CILEx F4 Property And Private Client Practice Test

A restrictive covenant on land is defined as what?

Not to build above a height Imposes an obligation to perform maintenance Not to pay rent Right to light

Correct Answer:

Not to build above a height

Explanation:

Restrictive covenants are promises that limit what you can do with land, creating a negative obligation that binds current and future owners. A clause that says you must not build above a certain height is a classic example: it restricts how the land can be developed and therefore is a restrictive covenant. The other options describe different concepts: requiring maintenance is a positive covenant (an obligation to do something), not paying rent relates to a tenancy rather than a land-use restriction, and a right to light is an easement, a separate kind of rights over someone else’s land.

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