CA 16 October 1990. The plaintiffs H were a charitable housing association who held premises under an agreement dated October 1986 from the Department of Transport (D) to use the premises for temporary housing . The premises had been acquired by D in April 1984 and was part of land required for road development . In November H granted the defendant X a temporary weekly licence to occupy on payment of an occupation charge of £16.30 per week. The licence stipulated that X shall pay promptly and vacate the premises on 28 days notice. X became in arrears to the sum of £803 and H gave him notice. The question arose as to whether X had a secure tenancy under Housing Act 1985 Sched 1 which states that "a tenancy is not a secure tenancy if the dwelling-house is on land acquired for development and the dwelling house is used by the landlord pending development of the land, as temporary housing accommodation". The main argument being whether the premises were `acquired for development` by the