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First-tier Tribunal: Leasehold

Original answer

There are seven types of applications that can be made to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber - Residential Property). Leasehold dispute applications and leasehold enfranchisement applications relate to leasehold matters; the remaining five application types do not usually have any connection to leaseholds.

Data specific to such cases relating to leasehold are not routinely published. The table below sets out the number of applications made to the Property Chamber for cases relating to leasehold in each of the last five years.

Number of Leasehold Applications		Number of Leasehold Enfranchisement Applications
2009/10	3216	2009/10	3118
2010/11	3122	2010/11	3284
2011/12	3645	2011/12	3574
2012/13	3299	2012/13	3857
2013/14	2773	2013/14	5069

Leasehold applications relate to Service Charges, Breach of Covenants, Administration Charges and Appointment of Managers. Leasehold Enfranchisement applications relate to the buying of a property’s freehold and extending a lease.

As this data is drawn from internal data it has not undergone the usual quality assurance work associated with statistical publications.

The answer was corrected by Shailesh Vara (Conservative)

on Thursday, 5 November 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Corrected answer

There are seven types of applications that can be made to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber - Residential Property). Two types of applications, namely leasehold disputes and leasehold enfranchisement, are types thatLeasehold dispute applications and leasehold enfranchisement applications relate to leasehold matters; the remaining five application types do not usually have any connection to leaseholds.

Data specific to such cases relating to leasehold are not routinely published. The table below contains statistics sourced using internal data and sets out the number of applications made to the Property Chamber for cases relating to leasehold in each of the last five years.

Number of Leasehold Applications		Number of Leasehold Enfranchisement Applications
2010/112009/10	3216	2010/112009/10	3118
2011/122010/11	3122	2011/122010/11	3284
2012/132011/12	3645	2012/132011/12	3574
2013/142012/13	3299	2013/142012/13	3857
2014/152013/14	2773	2014/152013/14	5069

Leasehold applications relate to Service Charges, Breach of Covenants, Administration Charges and Appointment of Managers. Leasehold Enfranchisement applications relate to the buying of a property’s freehold and extending a lease.

As this data is drawn from internal data it has not undergone the usual quality assurance work associated with statistical publications.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

8294

Session

2015-16

Subjects

Leasehold First-tier Tribunal

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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