Under current guidance,consent will generally be given to local authorities to charge low rents to voluntaryorganisations, where one or more of the following criteria have been met: the intending buyer or lesseeis performing a charitable or public service function to the benefit of the localcommunity, and the local authority can show that the organisation or activity thussupported is consistent with public benefit and that the intending buyer or lesseeis unable to afford the asset at its current valuation.the intending buyer or lesseewould be using the asset to promote economic development...