232B London Road, Croydon, CR0 2TF
LON/00AH/LSC/2025/0958 · service charges · Croydon · decided 2 Dec 2025
The tribunal decided that the 2025 service charge, the emergency roof repair contribution and the management charges in the 8 April 2025 invoice were not payable because the consultation and lease requirements were not met, and it made a s.20C order and ordered the respondent to refund the tribunal fees.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 3 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2024 |
| Items in dispute | management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to refund tribunal fees £341 (application fee £114 and hearing fee £227) |
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What the decision says
- flats n
comprising 3 flats in total
- years
There is also a challenge in respect of 2024.
- outcome
The Tribunal finds that these charges not payable.
- items reduced
(ii) Additional service charges for emergency roof repairs £1,216.67;
- s20c
The Tribunal finds that it is just and equitable in the circumstances for
- s20
There was no compliance with the consultation requirements or s.20 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.
- costs
The tribunal orders the Respondent to refund the fees paid by the Applicant of £114 (application fee) and £227 (hearing fee)
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