTM company and the tenant seeking the approval.
189.Subsection (5) provides that application made be made to a LVT for its adjudication on the matter by either the landlord, the company, or the tenant who applied for the approval.