Section 20 Consultation and Major Works in Gloucestershire
2 published tribunal decisions from in and around Gloucestershire, with what each one actually decided.
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire County Council with six district, borough and city councils beneath it
- Service
- Section 20 consultation
- Published decisions
- 2 tribunal decisions
- From our Plymouth office
- Approx. 149 miles
Section 20 Cases Decided in and Around Gloucestershire
| Development | Case | What the tribunal decided, and why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 2 The Waterloo | RM Residential v Westacre Estates [2024] UKUT 56 (LC) 4 March 2024 | The most useful binding decision here for a managing agent, because it corrects a point routinely got wrong. Urgency is not a precondition for dispensation: that is abundantly clear from Daejan, and prejudice is normally the sole question. It also held that a buyer who has completed but is not yet registered at the Land Registry can enter, do the works and serve notices, because saying otherwise flies in the face of everyday reality and betrays a failure to understand equitable ownership. |
| 3 Wynols Close, Broadwell | CHI/23UD/LIS/2021/0008 6 July 2021 | The first-instance decision behind the appeal, worth reading for the cost of getting lease construction wrong. A housing association ran a service charge application, a dispensation application and then an appeal, and recovered nothing. Dispensation was granted but made conditional on the landlord not recovering the costs of the proceedings. The judge's formulation is the quotable one: the lease must be clear to allow recovery, and here it is not. |
What We Do About Section 20 Consultation in Gloucestershire
The 2 The Waterloo decision above is the kind of thing this work is for. Section 20 consultation in Gloucestershire is part of a full management service, not a standalone product, and in practice it means:
- Read a consultation against what the tribunal has actually accepted and refused nearby, before the notice of intention goes out rather than after.
How This Works, in General
The law here is the same in Gloucestershire as it is anywhere in England, and it is set out in full on our major-works-section-20 page rather than repeated on this one. What changes locally is above: the authority, the figures, and what the tribunal has actually done with cases nearby.
Other Services in Gloucestershire
Section 20 Consultation and Major Works Elsewhere
Everything else we do in the area is on the Gloucestershire page, and the full matrix is at services by area.