Balmoral Court, 43-45 Clarence Parade, Southsea, Hampshire, PO5 2ES
HAV/00MR/LDC/2025/0641 · dispensation from consultation · Portsmouth · decided 14 Nov 2025
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal granted the landlord retrospective dispensation from the statutory consultation requirements for replacing fifteen communal fire doors at Balmoral Court, finding leaseholders suffered no relevant prejudice, while leaving the reasonableness of the costs to a separate application under section 27A and declining the request for a section 20C order.
| Outcome | Other decision |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Dispensation granted |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Balmoral Court Residents Company (Southsea) Ltd |
| Management company | Balmoral Court Residents Company (Southsea) Ltd |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block |
| Service charge years in dispute | not stated |
| Items in dispute | other |
| 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
- freeholder
Applicant : Balmoral Court Residents Company
- outcome
The Tribunal grants the application for retrospective dispensation of all or any of the consultation requirements provided for by section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- s20c
the Tribunal declines to make an Order under Section 20C preventing the Applicant from recovering the costs of this application through the service charge
- s20
the Tribunal determines that it is reasonable to retrospectively dispense with the consultation requirements under Section 20 of the Act
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