Brooklands Library
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Ward Plan
Ward plans are developed for every ward in the city and their key focus is in improving services at a local level. They create a comprehensive public service improvement framework across the city that is geared to addressing key local issues and delivering on outcomes for the neighbourhood. The ward plans directly underpin the delivery of the
SRF (Strategic Regeneration Framework) and complement Local Plans, and are monitored through the ward co-ordination process, which involves local ward Members. In addition to this ward plan there is a ward action plan which is reviewed on a quarterly basis by services at Ward Coordination meetings and ensures local services focus on identified priorities in the ward. To find the latest local news and events in your area, additional information and statistics about the ward and ward profile document, visit www.manchester.gov.uk/ Brooklands or by contacting the local Ward Coordination Team
(see page 9).
West Wythenshawe Plan
The local plan aims to guide improvements in the area over the next 10 to 15 years. It covers the whole of the Baguley ward and areas within the Brooklands ward including the neighbourhoods of Newall Green, Baguley, Royal Oak, Bideford, Moor Road, Brooklands estate and the Butcher and Shady Lane estate.
The aim is to:
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Attract new businesses to the Roundthorn Industrial Estate, support existing employers and create more jobs for local people.
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Make sure residents have the necessary skills and can get jobs at the hospital,
Roundthorn Industrial Estate and the Airport.
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Work with Parkway Green Housing Trust and others to help them provide a wider range of housing, as well as safe and attractive streets and public spaces.
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Create a higher-quality living environment, which includes good-quality shops, leisure facilities, community facilities and public services.
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Make sure young people have access to high-quality education facilities to help improve levels of achievement and encourage further learning.
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Make sure the area has good transport links to employment areas, leisure facilities, green open spaces and the city centre so people have access to a wide range of opportunities.
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Make sure residents have access to a range of quality parks, woodland and green spaces.
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Help residents improve their health so they can enjoy a better quality of life.
The West Wythenshawe Local Plan aims to make the most of the areas strengths but also deal with some of the challenges. It includes physical plans to improve Roundthorn
Industrial Estate and the Brookway/Altrincham Road areas.
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Strategic Regeneration Frameworks
Strategic Regeneration Frameworks (SRFs) define the needs and priorities for the five regeneration areas within Manchester, in order to prioritise investment and activity over a
10 to 15 year period. The SRFs are also broken down in some areas into smaller Local
Plans, which focus on targeted areas within one of the five SRFs. The current
Wythenshawe SRF has been in place since 2004.
The Community Strategy
The Community Strategy has been developed by the Manchester Partnership to provide a vision for the City to 2015. Our partners and residents have contributed towards this strategy through planning and consultation events and all have a role in ensuring the vision is achieved. The Community Strategy has three spines: o Reaching full potential in education and employment. o Individual and collective self-esteem – mutual respect. o Neighbourhoods of choice.
The Community Strategy is managed by the Manchester Board, a non-executive Board chaired by the Leader of the Council. The Board meets quarterly to hold the Public
Service Board (PSB) to account for the delivery of the Community Strategy. The PSB comprises of the most senior officers from key public agencies and co-ordinates work to ensure delivery of key partnership strategies.
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Brooklands ward includes the neighbourhoods of Brooklands, Northern Moor and
Shady Lane and is approximately six miles south of the city centre.
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The ward boundary is defined by Princess Parkway to the east and the border with
Trafford to the west. Altrincham Road, Wythenshawe Road and Sale Road are the main east west routes and Southmoor and Moor Road are the main north south roads.
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Brooklands ward has a higher number of socially rented households than owneroccupiers. Parkway Green Housing Trust is the primary registered social landlord for the area following the stock transfer in October 2006.
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Major areas of employment are Wythenshawe Hospital and Roundthorn Industrial
Estate.
 The new purpose built £20m Manchester Health Academy (formerly Brookway
High School) opened in September 2010 and provides 600 places for 11-16 year olds and post-16 provision for 120 students. The site also includes the new
Brooklands library.
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The ward also includes Brooklands Sure Start Centre and two primary schools:
Sandilands and Button Lane.
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Brooklands ward has good transport links to Manchester Airport, the city centre and other areas. The planned Metrolink extension over the next few years will improve transport links and broaden the ability of the local community to access a wider variety of jobs, employment and leisure opportunities within the city and the wider conurbation, in addition to attracting an extended workforce and new businesses to the area.
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West Wythenshawe District Centre contains a variety of major retail outlets including Tesco, Wicks and Aldi which opened in December 2011. There are also a variety of local shopping centres in each neighbourhood.
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The ward benefits from a small number of community buildings including the
Church of the Nazarene, St Aiden’s and New Dawn Community Centre, which hosts a range of activities.
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Norbrook Youth Club has been rebuilt and was officially opened by HRH The Duke of Gloucester on 26 March 2010. The Youth Club was founded in 1958 to provide leisure and community activities for youngsters aged eight to 15.
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Wythenshawe Hall was built in the 1540s by Robert Tatton. The Tatton family lived at the site until 1926 when the Hall and 250 acres of land were bought by Lord and
Lady Simon, who gave them to the City of Manchester "to be kept for ever as an open space for the people of Manchester".
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Brooklands is also home to Wythenshawe Town Football Club.
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From the 1930s, plans were drawn up with the vision of Wythenshawe as a garden city and the concept continues, as can be seen from the many trees and green areas in the ward.
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Wythenshawe Park is a regional park and is the second largest park in Manchester and has received the Green Flag Award. The park provides a range of facilities including the Horticulture centre, Community Farm, Riding stables and much more.
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There are a number of open spaces, woodlands and parks in the ward including
Southwick and Chesterton Parks. Sparkford and Carrswood open space and
Brooklands allotments.
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Ward Priority SRF Objective Community
Strategy Spine
 4 Brooklands community groups received £12,645.00 from Manchester Airport’s Community Trust Fund between 2009 and 2012.
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20 Brooklands residents have secured employment during 2010/11 financial year through the Airport Academy and so far three during 2011/12 (as of July ’12) .
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18,144 people were employed at Manchester Airport in 2009 and it is estimated that 10% of these are from the
M22 and M23 area. NB. No new figures available as the survey of all Airport employers no longer takes place.
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196 Brooklands residents worked at the University Hospital of South Manchester (UHSM) in November 2011.
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Between May 2011 and March 2012 Over 900 Wythenshawe residents have benefitted from the
Wythenshawe Travel Service, 436 people received bus tickets to attend interviews.
 Harvest Housing’s Job Club established on the Butcher Lane Estate in 2011 and 119 residents attended a drop-in session and given advice on employment and volunteering.
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12 Brooklands residents have engaged in the Real Opportunities process.
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73% of Button Lane pupils achieved the LA Target of 72.4% in English and Maths combined level 4+ in 2010.
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41.2% of Brooklands pupils achieved 5 A*-C inc English and Maths in 2010 meeting the LA Target of 38.6%
Fully realise the economic and other benefits to Wythenshawe from its proximity to Manchester Airport
Make Wythenshawe the location of choice for investors and employers
Enable Wythenshawe residents to access a wider spectrum of job opportunities
Add strength and depth to
Wythenshawe’s educational attainment levels for residents
Improve the health and welfare of
Wythenshawe residents
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Between April and September 2011, 101 Brooklands residents have accessed PARS (Physical Activity
Referral Scheme NHS).
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105 residents attended a Come Line Dancing event in September 2010 and 23 residents attended weekly chair based exercise between 2009 and 2010 at the New Dawn Centre in September 2010.
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Wythenshawe Hospital celebrated 25 years of the pioneering Transplant Programme on 15 April 2012.
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Delivery of Wythenshawe Games between 21 July to 29 July 2012.
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November 2011 completion of 11 Parkway Green, two bed bungalows on Carrswood Road. 10 have been allocated to tenants releasing family type properties.
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Mid Year Estimate (MYE) data at ward level data for 2010. Brooklands population stood at around 13,700 in
2010, an increase of 11.5% since 2001.
 The new purpose built £19 million Manchester Health Academy opened in September 2010 providing 600 places for 11 to 16 year olds and post-16 provision for 120 students.
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Parkway Green Housing Trust developed approximately 386 frontages into driveways (approximate numbers as some of Parkway Greens neighbourhood patches span ward boundaries)
Make Wythenshawe the location of choice for existing and new residents
Reaching full potential in education and employment
Neighbourhoods of choice
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Ward Priority
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71 vehicles were stopped, 22 prohibition orders issued against unsafe vehicles, no tax or insurance and unpaid parking tickets as part of an enforcement campaign in June and September in 2010.
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32 Homewatch groups set up across the Brooklands Ward between 2010 and February 2012.
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Operation Vortex implemented in 2010 a co-ordinated campaign against crime and anti-social behaviour – arrests made for a number of offences, five warrants carried out, one cannabis street warning issued and two vehicles seized.
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Regular communication with Transport for Greater Manchester and Utility Companies to ensure minimal disruption during Metrolink works, routes, marketing and advertising in place.
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Addition of B & M and Aldi Supermarket at West Wythenshawe District Centre.
SRF Objective
Create safe and high quality neighbourhoods
Community
Strategy Spine
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Wythenshawe Park has been declared as a Local Nature Reserve which will support the ongoing education and environmental quality of the park.
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Wythenshawe Park retained the Green Flag Award for 2011/12.
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100 Future Job Fund trainees have worked on various projects in Wythenshawe Park between 2010 and 2011.
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Brooklands Library opened in October 2010.
 Wythenshawe Hall’s ownership transferred to Community and Cultural Services in 2012. A strategy is to be developed on the use of the building and a Friends group set up.
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Brooklands Tenants and Residents Association held a successful Summer Fair on Sparkford fields in August 2010.
 Wythenshawe Together celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in Wythenshawe Park.
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Northern Moor Celebration held a successful Festival on Rack House Primary School’s playing field in July 2010.
Improving accessibility for
Wythenshawe residents into, out of and around the area
Improve shopping facilities for
Wythenshawe residents to ensure that expenditure is captured locally
Utilise Wythenshawe’s natural assets to make it a more attractive place to live and work
Develop a cultural identity for
Wythenshawe that enhances local residents opportunities in this area
Create an image and identity for Wythenshawe that instils a sense of pride among residents old and new
Individual and collective selfesteem/mutual self respect
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Ward Priority SRF Objective Community
Strategy Spine
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Ensure Brooklands residents participate fully in Manchester Airport’s community outreach activities including the Airport Community Trust Fund,
Airport Academy and school initiatives.
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Make Roundthorn Industrial Estate and Wythenshawe Hospital the location of choice for investors and employers
3. Enable Brooklands residents to access local job opportunities including
Roundthorn Industrial Estate, Wythenshawe Hospital, City Enterprise Zone and West Wythenshawe District Centre.
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Increase educational attainment and attendance in Brooklands primary schools and strengthen links with the Manchester Health Academy.
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Improve health outcomes for Brooklands residents and increase the use of community venues for health and wellbeing activities.
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Improve housing choice and standards in Brooklands
Fully realise the economic and other benefits to
Wythenshawe from its proximity to Manchester Airport
Make Wythenshawe the location of choice for investors and employers
Enable Wythenshawe residents to access a wider spectrum of job opportunities
Add strength and depth to Wythenshawe’s educational attainment levels for residents
Improve the health and welfare of Wythenshawe residents
Make Wythenshawe the location of choice for existing and new residents
Create safe and high quality neighbourhoods
Reaching full potential in education and employment
Neighbourhoods of choice
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Ensure Brooklands, Northern Moor and Shady Lane are safe, high quality neighbourhoods
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Improving accessibility for Brooklands residents into, out of and around the area
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Work in partnership to address issues at local shopping parades,
Moorcroft Road, Button Lane, Petersfield Drive, Wendover Road and West
Wythenshawe District centre.
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Maximise the impact of Brookland’s, Wythenshawe, Southwick, and
Chesterton Parks, Sparkford open space and Carrswood open space and wood as the ward's main natural assets.
Improving accessibility for Wythenshawe residents into, out of and around the area
Improve shopping facilities for Wythenshawe residents to ensure that expenditure is captured locally
Utilise Wythenshawe’s natural assets to make it a more attractive place to live and work
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Develop a cultural identity and leisure opportunities in Brooklands that enhances local residents opportunities in this area.
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Through the Real Lives campaign, create an image & identity for
Brooklands that instils a sense of pride among residents.
Develop a cultural identity for Wythenshawe that enhances local residents opportunities in this area
Create an image and identity for Wythenshawe that instils a sense of pride among residents old and new
Individual and collective selfesteem/mutual self respect
NB These priorities are delivered through the Ward Coordination Group, which is made up of a range of local services and organisations. This group work on a ward action plan, which is updated following quarterly Ward Coordination meetings. If you would like to see this action plan, please contact the Ward Coordination team (see p.9)
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Ward Co-ordinator:
Name Jane Dudley
Address Wythenshawe Regeneration Team
Etrop Court
Rowlandsway
Wythenshawe
M22 5RG
External Direct Line: 0161 219 6425
Email: j.dudley@manchester.gov.uk
Regeneration Ward Officer:
Name Debbie Brierley
Address Wythenshawe Regeneration Team
Etrop Court
Rowlandsway
Wythenshawe
M22 5RG
External Direct Line: 0161 219 6466
Email: d.brierley@manchester.gov.uk
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