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Estates and stewardship service

Bournville Village Trust provide the Estates and Stewardship service for Lightmoor Village.

Bournville Village Trust provide the estates and stewardship service for Lightmoor Village. All residents regardless of whether you are a tenant or homeowner pay the stewardship charge, further details of the services provided are below and the annual accounts can be found here.

If you would like to discuss our services, please contact us on [email protected]

Long term stewardship in Lightmoor Village can be broken down into these four main areas:

  • Liaising with Lightmoor Village Estate Management Committee
  • Resident consultations
  • Partnership working
  • Resident workshops
  • Providing a welcome pack to new residents
  • Creating and issuing newsletters & publications
  • Organising and delivering events and activities
  • Staffing costs
  • Providing regular and up to date content on social media and our website
  • Community noticeboards
  • Community groups
  • Liaising with Lightmoor Village Estate Management Committee
  • Enforcement of Covenants (as per the Design Guide)
  • Supporting residents with alteration requests
  • Weekly checks around the Village
  • Resident Walk & Talks
  • Estate dates
  • Advice and information
  • Partnership working
  • Liaison with the developers
  • Staffing costs
  • Legal fees

A proportion of the stewardship charge is set aside to provide the funds to cover major expenditure on repairs and maintenance of areas in BVT management. This includes:

  • Replacement of hard surfaces (tarmac and block paving)
  • Replacement of lampposts
  • Replacement of street furniture
  • Cyclical maintenance of trees
  • Cyclical maintenance of drainage systems/replacement of drainage systems

There are two teams: Ground Maintenance and Estate Caretakers, who carry out the following:

  • Litter picking
  • Grass cutting
  • Hedge pruning
  • Weed and moss control
  • Leaf sweeping
  • Refilling grit bins
  • Management of courtyards
  • Management of open spaces (in BVT ownership)
  • Management of streetlights (in BVT  
  • Courtyards and open spaces (in BVT ownership)

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