Service charge & tribunal cases by area
Before you offer on a flat, check whether its building has a history of leasehold disputes. These pages surface published First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) decisions — service-charge reasonableness, Section 20 major works, right to manage and manager appointments — matched to an area by a full postcode in the decision title. It is a pre-offer signal no property portal shows.
100 areas with a substantive published record · 5,076 decisions across the cohort · matched by address-in-title, not a map radius.
Tribunal history is building-specific. An area record tells you disputes have reached a tribunal in the neighbourhood; it does not, on its own, tell you about one block. Use the area page to gauge the area, then check the exact building — a clean record is reassuring but never proof, since many disputes settle before a published decision.
Areas with published leasehold-tribunal decisions
Chelsea, London
Brent
Lambeth
Hammersmith and Fulham
Hove
Brent
Hampstead, London
Kilburn & West Hampstead, London
Croydon
Paddington & Bayswater, London
Croydon
Camden, London
Brent
Battersea, London
Walthamstow, London
Hammersmith and Fulham
Whitechapel & Shoreditch, London
Lambeth
Wimbledon, London
Hackney
Lambeth
Brighton
Newham
Canary Wharf, London
Barnet
Lenton & Radford, Nottingham
Lambeth
Islington, London
Ealing
Ealing
Royal Docks, London
Peckham, London
Hackney
Merton
Finsbury Park, London
Camden
Lambeth
Southwark, London
Wandsworth
Notting Hill, London
Wandsworth, London
Redbridge
Bournemouth
Jesmond, Newcastle
Greenwich
Hammersmith and Fulham
Ealing
Hackney, London
Forest Hill, London
Kingston upon Thames
Nottingham city centre
Lewisham
Southampton city centre
Selly Oak, Birmingham
Camden
Greenwich
Brent
Chiswick, London
Hackney
Kensington and Chelsea
Westcliff & Southend
Harborne, Birmingham
Coventry
Ilford
Torquay
Camden
Southwark
Enfield
Hackney
Lambeth
Wandsworth
Brent
Hackney
Luton
Plymouth
Preston
Greenwich
Slough
Portsmouth
Twickenham
Harrow
Kingston upon Thames
Sutton
Fallowfield & Rusholme, Manchester
Bath (south & west)
Redland & Cotham, Bristol
Didsbury, Manchester
Reading
Bromley
Bromley
Exeter
Bromley
Clifton, Bristol
Cheltenham
Romford
Southampton
Kensington and Chelsea
Ilfracombe
Bristol city centre
Salford & central Manchester
Check the exact building before you offer
The £24.99 Complete report runs the tribunal dispute check against one exact address, alongside the leasehold tenure and lease-years section — so you can see whether the specific block you are buying in has a record, not just the area.
Frequently asked questions
What is a First-tier Tribunal leasehold decision?
It is a public record that leaseholders and a freeholder or managing agent went to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) — most often over service-charge reasonableness, major-works (Section 20) consultation, the right to manage or a manager appointment. Decisions are published by HM Courts & Tribunals Service on GOV.UK.
Why check tribunal history before buying a flat?
A block with a history of service-charge or major-works disputes can mean high or contested charges, large works bills, or poor management you would inherit as the new leaseholder. It is one of the strongest pre-offer signals a flat buyer can check — and it is not on any property portal.
Does a clean area record mean a building is dispute-free?
No. Only cases that reached a tribunal and were published appear here, and many disputes settle earlier. Tribunal history is building-specific, so always review the last three years of service-charge accounts for the exact block, and check whether that block appears in the record.
Which areas are covered?
England only — the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) covers England. Wales and Scotland have separate residential-property tribunals. The areas below are the outcodes with the most published decisions; any England outcode can be checked, but only those with a substantive published record are listed and indexed.
Sources
- Residential property tribunal decisions — First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), via GOV.UK (OGL v3.0)