Council tenants
If you are a council tenant, responsibility for garden maintenance is normally dependent on whether you have a garden for your sole use or not.
Where you do have your own garden, you will be responsible for maintaining it. Your responsibility is part of your Tenancy Agreement and the council will take action for breach of tenancy if you are not adequately maintaining it. The first step in any action will be for your Housing Officer to contact you by visiting or in writing.
If you wish to report an unsightly garden, you can contact us in the following ways:
- Write to your Housing Officer at the following address: Housing & Property Services Department, Warwick District Council, PO Box 2175, Riverside House, Milverton Hill, Royal Leamington Spa, CV32 5QE
- Email your Housing Officer: hsgem@warwickdc.gov.uk
- Complete the Garden Maintenance Request Form (17kb, PDF). The details will be passed to the Housing Officer who will inspect and take appropriate action within 10 working days.
Where you live in a property with communal gardens, the Council may cut the grass and maintain shrub beds and trees. If the council does not maintain the communal gardens, each Tenant or Leaseholder is responsible for maintaining the gardens by mutual agreement with their neighbours. Please remember if you want to create an area to maintain yourself, you will require written permission. For more information visit the Adapting Homes page.
Leaseholders
If you are a leaseholder i.e. you have bought a flat which used to be a council property, you will pay a service charge as part of your lease to cover a proportion of the council's cost to maintain your communal gardens.
If you are in any doubt about your garden maintenance responsibilities or want more details of the Council's maintenance programme, contact the Housing Officer for the area.
Telephone 01926 412828.
E-mail: hsgem@warwickdc.gov.uk
Boundaries
Do you know which boundary or fence you are responsible for? If you are a council tenant and wish to know which fence or boundary you are responsible for, contact your Housing Officer, or fill in the Boundaries to Council Properties Form (17kb, PDF). If necessary, the Housing Officer will ask for a surveyor to establish the boundary.
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