Transcript Minutes - 14th February, 2006 Appendix 1

Private Sector Housing Investment
Claremont, Weaste & Seedley
Dylan Vince
Programme Manager HMR
Private Sector Housing Investment in Claremont and
Weaste & Seedley
• +£4m private sector Housing Investment in CWS since
2003
• Focus on Neighbourhood Renewal Areas
• Mainly from Council resources, Housing Market
Renewal Funding, E.R.D.F, etc.
• Complementary investment by partners such as Space
New Living Ltd
Weaste Neighbourhood Renewal Area
• Declared on 2nd April 2003
• £2m Facelifts schemes to Kennedy Rd, Barff Rd.,
Glendore, New Cross street, Weaste Road, Tootal Rd.
• Renovation / Home Improvement Grants
• Environmental Improvements
• Drying Yards
• Alleygating
• Street Lighting improvements
Eccles New Road Neighbourhood Renewal Area
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Declared on 2nd April 2003
Clearance Area Acquisition – Bridson Street, Nelson Street.
Supporting Home owners
Strategic Site Assembly – Eccles new Road
Facelift Schemes
Renovation / Home Improvement Grants
Environmental Improvements
Demolition and Site treatment
Alleygating
Street Lighting improvements
Other investment
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Burglary Reduction Initiative
Streetscapes project and other environmental works
Alleygating
Home Improvement Assistance (HI and Renovation
Grants)
• WSC Area Action Plan and other Neighbourhood
Planning
Understanding Housing Markets
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Neighbourhood Renewal Assessments
Neighbourhood Planning
Tracking Neighbourhood Change
Housing Market Assessments
RFI
House price information
House Price Information
Moving Forward to develop a Housing Investment
Plan
• Reassess the Area Action Plan Process
• Would always have been a need to build on
information collected in the Neighbourhood Renewal
Assessments
• Review information gathered as part of wider Housing
Market Assessments
Moving Forward to develop a Housing Investment
Plan
• Review what information we already hold including resident
feedback
• Examine the issues regarding housing investment
• Use this information to work with the community in bringing
forward neighbourhood planning, both public and private sector
• Redefine the boundary to bring forward housing led
neighbourhood planning
• Determine the governance for this process
• Develop an implementation plan within the resources potentially
available