3A Nelson Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3RX
HAV/21UD/LSC/2025/0753 · service charges · Hastings · decided 24 Jun 2026
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found most of the service charges payable by the leaseholder for 2022 to 2025, but reduced the external render and decoration charge by 25%, halved the supervision fees, cut some Land Registry search fees, and made a s.20C order limiting the landlord's tribunal costs to 50%.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- years
sought a determination of liability to pay charges for the 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 service charge years
- outcome
The Tribunal finds most of the service charges are payable by the Applicant to the Respondent. But the following service charges are limited or not payable:
- s20c
It therefore makes a s.20C LTA 1985 order limiting the Respondents’ recoverable Tribunal costs to 50%.
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