There are various bodies that have different responsibilities around the Hamptons which does make things confusing. There is Hampton (Peterborough) Management Limited, Parish and local councils, the Highways Agency, developers who still have responsibility for roads until they are adopted and responsibility for landscaped areas until they are handed over and finally smaller, localised management companies that are often associated with apartment buildings that will maintain the areas around those buildings.

Principally the maintenance of the green open spaces, Health and safety inspections, water safety assessments, playground inspections, maintaining verges, pruning trees, cutting grass, maintaining the lakes, storm pump stations and sustainable drainage system, maintaining the required insurance policies.

Publicly adopted roads and roads still owned by housing developers, verges within adopted road areas, private car parking areas, parking courts, street lighting.

The charge is legally binding to anyone who buys a new home in Hampton Estates and is linked to the RPI rate of inflation. Hampton (Peterborough) Management Ltd is a stand alone company which collects the charges to use on providing the services around the Estate.

Yes. Properties within the Parish Council boundary (covering Hampton Hargate and Hampton Vale) pay a Parish precept via their Council Tax bills. This provides funding for the Parish Council. You can see the boundary of the Hampton Hargate and Vale Parish Council on the Peterborough City Council website by using its Hawkeye mapping system. Hampton Gardens, Hampton Water, Hampton Beach and Hampton Woods villages do not have a Parish Council and therefore will not pay a Parish precept. However, we expect that over time as the new villages east of the A15 become established, local residents’ volunteer organisations will be set up and will work with Hampton (Peterborough) Management Limited and will then support and manage some of the new community facilities when they are provided, such as Hampton Gardens community orchard and various allotment and sports facilities.

This is the responsibility of Hampton (Peterborough) Management Limited. Part of the charge will fund the management of the lakes and storm water pumping station within the Hamptons. From its earliest designs, the Hamptons have always included a Sustainable Drainage System. This is designed to reduce the rainwater flow into the river to that below farmland levels. This is achieved by the use of the original and man-made lakes to hold the water and then manage its slow release. Originally, the system was designed to cope with a one in one hundred years' storm event. But after the floods of 1998, the system layout was changed to cope with a one in two hundred years' storm event and also included a factor for climate change. The man-made lakes have been designed using guidelines from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents on water edge protection and access slopes together with guidance from the wildlife trusts and other organisations.

You can visit our Service Charge Payment Page. You can pay your charge by bank transfer. Your invoice will quote a unique reference and if paying by bank transfer, please ensure your reference is used when making payment, using the following account: Bank: Barclays, Sort Code: 20-03-53, Account No: 03302725, Account Name: Hampton (Peterborough) Management Limited. It is important you quote your reference when making payment to ensure we can correctly allocate your money.

Please have your legal representative contact us at solicitorenquiries@hampton-estates.org on your behalf, making us aware of the impending sale and we will liaise with them directly. Initially, a Sellers Information Pack will be required to provide your representative and the prospective purchasers with details surrounding Hampton (Peterborough) Management Limited, your account, and any requirements during the sale process. We aim to turnaround requests for packs within 5 working days.

Hampton Estates invoice and collect the charge from all residents in the Hamptons. Contact with Hampton Estates regarding paying the charge may be made by emailing enquiries@hampton-estates.org or by filling out the online enquiry form. Any queries relating to what areas undertaken by Hampton (Peterborough) Management Limited can be made by emailing oandh@hampton-estates.org.

Hampton prides itself on its open space; it is often cited as one of the main reasons residents choose to live in The Hamptons. O&H Land has invested heavily in the open spaces over the years, and this has resulted in a vast varied network of open spaces for all residents to enjoy. The green infrastructure built at The Hamptons has been recognised by Natural England as exemplar, and the total open space accounts for 52% of the whole development. This includes a wide variety of open space for Hampton residents to enjoy, including, Crown Lakes Country Park to the immediate East of Hampton, Teardrop Lake, Serpentine Lake, Beeby’s East, West and North Lakes, along with the open space and footpaths around Hampton Waters, and the numerous play areas and green spaces across Hampton.

In the future, there will be even more first-class open space provided by O&H for you to enjoy. This will include another country park to the south of Hampton East and further development of the open space to the north of Teardrop Lake, and the provision of more sports pitches.

All this open space requires a lot of continuous management. The pie charts set out the breakdown of what the Estate Service Charge is spent on: