A Route Map to Nottingham 2030

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A Route Map to Nottingham 2030

• John Downie
• Executive Director
• Community Regeneration Partnership

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Can we agree on the key characteristics
underpinning Great Places Sustainable
Communities?
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Great Places have.

• Good transport services and communication
• Appropriate and accessible services
• Places to live that are considerate of the
  environment
• Flourishing and diverse local economy
• Quality built and natural environment
• Safe with shared community activities

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And do we all recognise this presentation
Sustainable Community?
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But you could be excused for being confused
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A very quick literature review

• Strong and Prosperous Communities The Local
  Government White Paper CLG
• Review of Sub-national Economic Development and
  Regeneration HM Treasury / CLG
• Homes for the Future More Affordable, More
  Sustainable CLG
• Planning for a Sustainable Future CLG
• Housing and Regeneration Bill
• Planning Bill
• Planning Policy Statement
• Comprehensive Area Assessments The Audit
  Commission

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And I havent even mentioned

• Lyons
• Barker
• Hills
• Cave
• Callcott
• Quirk

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Bring all this policy together its a confusing
landscape
RDAs POST-SRB STRATEGIES SINGLE POT
HOMEBUY FTBI H.CORP SO Challenge CLTs
PERMNT AFFRDBTY
VALUE RECOVERY S.106/PGS CI LEVY? CLG HMT
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PLAN CLG DEFRA HCA
AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET INTERVENTIONS
COMMUNITY ASSET OWNERSHIP
SUB-NATIONAL REVIEW OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
REGENERATION HMT DBERR SINGLE REGIONAL
STRATEGIES
PUBLIC INTEREST OWNERSHIP
Planning Together SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEG
IES SPATIAL PLANNING
COMMUNITY RE- INVESTMENT
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
COMMUNITY ASSET REINVESTMT TRUSTS WESSEX RT
LOCALHOUSING COs LOCAL ASSET-BACKED
VEHICLES EQUITY TRUSTS LA ASSET DISPOSALS
NHOOD WELL-BEING
NATIONAL STRATEGY NHOOD RENEWAL Replacement
coming TOGETHER WE CAN CLG DEFRA HOME OFFICE
Post-Lyons PLACE SHAPING LAAs/MAAs/CAAs AUDIT
COMMISSION HOME OFFICE CLG
NHOOD MANAGE- MENT
ADVENTURE CAP FUND FUTUREBUILDERS UNCLAIMED
ASSETS POST- QUIRK REVIEW COMMUNITYCALL FOR
ACTION gtgt KITTY PILOTS gtgt PRODs gtgt PETITIONS
THE CONCORDAT LGA CLG
NEW DEAL FOR COMMUNITIES HOUSING MARKET
RENEWAL HCA URBAN ESTATES MIXED
COMMUNITIES DECENT HOMES PLUS ECO-TOWNS
CAN COUNCILS, LSPs, HCA, IDeA ANYONE MAKE ANY
SENSE OF THIS?
(C2O futureplanners)
And you have to make sense of this
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Put simply what are the key regeneration
challenges Nationally we need to

• Improve economic performance and reduce
  differential across the country
• Increase long term housing supply and
  affordability

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And why

• Nationally inequality has grown over the last 30
  years and social mobility has slowed
• Londons economic output per person continues to
  be 40 higher than the North East 37 higher
  than the East Midlands.
• UK cities continue to under perform compared to
  European and world comparators

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And why

• Globalisation is driving greater competition for
  higher level skills
• There is concentrated poverty in two to three
  thousand neighbourhoods suffering from weak
  economic base, poor housing and poorly performing
  public services.
• The revival of deprived areas is hampered by the
  concentration of the poorest people in the
  poorest places.

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And when you link that to

• Demand for housing continues to exceed supply
• Household projections project the number of
  households to grow by 223,000 households a year
  until 2026

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• Housing completions still historically low
• Although the level of housing completions has
  increased by 30 since 2002, completions are
  still only running at around 180,000 compared to
  expected new household formation of 223,000
  households a year
• Current credit crunch and housing market
  slowdown

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• As a consequence
• As demand has grown faster than supply
  affordability has worsened in all regions
• The lower quartile house price to earnings ratio
  increased from 3.84 in 1999 to 7.12 in 2006.

Ratio of house prices to earnings (lower
quartile) 1999 and 2006

• Households waiting for social housing has risen
  by 60 in 10 years
• 0.5 million households are living in overcrowded
  accommodation
• Households in temporary accommodation has doubled
  in 10 years

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Add the Climate Change Agenda..

• With 27 of UK carbon emission emanating from
  energy use in homes we need to deliver greener
  and better designed housing to minimise the
  impact on the environment
• We also need to deliver better designed homes
  that are better linked to key infrastructures
  such as schools, transport and healthcare.

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So how is the Government seeking to achieve an
improvement in the economic performance of the
regions and reduce disparity between them?
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There are 4 pillars to Government strategy

• Sub National Review
• Local Government White Paper
• Regeneration Framework
• Building more cohesive, empowered and active
  communities

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An agenda that will Deliver

• Simplification of decision making at regional
  level bringing together regional, spatial,
  economic and housing strategies
• Strengthening of the local authority economic
  development role
• Supporting local authorities to work together at
  sub regional level.

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How does this translate to you here in
Nottingham
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• There is an expectation that delivery will be
  improved it will be closer to the ground
  local communities will be empowered.
• There is a financial commitment to deliver
  regeneration and affordable homes.
• There is a requirement to create sustainable
  places and communities where people want to live
  and work now and in the future.

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It isnt just going to happen this is where YOU
come in it requires YOUR commitment and YOUR
vision
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This conference offers you the opportunity to
contribute to shaping the Nottingham Agenda. But
before you move forward there needs to be a
shared understanding of the starting point.
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What others say about you

• The Audit Commission
• You are a 2 star Authority you perform
  adequately and you demonstrate a strong desire
  for improvement But you have not yet put in
  place the building blocks necessary to bring out
  that improvement.
• The current position is good with an ambition to
  do better.

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The Challenge

• Reputation and image Historic positive
  perception
• as City
• as a Local Authority

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Nottingham Challenges

• Implications of the City boundary
• High level of deprivation
• Lack of housing choice within the City
• WHILE
• Wider city region more affluent
• City acts as employment hub for surrounding areas
  

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Way Forward

• Government expect greater Civic leadership role
  for Local Authorities
• Recognition that Cities affected by regional,
  national and international issues
• Need to optimise performance to benefit existing
  communities
• Need to agree with public and private sector
  partners a shared vision and route map for the
  City

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The Building Blocks
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Opportunities to build on today

• Develop in partnership a strategic vision for
  the next 20 years
• Shape the investment strategies necessary for the
  citys development
• Seek the involvement of all communities in the
  development of the Nottingham vision.
• Address the gap between Nottingham and the rest
  of the country in terms of health, education and
  crime.

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Strategic Regeneration Areas
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The strategic regeneration frameworks will

• Set the future context for sustainable investment
  and development
• Guide effective services delivery
• Facilitate effective planning of neighbourhoods
• Provide a clear, comprehensive framework for
  future investment decisions
• Promote consensus about the long-term strategic
  objectives, priorities and opportunities across
  all neighbourhoods
• Demonstrate how all areas will help achieve the
  ambitious vision set out in the Sustainable
  Community Strategy

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The SRF Programme

• North West Nottingham SRF commissioned November
  2007
• Due to launch September 2008
• At critical stage agreeing Vision and Objectives
• Second SRF (East Nottingham) due to start in
  September 2008.
• Final SRF (South Nottingham) scheduled for
  November 2008

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North West Nottingham SRF how you can
contribute?

• Significant number of stakeholders already fed
  into the process
• Breakout session today
• Discuss
• Vision
• Spatial Framework
• Level of intervention
• Projects early-wins
• Future consultation
• The beginning of a dialogue not the end.

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North West Nottingham SRF Next Steps

• Process of resident consultation
• Conference May 17th
• Local Working Groups
• Launch of SRF September 2008
• Corporate event
• Second residents conference

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John DownieExecutive Director

• johnd_at_crp-ltd.co.uk
• Tel [phone]