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NEWS: TRUST MANAGEMENT CHARGE UPHELD

An independent expert has endorsed the level of the management charge for 2009/10 and the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust's operation of the Scheme of Management for the Suburb.

The management charge covers freeholders' share of the Trust's costs in looking after and controlling change to the Suburb's landscape and architecture. The Trust Council has consistently stated that it expects to maintain the charge, subject to inflation, within the range of £100-£140 per annum in the foreseeable future; approximately £2 per week, per household.

Click here for a copy of the Expert Determination

Click here for a copy of the Trust's letter of response

Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust

The importance of Hampstead Garden Suburb in the history of C20 architecture and town planning cannot be overestimated. The brainchild of Henrietta Barnett, the Suburb was to be a model community with people of all classes living together in beautiful houses set in a verdant landscape. Laid out by Raymond Unwin, with Edwin Lutyens, the houses and flats represent the best of English domestic architecture of the early twentieth century.

Today, it is an environment of international significance. The eminent architectural historian, Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, described it as:

"that most nearly perfect example of the unique English invention and speciality, the garden suburb."

The Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust was set up in 1968 “to do all things possible to maintain and preserve the present character and amenities” of Hampstead Garden Suburb. The Trust operates a Scheme of Management, which ensures that the architectural standards of the Suburb’s founders are maintained. The Trust publishes policies for the protection of the character of the Suburb and householders must obtain the Trust’s approval before making changes to the external appearance of their property.

Site visits

From 28/11/11, architectural site visits will take place on MONDAYS & THURSDAYS.

Annual Report 2011

The Trust's annual reports and accounts for the year ended 5 April 2011 can now be viewed here.

The Gazette

The latest edition of the Trust newsletter, The Gazette is available to read here. (pdf)

Trust Membership

Are you interested in becoming a member of the Trust? See details here (pdf 72k).