Willow Bank, Village Green, Uppermill, OL3 6AL
MAN/00BP/LSC/2024/0251 · service charges · Oldham · decided 12 Jan 2026
The tribunal found the £10 per month flat-rate service charge increase from 1 April 2024 reasonable and payable by the leaseholders, and refused their requests for orders protecting them from the landlord's tribunal costs.
| Outcome | Payable as demanded |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Willowbank Management Company Limited |
| Management company | Willowbank Management Company Limited |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 29 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2024 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, other, repairs and maintenance |
| 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
- flats n
the Property is a former mill converted into a total of 29 flats over 4 floors
- freeholder
Respondent : Willowbank Management Company Limited
- years
the service charge year commencing 1 April 2024
- outcome
The Tribunal orders that the service charge payable by the Applicants following the £10 per month flat-rate increase with effect from 1 April 2024 is reasonable and the Applicants are liable to pay it accordingly.
- s20c
the Tribunal declines to make orders under s20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
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