Merope House & Vega House, Macquarie Quay, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 5AT
HAV/21UC/LDC/2025/0775 · dispensation from consultation · Eastbourne · decided 7 Aug 2026
The tribunal granted the landlord dispensation from the statutory consultation requirements for refurbishing the passenger lifts at Merope House and Vega House, and ordered that the landlord's costs of these proceedings cannot be passed to leaseholders through the service charge or administration charges.
| Outcome | Other decision |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Dispensation granted |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Victoria Quay Management Company Limited |
| Management company | Victoria Quay Management Company Limited |
| Managing agent | Wishtower Limited |
| Building | An estate, 137 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | not stated |
| Items in dispute | major works |
| 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 | the applicant may not recover through the service charge or an administration charge any costs of these proceedings |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The estate comprises 137 residential flats across 12 purpose-built blocks
- freeholder
Applicant : Victoria Quay Management Company Limited
- agent
Representative : Wishtower Limited
- outcome
The Applicant is granted dispensation under Section 20ZA of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 from the consultation requirements imposed on the landlord by Section 20 of the 1985 Act in relation to the refurbishment of passenger lifts.
- s20c
Pursuant to section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, the Tribunal directs that none of the costs incurred by the Applicant in connection with these proceedings may be regarded as relevant costs to be taken into account in determining the amount of any service charge payable.
- s20
The Applicant is granted dispensation under Section 20ZA of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 from the consultation requirements imposed on the landlord by Section 20 of the 1985 Act in relation to the refurbishment of passenger lifts.
- costs
the Tribunal directs that the Applicant may not recover through an administration charge any costs incurred, or to be incurred, in connection with these proceedings.
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