Garden Maintenance to 203 no Void Properties at the following sites across Service Delivery Area 11 Bedfordshire: Wyton 34 properties Bassingbourn 35 properties Waterbeach 5 properties Henlow 90 properties Chicksands 32 properties Stanbridge 7 properties All gardens to meet the following Move-In Specification: "10.8 Trees All self-set trees (up to 75mm diameter) shall be removed.

All trees inappropriate for their location or those adjacent to footpaths, highways and structures (e.g. buildings, lighting columns, signs and fences) shall be removed.

Trees overhanging or encroaching security fence lines, boundary walls, fences, utility services, street furniture are to be pruned back to a minimum of 1m clearance and maintained as such.

Formative pruning shall remove epicormic growths and root suckers." "10.9 Climbing plants All ivy and climbing plants shall be removed (severed and poisoned, stripped and dug out at base)." "10.10 Hedges and shrubs Borders and flowerbeds are to be tidy, weeded and cultivated.

Hedges and shrubs are to be maintained to a manageable1.8m height and 1m width.

All dead, controlled and dangerous species are to be removed." "10.11 Ground clearance Gardens are to be free of all litter, excrement and garden waste.

Fallen leaves, debris and windfall fruit shall be removed 2 days prior to the Move-in, with new leaves, debris and windfall fruit occurring during the two days allowed to remain." "10.12 Green space The garden shall be in the majority, an even surface.

All individual areas of wear greater than 5% of the grassed area are to be reinstated by seeding with seed comparable to the current grass type.

Unless wet or frost conditions prevent cutting, the grass shall be between 25mm to 40mm.

Grassed areas that abut hard surfaces are to be trimmed using a strimmer.

Scalping of lawn edges shall be completed.

All arisings from grass cutting to be removed.

Awnings, sandpits, swings, and other temporary structures shall be removed.

Communal areas are to be clean, serviceable and free from rubbish."