Long-term stewardship

Bournville Village Trust is the long-term steward of Lawley Village, this means we work in partnership with developers and partners to maintain a distinctive and sustainable community.

In this section

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

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

Liaising with Lawley 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 Lawley Management Committee
Enforcement of Covenants (as per the Design Guide)
Supporting residents with alteration requests
Regular inspections
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 ownership)
Courtyards and open spaces (in BVT ownership)

If you’d like more information on our services or need support with a service we provide, please pop in and see us at the Lawley Community Hub, email [email protected] or call 0300 333 6540.

Long-term stewardship

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

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