Issue - decisions

To enter into a 3 year contract with BNS Ltd to provide management services to the Ashton Rise scheme, a development of 80 homes for sale and 53 new council dwellings. BNS Ltd were interviewed, scored and selected by a panel of officers following an informal tender exercise.
The contract appoints BNS Ltd as the council’s agent to undertake certain management duties at the site including maintaining amenity/ecology areas, trees, public open areas/wetlands and car parking on un-adopted areas (Estate Services). The agent will also provide repair and maintenance services to private apartments i.e. communal areas and structure only and administered under a service charge.
The cost of BNS services will be funded by each of the 133 dwellings. As there 53 council dwellings, the council will pay 40% of the estate charge. The remainder being paid by private households. Purchasers of private flats will also pay a service charge for their blocks. Repairs and maintenance to council dwellings will be provided by the council.