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The appellant landlord opposed the grant of a new lease under section 30(1)(f) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. The trial judge found that there was not a sufficient intention to redevelop. The Court of Appeal held that on the evidence the judge should have found that as there was a reasonable prospect of obtaining planning permission for redevelopment there was a fixed and settled desire to carry out the redevelopment. The landlord had therefore been able to satisfy ground f.