How to win: EBCT 477 - Local Green Space Review and Strategy

About this contract

Erewash Borough Council (EBC) have started work on a new Local Plan, which will be drawn up using the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), published in August 2026. The Council's Planning Policy team is embarking on an evidence base gathering exercise so that a new Local Plan can be adopted in the 30-month period which started after Gateway 1 was passed in October 2026, in line with Government objectives on speeding up plan-making. The Council's Green Space Strategy, which was adopted in 2009 and reviewed in 2018 (copies are available on request) is now out of date, and accordingly, to aid the Local Plan's preparation, a new study which includes a review of the current status of local green space within the borough and establishes local standards for green space provision in the form of a green space strategy across a period to 2040 is required. Full details can be found within the invitation to tender documents.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Erewash Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £50,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 11 December 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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