Places for People undertook a two year programme to map the assets we have responsibility for maintaining.  This covered over 1000 neighbourhoods, 38,000 properties and over 950 acres of land.

The project not only covered our grass, trees and hard surfaces, but signage, play facilities and security cameras too.

The map data was stored in our Geographic Information System. This supports efficient management of our Green Spaces and sustainability of our neighbourhoods. From the programme, we've been able to:

• Procure and manage grounds maintenance services.
• Better plan our asset investment and maintenance programmes.
• Comply with legal, regulatory and health and safety requirements.
• Make sure our service charges for estate management are appropriate.
• Support housing management staff to deliver effective neighbourhood and customer services.

The programme allowed us to produce Management & Maintenance Plans and Specifications for our neighbourhoods and develop a new Grounds Maintenance Specification and benchmarking process.