MAN/00EY/LSC/2024/0243 — service charge decision
In MAN/00EY/LSC/2024/0243, decided 26 August 2025, the First-tier Tribunal considered 5 disputed service charge items at Flat N, The Chimes, 1a Forest Gate, Blackpool and reached a mixed result: 1 item was reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: Flat N, The Chimes, 1a Forest Gate, Blackpool
Decision date: 26 August 2025
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
Managing agent named in the decision: Michael White.
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other charges (to 30/06/2021) | — | £0 | Disallowed entirely | Section 20B 18-month time limit, Demand formally invalid |
| Other charges (01/07/2021) | £1,070 | £1,070 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (01/01/2023) | £1,123 | £1,123 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (01/01/2024) | £1,253 | £1,253 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (01/01/2025) | £1,310 | £1,310 | Allowed in full | — |
Key passages (verbatim)
“The Applicant accepts that before 30 June 2021 no notice was served on the Respondent that costs had been incurred or that he would be required to contribute to them.”
“Charges due on 1 July 2021, 1 January 2023 and in subsequent years are payable by the Respondent.”
“Charges due on 1 July 2021, 1 January 2023 and in subsequent years are payable by the Respondent.”
“Charges due on 1 July 2021, 1 January 2023 and in subsequent years are payable by the Respondent.”
“Charges due on 1 July 2021, 1 January 2023 and in subsequent years are payable by the Respondent.”
“This informal and entirely unsatisfactory arrangement ended on 30 June 2021.”
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.