Adriatic Land 3 Limited v Skyline Central One RTM Company Limited
Decision date: 9 June 2026
Neutral citation: [2026] UKUT 210 (LC)
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Short overview
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This appeal concerned whether Skyline Central One qualified as a "self-contained building" under s.72(1) of the 2002 Act for RTM purposes despite third‑party rights over car park and leisure facilities. The FTT had held the building met the statutory description and that the RTM company was entitled to acquire the right to manage; the Upper Tribunal dismissed the appeal and upheld that decision (acquisition effective 1 October 2025). The tribunal rejected the appellant's submission that third‑party use or contributions to maintenance removes premises from the s.72 description.
Ratio decidendi
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The statutory description in s.72(1) governs entitlement to the right to manage and cannot be narrowed by reference to practical management difficulties or third‑party rights; facilities that physically form part of the premises remain within the scope of "premises" for the RTM regime even if third parties have rights to use them.
Obiter dicta
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The judgment noted (following Settlers Court) that there is a distinction between estate‑wide shared facilities outside the premises, for which the RTM regime lacks statutory machinery to confer exclusive management, and facilities that are physically part of the premises; Settlers Court was principally concerned with the former scenario.