NPEL responsibilities and membership

The responsibilities of the NPEL are set out in the Companies Act of 1980.  Simply put, the NPEL is to maintain and improve the roads and common parts within the Estate, but at the same time it is a Company run by the residents and is there to help us all: so please do contact the Park Estate Office if you need any help.

The Park is a private estate and therefore the roads, footpaths and common areas are maintainable at the residents’ expense. Each freeholder is liable for the payment of a biannual rent charge, which is set by the Company once a year.  The average rent charge payable is approximately £290.00 per annum and is based mainly on the number of habitable rooms within any dwelling.

The biannual rent charge is levied in July and January.  Any queries regarding the ‘points’ allocated to any property or the amount payable should be made to the Estate Office.  The payment of the rent charge is a legal obligation and can be enforced through the Courts by the Company.

The rent charge and maintenance is administered by the Company which consists of up to ten Directors, each of whom has to be a resident within The Park and who are elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Company - normally each November.  One quarter (either two or three) of the Directors retire by rotation each year and may stand for re-election together with other nominees.

Membership of the Company is open to all freeholders and long leaseholders upon completion of an application form or by completing the slip on the biannual rent charge notification.

Apart from the roads and common parts, the Company also owns the Park Estate Office at 7a Lenton Road, the Works Yard at the bottom of Tennis Drive and the compound area at the west end of Lenton Road. The compound area is used for the collection of all debris from within The Park, including the vast amount of leaves that fall each year: residents should still use the household refuse collection of the City Council and not The Park compound area.