ITEM NO. 4
REPORT OF THE LEADER
TO THE STRATEGY AND REGENERATION SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
6th February 2006
TITLE: Manchester Salford Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder
RECOMMENDATIONS:
That Members note and comment on the content of the report.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This note sets out the 2003/06 key achievements for the HMR programme and describes the process and key activities moving forward post 2006. The role of HMR in the regional and local context is set out as are the links between HMR and key economic development opportunities.
BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS:
(Available for public inspection)
Manchester Salford HMR Pathfinder 1 st Prospectus 2003/06 and Scheme Update 2006-2021
ASSESSMENT OF RISK: Risk assessments form an integral part of the HMR programme and a detailed assessment is incorporated within the Scheme Update.
THE SOURCE OF FUNDING IS: Housing Market Renewal Fund
LEGAL ADVICE OBTAINED: None
FINANCIAL ADVICE OBTAINED: None
CONTACT OFFICERS: Sue Ford, Regeneration Strategy & Co-ordination 0161 793 3443
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WARDS TO WHICH REPORT RELATES: All wards in Central Salford
KEY COUNCIL POLICIES:
Manchester Salford HMR Pathfinder 1 st Prospectus & Scheme Update
Community Plan & Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy
Housing Strategy
2003/06 HMR Programme
1.1
In October 2003 the Manchester Salford Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder applied for
£113M from ODPM to tackle low demand housing and market collapse across the four areas of Central Salford and North, East and South Manchester. £43.8M was targeted towards Central Salford helping to support primarily the key regeneration areas of
Seedley & Langworthy, Broughton and North Irwell (New Deal for Communities area).
1.2 The key priorities for the MSP were to:
 Develop high quality, mixed tenure neighbourhoods of choice, based on sustainable urban densities that support a broad range of services;
 Integrate and align both public and private sector investment, to ensure key neighbourhood services such as schools and health services underpin areas where new housing is being developed;
 Secure population and household growth through increasing the pace, scale, type and quality of new housing development; and
 Reduce out-migration and attract new residents through changing perceptions of the
Pathfinder as a place to live.
1.3
These priorities were to be supported by the long-term investment plans for social housing, providing high quality housing for rent and supporting the improvement and diversification of neighbourhoods.
The framework for intervention/investment across the MSP
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1.4 The investment framework was based around 7 interventions focused on a number of key neighbourhoods across the MSP. These interventions were:
 Strategic Site Assembly e.g. site assembly and acquisition;
 Development – supporting new build activity and gap funding;
 Private Rented Sector – supporting effective management and preparing for landlord licensing;
 Registered Social Landlords – supporting RSL activity;
 Home Improvements – refurbishment activity to support the market;
 Supporting Home Ownership – developing new and innovative products for home owners;
 Sustaining Neighbourhoods – encouraging effective neighbourhood management.
1.4
The initial area allocations included within the 1 st Prospectus are outlined in the Tables below:
Table 1
Area
Central Salford
East Manchester
North Manchester
South Manchester
Management
Total
HMR £000
43,860
31,445
23,640
12,562
1,875
113,382
Table 2
Strategic Site Assembly
Development Support
CENTRAL
SALFORD
15,910
6,678
EAST
MANCHESTER
6,198
1,586
NORTH
MANCHESTER
7,353
54
SOUTH
MANCHESTER
TOTAL
1,550 31,011
0 8,318
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Private Rented Sector
Registered Social
90
1,918
1,690
746
Landlords
Home Improvements
Home Ownership
Sustaining
Neighbourhoods
Delivery 1
Management 2
4,108
7,602
4,715
2,839
5,173
6,086
7,113
2,853
Total 43,860 31,445
1 Costs relating to the delivery of Area Development Frameworks
2 Costs relating to overall management including Integrated Secretariat
1,578
1,744
4,431
995
4,573
2,912
23,640
1,685
1,108
3,474
200
3,010
1,535
12,562
5,043
5,516
17,186
14,883
19,411
10,139
1,875
113,382
1.6
The MSP was subsequently awarded 10% additional grant securing a total of £125M for the four areas as a whole. These additional monies have been allocated across the 7 interventions over the 3 years of the programme.
Anticipated achievements during 2003/06
1.7
Delivering the targets set out in the 1 st Prospectus (2003/06) has been challenging and a great deal of innovative work has been nationally acclaimed by ODPM. Developments are ongoing across Central Salford’s neighbourhoods, with the continued assembly of land and finalisation of plans for the construction of quality and affordable new housing developments where the market was previously failing:
 Urban Splash is now commencing its innovative conversion of former terraced properties in Seedley & Langworthy;
 Countryside Properties is finalising plans for the redevelopment of Lower Broughton, as is a partnership of Bovis, Royal Bank of Scotland, InPartnership Limited, City Spirit and Taylor Woodrow in Higher Broughton;
 Opus Developments in North Irwell have been appointed as the redevelopment partner working alongside the NDC partnership to build over 3000 new homes.
1.8
Across the area Housing Market Renewal funds are continuing the delivery of projects that are making a visible difference to existing residents’ lives – such as home improvements, environmental improvements, community safety initiatives and neighbourhood management – that will sustain and improve local neighbourhoods and perceptions of them.
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1.9
Over the past year the Pathfinder has implemented an extensive Research, Foresight and Information (RFI) programme to improve our ability to understand, analyse and monitor the key drivers affecting the housing markets in our area. In tandem with the RFI work the Pathfinder has also invested in a Geographic Information System (GIS) –
Tracking Neighbourhood Change – to enable the Pathfinder to track the impact of HMRF, other housing related investment, and regeneration investment on the performance of neighbourhoods across the Pathfinder and beyond. This system has created the capacity to assess not only impacts but also to evaluate changes in the wider housing market and we intend to make full use of it to help fine tune our investment strategy as our programme moves forward.
 414 new homes built in
Enterprise Park &
Quays / 476 new homes built in Chapel
Street
 260 homes refurbished in Claremont and
Weaste / 229 refurbished in Seedley
& Langworthy
 717 properties demolished in
Broughton / 270 demolished in
Pendleton
1.10
Appendix 1 outlines in detail the projected spend by area for the 2003/06 focused on the private sector housing capital programme.
Anticipated key outputs for 2003/06 period are:
Table 4
Output Pathfinder
New homes constructed
Homes refurbished
Properties demolished
Please note these are still estimates.
2.0
2 nd Prospectus – Scheme Update 2006 onwards
3,107
7,120
1,726
Central
Salford
1,073
2,189
1,391
2.1
Pathfinders were invited to submit updated plans for HMR covering the period 2006 –
2008 and beyond and ODPM indicated that the MSP should work within a financial envelope of £65M - £110M for the two year period 2006 – 2008.
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2.2
The MSP submitted its Scheme Update in October 2005 requesting £110M for the
2006/08 period and £224,998 for 2008/11 period – amounting to a total of £334,998M.
This updated strategy reflected key evidence and findings undertaken through the
Research, Foresight & Intelligence (RFI) programme and the lessons learned during the early stages of implementation.
2.3
Discussions are currently taking place with
OPDM and the Audit Commission, both of whom are scrutinising the submission in detail, with formal feedback expected in the next month or so.
2.4
A new Integrated Secretariat Team has been established comprising postholders from both Cities to co-ordinate the MSP programme. Premises on the Salford side of the Irwell are being sought to house the joint team.
2.4 The updated strategic framework for HMR intervention set out in the Scheme Update focuses on the creation of
‘Neighbourhoods of Choice’ and geographical and thematic targeting of spend is based on:
 A set of Major Investment Areas (MIAs) where substantial investment is planned to transform neighbourhoods;
 A set of interventions in neighbourhoods were conditions are poor but market collapse is not so extensive (Areas of Stabilisation);
 A private rented sector plan covering the entirety of the MSP boundary that will address the quality and role of private rented accommodation;
 Delivery and management costs focused on supporting area based delivery teams and a joint Integrated Secretariat Team brought together to co-ordinate and manage the investment.
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HMR Programme for Central Salford 2006 onwards
2.5
There has been agreement between the two cities that future allocations of HMR from
2008 onwards will be based on levels of deprivation outlined in the Index of Multiple
Deprivation 2004. For 2006/08 Salford will be allocated 36% of the net total HMR monies, and from 2008/09 onwards this will reduce to 30% annually based on the IMD.
Should £110M be secured for 2006/08, Salford’s allocation will be £35.4M.
2.6
The Major Investment Areas (MIAs) in Salford are:
 Seedley & Langworthy
 Higher Broughton
 Lower Broughton
 North Irwell (NDC area of Charlestown and Lower Kersal)
2.7
Areas of Stabilisation are Ordsall, Claremont & Weaste and Enterprise Park.
2.8
The levels of funding expected for each of these areas is set out below (subject to slight amendments dependent on re-profiling in line with ODPM feedback:
Table 5
Neighbourhoods 2006/07
£000
2007/08
£000
Total 06/08
£000
Seedley & Langworthy
Higher Broughton
Lower Broughton
North Irwell NDC
Areas of Stabilisation
Delivery/Mgt 1
5,298
4,733
2,166
2,351
2,663
501
3,788
7,361
2,500
2,472
1,091
500
9,086
12,094
4,666
4,823
3,754
1001
% of total HMR
25.6
34.1
13.1
13.6
10.6
3
2.9
Table 6 below sets out the breakdown of expenditure by intervention area within Central
Salford indicating the great majority of funds remain targets towards strategic investment which includes land and property acquisition.
1 Excludes £1.6M towards central delivery costs/Integrated Secretariat Team
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Table 6
Interventions
Strategic Investment
Developer Support
Home Improvement
Support Home Ownership
Sustaining Neighbourhoods
Registered Social Landlords
Private Rented Sector
Delivery
Total
2.10
Expected outputs for the period are:
2003/06
£
31,094,000
6,932,000
16,358,000
5,501,000
5,475,000
1,002,000
-
3,648,000
70,010,000 2
Table 7
Output Pathfinder
2006/07
£
11,494,600
7,965,505
2,259,000
4,453,000
338,000
-
500,000
1,620,000
28,630,105
2007/08
£
13,822,340
7,848,505
769,000
5,275,000
1,000
-
500,000
1,620,000
29,835,845
New homes constructed
Homes refurbished
4,676
7,561
Central
Salford
1,076
257
Clearance of obsolete properties 3,430 639
2.11
The focus on strategic investment (e.g. site assembly and acquisition) and developer support – gap funding to support new housing developments such as the Urban Splash scheme in Seedley and Langworthy is, Salford believes, the most effective way of supporting transformational strategies in Central Salford. The majority of home improvements/refurbishments are, therefore, focused in Manchester HMR areas.
2.12
Details of the investments and priorities within the MIAs and areas of stabilisation are included in Appendix 2.
2.13
Moving forward the next steps are:
 To ensure that the scale of investment and transformation is delivered in our key neighbourhoods, demonstrating to both our residents and external partners of
Salford’s capacity to deliver;
2 Figures for 2003/06 have been provided by Pete Butterworth.
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 To secure longer term funds through the market renewal programme. ODPM are only likely to approve two years HMR funding to 2008 – the next tranche of funding will be dependent on the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review in 2008;
 To ensure that the HMR programme continues to be integrated fully within key strategies to ensure consistency of approach and maximise benefit to local people.
3.0 How the Pathfinder contributes to regeneration regionally and locally
The role and importance of MSP to the conurbation core
3.1
The first two years of MSP activity have seen a significant shift in awareness about the role and importance of the core of the MSP area to the wider economic performance of the North West. While the policy context provides a dynamic landscape, these developments all combine to reinforce both the strategic case for the prioritisation of regeneration in the MSP area, and the increasing support for this among a wide range of regional and sub-regional partners and stakeholders.
3.2
The Northern Way Growth Strategy (NWGS), published in September 2004, articulated the challenge of bridging the gap in economic output between the three northern regions and the rest of the UK, to the benefit both of the national economy and to the quality of life and opportunity of northerners, and called for a clear focus on this goal in effectively aligned regional strategies. NWGS identified eight City Regions as key to the acceleration of economic growth, with the Manchester City Region providing the greatest opportunity, and in June 2005, each city region published its plans for growth in a City Region
Development Programme (CRDP).
3.3
The Manchester City Region Development Programme (CRDP) focuses action on the six key sectors which offer the greatest opportunity to accelerate growth, but identifies the wide economic and spatial disparities within the City Region as a key challenge, and the current housing offer as a constraint on overall performance. It identifies the need for action to spread economic success more widely in order to optimise the City Region’s contribution, and seeks to achieve a balanced approach between exploiting the existing asset base and achieving the regeneration of deprived communities. In particular, the
CRDP highlights the need to guide economic and residential development towards the inner areas and the northern parts of the City Region.
3.4
Against the backdrop of Northern Way Growth Strategy and the CRDPs, the northern regions have embarked on reviews of all the main regional strategies. Stakeholders in the
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Manchester City Region are consistently arguing for a clear, joined-up, economic and spatial focus within all the strategies, and for greater coherence to strategy at subregional level.
3.5
The Regional Economic Strategy (RES) for the North West maintains a clear focus on increasing economic output and the reduction of regional disparities. The Regional
Spatial Strategy for the North West (RSS) is also currently under review, and will be a statutory document which forms part of the Local Development Plan for each local planning authority within the North West, and, as such, will be a consideration in determining planning applications.
3.6
The HMR programme is integral to supporting these key strategies and is informing their priorities in order to ensure complementarity at the regional and sub-regional levels.
The role and importance of HMR within Salford
3.7
One of the key strengths of the Manchester Salford HMR programme (recognised by both
Audit Commission and ODPM during their scrutiny of the 1 st Prospectus) is its positioning within the context of wider strategic regeneration frameworks within both Cities, complementing and delivering key strands of Community Plans, Neighbourhood Renewal
Strategies and Area Based Strategic Regeneration Frameworks. In recognition of this, the significance of HMR grant is always represented within the totality of other housing and regeneration investment across the Pathfinder.
3.8
The HMR programme is an integral part of the key strategies and policies that drive
Salford’s regeneration agenda:
 The HMR programme informs the Community Plan theme ‘A City That’s Good to Live
In’ establishing broad targets and milestones that will be scrutinised by Partners IN
Salford;
 Salford’s Housing, Neighbourhood Renewal and Economic Development strategies all reflect the geographical and thematic priorities contained with the HMR programme;
 HMR targets for reducing empty private sector properties have been included within
Salford’s LPSAII agreement with Government;
 HMR is integral to the delivery of the Central Salford Vision and Regeneration
Framework identifying priority areas for the URC including the Chapel St Corridor
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from Pendleton to the Regional Centre and the Irwell Corridor from the Quays through
Ordsall to the Regional Centre and up to Higher Broughton. The Framework also identifies all of the HMR Central Salford priority neighbourhoods adjacent to the
Chapel St Corridor and within the Irwell Corridor as residential areas that can become neighbourhoods of choice for existing and incoming families.
4.0
Links between the HMR programme and Economic Development
4.1 The Economic Development Strategy aims to set out the main economic development activities to be pursued by Partners IN Salford between 2004 and 2007. These activities aim to provide a seamless service that will secure the economic potential for people, communities and businesses in Salford.
The strategy will progress three key themes to economic development:


Theme 1 – Encouraging investment in Salford
Theme 2 – Supporting business development
Theme 3 – Enabling local people to fulfill their full potential

4.2 These themes are key areas of activity and provide the foundations for the work of the
Salford Construction Partnership particularly Theme 3 – ‘Enabling local people to achieve their full potential’.
4.3 Enabling local people to achieve their full potential
This theme is dedicated to boosting peoples aspirations, raising their achievement and improving their access to job and training opportunities through up-skilling and reskilling, particularly, for those sections of the population which have been excluded from the job market or marginalized within it.
4.4 Salford Construction Partnership
Salford is a national pathfinder project area for the government’s Housing Market
Renewal Fund (HMRF), which means that the city is set to benefit from extensive investment in housing renovation and re-building over the next 10 years. The Salford
Construction Partnership (SCP) was formed in December 2002 in response to the local employment opportunities that will be created through the significant investment planned in the Salford area.
The partnership is committed to working with key local construction employers to meet future requirements in terms of skills, shortages, availability of local labour, industry
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needs, training requirements, and to develop a co-ordinated approach for supporting
Salford residents and businesses. Through the implementation group the successes during 2004/05 have been:
4.5 Salford Construction Partnership Skills Register
Salford Jobcentre Plus has begun to build a database/skills register of Salford residents interested in employment in the construction industry and have worked hand in hand with Connexions to gain details of young people to include on the data base. Salford
College has provided details of construction course completers and those nearing completion who are “work ready” or are looking for work experience opportunities, and
Salford Employment Charter has also provided details of its construction employees who have benefited from assistance into construction employment and training through the
Local Labour into Construction project delivered on behalf of Salford City Council by
Employment Regeneration Partnership.
As at the end of December 2005 there are now 238 Salford residents of working age registered on the Salford Construction Partnership database/skills register.
4.6 Links with Construction Employers
SCP has focused in the first instance in working with Salford City Councils first two appointed construction partners (Seddon Construction and Cruden Limited) who have been appointed in an innovative new partnering arrangement with SCC to undertake construction work, including Housing Market Renewal Funding (HMRF) for contracts between £500,000 and £5 million over the next 5 years. Seddon and Cruden are actively engaged in the SCP Implementation Group to advise and assist partners with the development of partnership offer and are signed up to ensure that all employment and training opportunities generated through their procurement partnering arrangement with
SCC will go in the first instance to the SCP. This approach will ensure that local people are given the earliest chance to apply for jobs and training opportunities as they arise.
There have been 279 Salford residents supported into construction related employment via partners involved in the Salford Construction Partnership between April 2004 and
December 2005.
4.7 Cruden and Seddon
Cruden and Seddon have also been instrumental in assisting SCP in the design of a bespoke basic level construction course for local people including unemployed adults and young people at risk of social exclusion who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). The aim of the course is to provide a credible route way for people with
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little or no experience in the industry to gain labouring opportunities or to provide a step into first level training.
4.8 Salford Construction Partnership Protocol
A protocol was developed in 2004-5, which formally acknowledges the commitment and support given by key partners involved in the Salford Construction Partnership (SCP). It embraces the Government’s social inclusion agenda by maximising the employment opportunities of local residents into local labour within the construction industry. It will be launched next year.
4.9 Construction Training
The Salford Construction Partnership aims to identify and address skills gaps within the construction industry. The partnership has focused its efforts in 2004-5 in developing an innovative new course which aims to give unemployed Salford people the tools of the trade to help regenerate their city.
The six-week construction course delivered by Salford College on behalf of the Salford
Construction Partnership offered training in basic construction skills, work experience with contractors on completion and the opportunity to gain full-time employment.
Funded jointly by the Learning and Skills Council, Jobcentre Plus and Cruden and Seddon, the course seeks both to increase local job opportunities generated by large-scale redevelopment in the city, while also helping plug the skills gap within the construction industry. The vision is a strengthened local economy and a greater sense of community pride with local people taking ownership of projects. As a direct result 7 trainees who completed the course moved into full-time sustainable employment with SCP employers.
A further £65,000 funding has been secured through the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council’s European Social Fund Co-financing Programme, to broker and deliver five 8-week employer-led bespoke ‘Introduction to Construction Employment’ vocational courses for 90 local residents from the most deprived neighbourhoods of Salford over the next 2 years. In addition the SCP will also support the STEP 1 pilot programme which aims to raise the skill levels of socially excluded Salford residents over the next 12 months through a waged ILM programme with local RSL partners to refurbish void properties.
There have been 154 Salford residents benefiting from apprenticeship jobs with training brokered with the support of partners involved in the Salford Construction Partnership between April 2004 and December 2005.
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4.10 Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (2006/08)
Salford City Council's Economic Development Section, have been awarded
Neighbourhood Renewal Funding (2006/08) to ‘Maximising Local Construction
Employment Benefit through Large Scale Planned Investment’. Salford Construction
Partnership propose to use the £235,000 NRF (2006/08) allocation to fund a dedicated construction team to co-ordinate the continued mainstream commitment and support of existing partners to deliver joint initiatives for the benefit of employers and residents as outlined within the Salford Construction Partnership Business Plan.
4.11 Evaluation of Section 106 Agreements
In February 2005 the BE Group were appointed on behalf of the Economic Development
Section at Salford City Council (SCC) to examine Local Authority good practice across the country in using S106 Agreements, and to identify appropriate delivery mechanisms that embrace social inclusion. The evaluation will make recommendations for developing a consistent corporate response that focuses on the needs of Salford residents and maximises employment and training opportunities.
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The following table highlights the projected spend profile for the 2003/06 private sector housing capital programme.
INTERVENTION
AREA
2003/04
Actual
HMRF £ Other £
2004/05
Actual
HMRF £ Other £
2005/06
Estimate
HMRF £ Other £ HMRF £
Total
Other £
New Deal / North Irwell
Strategic Site Assembly
Securing Development
Supporting Home
Ownership
Home Improvements
Registered Social Landlords
Sustaining Neighbourhoods
Total
0
0
0 1,110,000 595,000 2,026,000 916,000 3,136,000 1,511,000
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0
15,000 399,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32,000 1,201,000 1,927,000 1,429,000 1,974,000 3,029,000
0
0
0
0
0
50,000
0
0
0
0
0
50,000
0
0
15,000 399,000 1,142,000 1,796,000 3,953,000 2,395,000 5,110,000 4,590,000
Broughton
Strategic Site Assembly
Securing Development
Supporting Home
Ownership
Home Improvements
Registered Social Landlords
Sustaining Neighbourhoods
2,447,000 1,242,000 3,575,000 203,000 5,094,000 2,236,000 11,116,000 3,681,000
0 0 546,000 1,538,000 1,541,000 141,000 2,087,000 1,679,000
0
92,000
0
23,000
0 0 150,000
0 382,000 194,000 380,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
45,000 150,000
97,000 854,000 291,000
0
0
0
23,000
45,000
0
0
Total
Claremont / Weaste
Strategic Site Assembly
Securing Development
2,562,000 1,242,000 4,503,000 1,935,000 7,165,000 2,519,000 14,230,000 5,696,000
40,000
0
Supporting Home
Ownership
Home Improvements
Registered Social Landlords
0
450,000
0
Sustaining Neighbourhoods 290,000
8,000
0
0
0
0
0
390,000
754,000
0
723,000
0
0
24,000
36,000
0
444,000
0
0
549,000
0
50,000
459,000
0
0
434,000
0
0
558,000 1,632,000 1,002,000
0
0
979,000
754,000
50,000
0
290,000
466,000
36,000
0
0
0
Total
Enterprise Park
Strategic Site Assembly
Securing Development
Supporting Home
Ownership
Home Improvements
Registered Social Landlords
Sustaining Neighbourhoods
Total
780,000 8,000 1,867,000 504,000 1,058,000 992,000 3,705,000 1,504,000
225,000 126,000 176,000
0 0 0
10,000
0
426,000
0
700,000
0
827,000
0
836,000
0
0
35,000
0
68,000
0
0
0
0
0
90,000
0
0
328,000 126,000 266,000
0
19,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
125,000
0
0
0
0
125,000
0
68,000
125,000
19,000
0
0
29,000 426,000 825,000 1,020,000 980,000
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Ordsall
Strategic Site Assembly
Securing Development
Supporting Home
Ownership
Home Improvements
Registered Social Landlords
Sustaining Neighbourhoods
Total
191,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,042,000 304,000
41,000
0 500,000
Total
Pendleton
Strategic Site Assembly
Securing Development
Supporting Home
Ownership
Home Improvements
Registered Social Landlords
Sustaining Neighbourhoods
191,000 0
1,041,000 304,000
541,000
0
0 0 0
0
0
0
1,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,000 240,000 300,000 472,000 302,000
24,000 0 0 500,000 24,000
0
0
0
0
25,000
0
0
0
75,000
0
0
0
25,000
0
0
0
75,000
0
0
0
26,000 265,000 375,000 997,000 401,000
0
0
0
0
0 1,041,000
0 0
304,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,000
0 1,042,000 304,000
0
0
0
0
Seedley and Langworthy
Strategic Site Assembly 418,000 2,219,000 1,494,000 854,000 1,237,000 1,448,000 3,149,000 4,521,000
Securing Development
Supporting Home
Ownership
Home Improvements
Registered Social Landlords
Sustaining Neighbourhoods
Total
0
0
0
0
2,093,000 1,026,000
0
0
66,000
521,000 1,770,000 1,815,000 181,000 300,000 269,000 2,636,000 2,220,000
197,000 2,120,000
0
0
153,000
0
0
260,000
400,000 1,086,000 2,690,000 4,232,000
0
0
0
0
0
326,000
0
0
153,000
0
0
3,032,000 5,015,000 3,572,000 3,308,000 2,197,000 2,803,000 8,801,000 11,126,000
Summary
Strategic Site Assembly
Securing Development 0
4,362,000 3,899,000 6,786,000 1,688,000 9,572,000 6,034,000 20,720,000 11,621,000
0 1,866,000 1,751,000 1,801,000 141,000 3,667,000 1,892,000
Supporting Home
Ownership
Home Improvements
Registered Social Landlords
521,000 1,770,000 1,815,000 181,000 525,000 564,000 2,861,000 2,515,000
2,685,000 1,425,000 1,424,000 3,978,000 3,166,000 3,170,000 7,275,000 8,573,000
0
Sustaining Neighbourhoods 382,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
382,000
0
0
Total 7,950,000 7,094,000 11,891,000 7,598,000 15,064,000 9,909,000 34,905,000 24,601,000
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The following highlights the investment strategy major investment areas (MIAs) and areas of stabilisation across Central Salford through the HMR programme:
SEEDLEY & LANGWORTHY
A masterplan, the ‘Development Strategy for Seedley and Langworthy’ was approved in January 2001 and was adopted as the neighbourhood plan for the area following extensive consultation with local people.
The plan vision is to re-create a sustainable residential area. The key elements of intervention progressed within the context of the area’s masterplan are
 Award winning developer Urban Splash will commence a truly innovative scheme to transform 385
Victorian terraced houses at the heart of the area into 365 contemporary affordable homes.
 In addition to new properties, 650 existing, predominantly terraced properties will be improved.
Manchester Methodist Housing Association will progress the re-development and/or remodelling of a number of the housing sites.
 An extensive programme of home improvements building on the work undertaken in Langworthy
North, Seedley West and west of Seedley Park Road. This work has been ongoing as part of a rolling programme since 2001and over 600 homes have now been improved.
 Environmental improvements will be undertaken within Chimney Pot Park.
HIGHER BROUGHTON
Between 2001 and 2003 a Neighbourhood Renewal Assessment (NRA) was commenced in Higher
Broughton. The NRA and associated consultation with residents established that comprehensive clearance and redevelopment was needed. This led to the Higher Broughton Masterplanning and
Visioning work and to the production of Supplementary Planning Guidance in September 2003.
Alongside formulation of the Strategy, a partnership of the Royal Bank of Scotland, InPartnership Limited,
City Spirit, Taylor Woodrow and Salford City Council was put in place to take the regeneration forward.
Comprehensive clearance in the Broughton Green area is considered necessary to remove the impact of empty and vandalised properties upon the image of the area and create a site capable of the scale of transformation required to create a self-sustaining housing market.
The strategy for the MIA not covered by Broughton Green will be developed further by the conduct of a further NRA during 2005 and the declaration of a Neighbourhood Renewal Area. This will inform the precise nature of interventions and investment to sustain the neighbourhood surrounding the Broughton
Green development.
Key elements of the market renewal strategy include:
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 The redevelopment of a 15-hectare site that will involve clearance of approximately 600 properties, mainly pre-1919 terraced stock. Plans have been drawn up to redevelop the area with modern housing, including affordable homes, together with community facilities in a community hub and replacement recreational facilities. The scheme will provide 700 new, predominantly family houses and apartments, over a 7-year period, supported by £88 million private sector investment.
 Purchasing land and properties together with demolition and clearance for the purpose of creating the
15 acre development site.
 The remediation of the 2.64 acre Northumberland Street Playing Fields site to address site contamination issues.
 A Home Swap scheme will enable existing residents to design their new properties and buy them at an estimated market value discount of up to 20% with HMRF providing equity loans to residents to facilitate them taking up ownership.
 In addition to new properties existing, predominantly terraced, properties will be refurbished to help sustain the surrounding residential areas.
LOWER BROUGHTON
The Lower Broughton Regeneration Partnership (LBRP) involving members of the community is leading the regeneration and transformation of Lower Broughton. The initial Business Plan and draft Delivery
Framework addresses the key issue of tackling the overwhelmingly public sector tenure skew and radically restructuring the housing market. This will be achieved by an expanded housing choice and attracting new residents by concentrating the first phase of new development on the large areas of vacant land in the area, and on the clearance and redevelopment of the poor quality social rented stock for new mixed income residential development with a focus on family accommodation.
A draft Supplementary Planning Document has been produced for adoption by Salford City Council in order to establish exemplary design principles for the regeneration of the area.
Key interventions include:
 The MIA aims to provide a net gain of 2,500 new properties to create population density which will sustain local services and new shopping facilities by attracting a range of residents and raising income levels in the area.
 Expanding housing choice through concentrating phase 1 of new development on existing vacant land and the clearance and redevelopment of poor quality social rented stock, focusing on new family accommodation.
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 HMR funding will assist existing occupiers whose houses are demolished to stay in the area via relocation packages and the LBRP will develop affordable housing provision to increase the number of home owners through the provision of suitable schemes.
 A new community led neighbourhood management structure will be developed and introduced in the area.
 Comprehensive development of the area will bring forward environmental and infrastructure improvements, ensuring better connection throughout the area, to the Regional Centre, the river and neighbouring communities.
 The market renewal programme will also attract external funding to assist in achieving a sustainable social rented housing market, predominantly from Coutour Housing Group, Salford
City Council’s lead RSL partner in the area, and the Housing Corporation via the Affordable
Housing Programme.
N O R T H I I R W E L L – N E W D E A L F O R C O M M U N I T I I E S A R E A O F C H A R L E S T O W N & L O W E R
K E R S A L
The NDC Development Framework addresses the key issue of expanded housing choice and attracting new residents by concentrating on: clearance and redevelopment of significant tracts of land along the
River Irwell for new mixed income residential development for families; improvements to existing private sector housing; and comprehensive treatment of areas to upgrade the environment, security and street scene.
Opus Developments has been selected as the preferred developer to bring forward key sites for development.
Key interventions include:
 Purchasing land and properties for the purpose of creating development sites. Over 24 hectares of land will be cleared for a range of developments including housing, open space, local shops and community facilities.
 Acquisition of strategic sites that are at the gateway of the area and link to major regeneration projects such as Pendleton Gateway remodelling, Pendleton Church area redevelopment (for housing), the Bury Bolton Canal reopening and development of former industrial areas for housing.
 Completion of extensive home improvement programmes at Littleton Road and Arrowhead.
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AREAS OF STABILISATION
In other areas, relatively small scale investment is required in order to consolidate programmes of activity which are already beginning to turn around housing markets and neighbourhood conditions, in order to ensure that this intervention is sustainable in the longer term and has a maximum impact on the area and the surrounding housing markets.
Ordsall falls into this category where the aim is to consolidate investment and provide additional sites to be marketed for redevelopment during 2006/08. Market confidence in the area has improved significantly with both the LPC Living and Bellway schemes helping to diversify tenure and increase residential choice in the area. HMR activity will be focused on the Knowsley Green acquisition scheme where a 0.3 hectare site, adjacent to the proposed new primary school, will provide the impetus for new build family housing in the area.
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