Commentary on the Sections: Part 1 Common parts Section 25: Definition
74.Section 25 defines common parts as all those parts of the commonhold land which are not, for the time being, defined in the commonhold community statement as units.  In effect, they will include hallways, stairwells, lift shafts, landscaping, gardens etc, though the status of a particular type of land in any particular commonhold development will be defined in the commonhold community statement for that development.  Subsection (2) introduces the concept of the limited use area.  This will remain part of the common parts but may be limited to the use of a single unit-holder, for instance in the case of a balcony the only access to which is through the unit in question, or to a group of unit-holders, for instance the use by them of a garden associated with a particular group of units they occupy.  This is expected to be a useful concept when dealing, for instance, with parking spaces, as opposed to garages, where the commonhold association may wish to take responsibility for maintenance but to allocate particular spaces to particular unit-holders.  Subsection (3) provides that the commonhold community statement may make special provisions which affect only limited use areas and also which make different provisions for different such areas.