# Lease Renewal Cost

> What a commercial lease renewal costs: the 1954 Act procedure, section 25 and 26 notices, the separate surveyor's rent valuation, and what drives the fee.

## Key facts

- A business tenancy within Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 has security of tenure and a statutory renewal procedure, unless the tenancy was contracted out of sections 24 to 28 before it was granted under the procedure in section 38A and the Regulatory Reform (Business Tenancies) (England and Wales) Order 2003.
- A landlord's section 25 notice must be given not more than twelve nor less than six months before the date of termination it specifies, and must state whether the landlord opposes the grant of a new tenancy; a tenant's section 26 request must specify a start date not more than twelve nor less than six months after the request is made.
- A landlord may oppose the grant of a new tenancy only on the grounds set out in section 30(1) of the 1954 Act, and only on grounds stated in the section 25 notice or the section 26(6) counter notice.
- The cost of a renewal is driven less by the property than by how far the matter runs: an unopposed renewal settled on agreed terms, a renewal that needs protective proceedings, and an opposed renewal tried on a section 30 ground are three different orders of expense.

## Key pages

- [What does a business lease renewal cost?](https://leaserenewalcost.co.uk/): the main tool, answer above the fold.
- [Section 25 and section 26 notices: the 1954 Act renewal timetable](https://leaserenewalcost.co.uk/section-25-and-section-26-notices/): How a business lease renewal starts: the landlord's section 25 notice, the tenant's section 26 request, the six to twelve month window, and the time limit for court.
- [Contracting out of the 1954 Act: what it means and what it costs](https://leaserenewalcost.co.uk/contracting-out-of-the-1954-act/): Contracting out excludes sections 24 to 28 of the 1954 Act, removing security of tenure. The warning notice and declaration procedure, and why it is checked first.
- [Opposed lease renewal: the section 30 grounds and what they cost](https://leaserenewalcost.co.uk/opposed-lease-renewal-grounds/): A landlord may oppose a new business tenancy only on the grounds in section 30(1) of the 1954 Act. What each ground is, and why opposition changes the cost entirely.
- [Lease renewal fees: solicitor and surveyor are two separate bills](https://leaserenewalcost.co.uk/lease-renewal-solicitor-and-surveyor-fees/): A renewal needs legal work and a rent valuation, from two different professions. What each does, how each is charged, and how to compare quotes properly.
- [What drives the cost of a 1954 Act lease renewal](https://leaserenewalcost.co.uk/#data): original data table, updated 2026-08-14.
- [Full site content as markdown](https://leaserenewalcost.co.uk/llms-full.txt)

## Data

- What drives the cost of a 1954 Act lease renewal. Methodology: A stage by stage breakdown of what a business lease renewal involves, how each stage is normally charged, and what moves the fee. It is deliberately not a price list: no body sets solicitors' or surveyors' fees for renewal work, and the range of outcomes between an agreed renewal and a contested trial is too wide for a single figure to be honest. The statutory framework described is Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 as shown on legislation.gov.uk, checked on 14 August 2026, including the notice periods in sections 25 and 26, the grounds of opposition in section 30, the time limits in section 29A, and the contracting out procedure in section 38A and the Regulatory Reform (Business Tenancies) (England and Wales) Order 2003. Obtain written quotes for your own renewal through the form above.
- Last updated: 2026-08-14. Every figure cites its source inline.
- Source: legislation.gov.uk, Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1954/56/part/II
- Source: legislation.gov.uk, 1954 Act section 25 (termination by the landlord): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1954/56/section/25
- Source: legislation.gov.uk, 1954 Act section 26 (tenant's request for a new tenancy): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1954/56/section/26
- Source: legislation.gov.uk, 1954 Act section 30 (grounds of opposition): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1954/56/section/30
- Source: legislation.gov.uk, 1954 Act section 38A (agreements to exclude Part 2): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1954/56/section/38A
- Source: legislation.gov.uk, Regulatory Reform (Business Tenancies) (England and Wales) Order 2003: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3096/contents

## Citation

Cite as: "What drives the cost of a 1954 Act lease renewal", Lease Renewal Cost, https://leaserenewalcost.co.uk/ (updated 2026-08-14).

## About

- Lease Renewal Cost is an information site. We are not a firm of solicitors or surveyors and we are not affiliated with any firm, court, tribunal or government body named here. We pass the details you submit to lease extension specialists, who contact you directly; we may receive a fee from those firms, and you pay nothing for the introduction. Nothing on this site is legal advice or a valuation, and no figure here is a quotation. The statutory position described is Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 as shown on legislation.gov.uk on 14 August 2026; take advice on your own tenancy before serving or responding to any notice.
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