HAV/21UD/LSC/2025/0626 — service charge decision
In HAV/21UD/LSC/2025/0626, decided 7 April 2026, the First-tier Tribunal considered 13 disputed service charge items at Flat 5, 106 Braybrooke Road, Hastings, East Sussex and reached a mixed result: 4 items were reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: Flat 5, 106 Braybrooke Road, Hastings, East Sussex
Decision date: 7 April 2026
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
Managing agent named in the decision: Sussex Independent Financial Advisers Limited.
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other charges (2022) | £610.20 | £610.20 | Allowed in full | — |
| Utilities (2023) | £196.68 | £196.68 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2023) | £538.30 | £538.30 | Allowed in full | — |
| Major works (2023) | £650.17 | £0 | Disallowed entirely | Not payable under the lease |
| Other charges (2023) | £132 | £132 | Allowed in full | — |
| Ground-rent-adjacent charges (2023) | £100 | — | Disallowed entirely | — |
| Other charges (2023) | £124.52 | £124.52 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2023) | £128.87 | £0 | conceded | — |
| Other charges (2023) | £150 | £0 | Disallowed entirely | Not payable under the lease |
| Administration charges (2024) | £150 | £0 | Disallowed entirely | Not payable under the lease |
| Cleaning (2022) | — | — | Allowed in full | — |
| Utilities (2022) | — | — | Allowed in full | — |
| Management fees (2022) | — | — | Allowed in full | — |
Section 20C order: partial.
Key passages (verbatim)
“half year maintenance – payable”
“emergency lighting – payable”
“Fire alarms Pyrotec – payable”
“Fire doors to individual flats – not payable”
“not in bundle but fuse board related – payable”
“ground rent – no jurisdiction”
“The applicant did not set out a clear statement of case. Her application form listed invoices allegedly not received. Many were missing from the bundle.”
This summary is assembled from the structured record of the published decision; amounts appear only where the tribunal stated them. Always rely on the full decision itself.