SOUTH SHORE PARK
The schedule of charges details the fees applicable to the ownership of your holiday home and forms part of our commitment to maintaining transparency in relation to the ongoing costs associated with owning a holiday home at South Shore Park.
ANNUAL LEASE FEE
The annual lease fee is due in full on 31st January each year.
It is reviewed in accordance with the calculation detailed on page 21 of the lease agreement. The mechanism for increasing the annual fee is set for the duration of the lease term. There is no influence on this increase by us (the landlord). The increase is determined by the November RPI figure which is released by The Office of National Statistics in December of the preceding year.
The lease fee is for stationing the holiday home on the park; it does not contribute towards the maintenance of the communal areas on the park.
The annual lease fee for 2026 is £4,387.66 + VAT.
SERVICE CHARGE
The service charge is operated in accordance with the Landlord and Tenant Act (1985) and the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Code of Practice.
The service charge period runs from the 1st January to the 31st of December in each year.
In each December, all leaseholders are issued with a service charge estimate and estimate invoice. This estimate breaks down how the proposed charge has been calculated. This is accompanied by a copy of the Tenants’ Rights and Obligations document which details your summary rights as a leaseholder. We advise that you read this document to familiarise yourself with the steps you can and cannot take if you disagree with a charge that we (the landlord) intend to make.
At the end of the Service Charge Period (December 31st) all charges attributed to the Service Charge by us (the landlord) are sent to an independent accountant/surveyor.
The ‘actual’ service charge (once examined by the independent accountant) must be finalised within 3 months of the end of the service charge financial period. In the March of each year, a year-end certificate will be provided to you.
If we have overestimated the service charge, a refund will be issued to all existing leaseholders. Likewise, if we have underestimated, a balancing invoice will be sent to all current leaseholders to pay.
It is important to note that whilst the costs per year do not cross or merge, you will receive an estimate invoice for the following year whilst the current years account is still to be finalised.
The service charge is applicable to the holiday homes, not the leaseholder. Therefore, for holiday homes privately purchased part way through the year, the current leaseholder will be either eligible for any credit raised or liable if a balancing payment is due. At the point of purchase, an agreement should be made between the vendor and purchaser directly regarding the year end.
The finalised service charge file (the documents utilised by the independent accountant/surveyor) is available for inspection by appointment at the park’s office. All leaseholders may view the file in the office. If copies are required, a copy charge of 15p + VAT per page will be required to be paid prior to the documents being released. Copies provided will be appropriately redacted to ensure compliance with GDPR legislation.
The lease permits a management fee equal to 15% + VAT of the total cost of the service charge to be charged by the management company. Tingdene Holiday Parks are also the management company. This fee is a charge specifically relating to the profit that we are permitted to make on the operation of the service charge. All other costs are accounted for a zero balance via the year end certificate. In simple terms, 100% of the funds collected to facilitate the service charge are spent on the service charge. The charge is separate from the costs of the services themselves and does not relate to the cost of the company’s employees.
In line with HMRC Guidance: VAT Notice 709/3, service charges will attract VAT at the standard rate. This means that services included in the service charge will attract VAT, even where those services would not ordinarily be subject to VAT if invoiced separately (by example, water).
The service charge fee for 2026 is £404.23 + VAT.
DIRECT DEBIT MONTHLY PAYMENT FACILITY CHARGE
This charge relates to the facility that enables leaseholders to spread their annual lease payment over 12 monthly instalments, rather than paying the full amount by 31st January as set out in the lease agreement.
This facility is entirely optional. Leaseholders who choose not to use the Direct Debit facility may instead make a single annual payment by 31st January and will not incur this charge.
We reserve the right to remove the facility if payments are not forthcoming and debt builds without agreement with us (the landlord).
The charge covers the administrative processes associated with operating this facility, including the setting up, processing, monitoring, and reconciliation of monthly payments.
The monthly Direct Debit Facility Charge is £8.00 per month (No VAT).
DIRECT DEBIT CHARGE FOR FAILED PAYMENTS
This charge reflects the additional administrative work involved in identifying failed payments, as well as corresponding with the account holder.
It is not a replacement for the late payment provisions within the lease. While the 4% interest charge in the lease relates to non-payment of the lease fee in full by 31st January, the £25 charge is a separate administrative fee applied only when a Direct Debit payment fails.
The Direct Debit Failed Payment charge is £25.00 (No VAT).
ADMINISTRATION CHARGE
This is charged when we have written to you three times to request in-date documentation without success, after which a charge will be applied to you each time we have to write further or until the required documentation is provided.
The administration charge is £30.00 (No VAT).
WATER & SEWERAGE
The water supply to the park is a commercial supply.
South Shore Park is a holiday park and is not regulated by OFWAT ‘A Guide to Water Resale’. However, to ensure best practise, our approach when re-charging water and sewerage charges follows the OFWAT guidance for unmetered properties.
The guidance recognises that where individual metering is not appropriate, the fair and reasonable approach is to apportion the total consumption equally across all applicable holiday homes. Holiday homes whose water supply is not invoiced directly by the water supplier are recharged quarterly by us.
ELECTRICITY
Holiday homes whose electricity supply is not invoiced directly by the electricity supplier are recharged quarterly by us.
Each holiday home is individually metered, and electricity usage is recorded via these meters. Leaseholders are charged based on actual consumption where an accurate meter reading is available. Where access to a meter or a verified reading is not possible, an estimated charge will be issued until an actual reading can be obtained, at which point any necessary adjustment will be made.
Electricity consumption and standing charges are recharged in accordance with OFGEM principles and industry billing standards applicable to commercial electricity supplies.
All leaseholders may view the file containing the electricity invoices held in the parks office. If copies are required, a copy charge of 15p + VAT per page will be required to be paid prior to the documents being released.
Copies provided will be appropriately redacted to ensure compliance with GDPR legislation.
REFUSE
If you operate your holiday home as a business, and you are registered for Non-Domestic Rates, your property will not qualify for free waste collections as you are not paying Council Tax. Therefore, you will be required to pay a separate refuse charge, which is invoiced to you by us.
The refuse estimate is sent to all owners in April each year and finalised in April of the following year. The estimate is calculated on the waste in litres permitted by the waste contractor for an individual holiday home.
Should the number of holiday homes registered for Non-Domestic Rates reduce or if additional collections are required throughout the year, a balancing payment will be due.
Should the number of collections reduce or the number of Non-Domestic Rate payers increase throughout the year, a credit will be applied.
The amount due to / from each leaseholder is calculated pro-rata, based on the holiday home occupation. Therefore, if you are the owner for the full financial period, you will be liable for the full credit/invoice to balance your account. However, if your ownership commenced partway through the year, the balancing credit/invoice will be apportioned accordingly.
Applicable leaseholders may view the file containing the invoices and calculations held in the parks office. If copies are required, a copy charge of 15p + VAT per page will be required to be paid prior to the documents being released.
Copies provided will be appropriately redacted to ensure compliance with GDPR legislation.
COUNCIL TAX
Council Tax is payable directly to East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC). All holiday homes are liable for Council Tax unless they are registered for Non-Domestic (Business) Rates.
Council Tax is a statutory charge payable directly to the local authority and contributes towards the funding of public services, including policing, fire and rescue and local infrastructure. It does not contribute towards the maintenance, management, or operation of the park, which remains privately owned and independently operated.
PERMITTED USE
The planning permission DC/02/05511/PLF/BRIDEN and subsequent variation notice DC/09/01707/VAR/ EASTNN applicable to the park allows for the holiday homes to be used for 12 months holiday use only. This permission can be viewed in the parks office. Each issued lease reflects the same provision.
There is no restriction as to how your holiday home is used during the 12-month period, other than you should not use the holiday home as a main or partial residence. To ensure compliance with this, we require you to provide evidence of your residential address by way of a Council Tax bill for the current year along with one other form of additional proof such as a UK driving licence or utility bill. Utility bills will need to be dated within the last three months.
If the local authority have concerns that you are utilising the property outside of the scope of the permission granted, they may investigate their concerns via an enquiry to us, or by corresponding with you. The local authority often refer to planning policy to determine if a query is required to be raised.
By example, if a holiday home is occupied continuously for more than 6 months at any one time, they may request proof that the holiday home is not a main place of residence and is not being treated as such. The action taken by the local authority is not a matter in which we control.
Where a breach of the permitted use is identified, enforcement action may be taken against you as the leaseholder by the council and subsequently against us (the landlord).
Further guidance can be found on the East Riding Yorkshire Council website by scanning the QR code below or clicking here.
NOTICE
Tingdene Holiday Parks (the landlord, and the managing agent for the purpose of service charges) reserves the right to amend the charges not stipulated by your lease by providing 28 days’ notice.