Basement Flat, 234 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 7NJ
CAM/38UC/LSC/2025/0611 · service charges · Oxford · decided 1 Dec 2025
The tribunal found that apportionment of the service charge by council tax band was in accordance with the lease and reasonable, but the non-resident surcharge was not payable and must be refunded or credited, and no section 20C order was made.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | St Edwards Court Management Company |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 4 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Items in dispute | other |
| Items disallowed or reduced | other |
| 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
- flats n
the calculations made were based on ten flats
- freeholder
The Respondent, St Edwards Court Management Company, was the freehold owner and management company.
- years
service charge years 2018 to 2023 and future year 2024/2025
- outcome
The Tribunal accepts the position of both parties that a non-resident surcharge was not payable under the provision of the Lease.
- items reduced
The Tribunal accepts the position of both parties that a non-resident surcharge was not payable under the provision of the Lease.
- s20c
Further, the Tribunal does not make an order under section 20C of the 1985 Act.
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