City Living

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City Living
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But..

• Slow down in housing starts
• Problem with sales/ buy to lets
• Values declining
• Oversupply of flats in some city centres
• Developers moving away from flat developments

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And a new organisational landscape

• Abolition of Regional Assemblies
• New role for RDAs
• Enhanced Civic Leadership role for Local
  Authorities
• Homes and Communities Agency

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So how do Communities fit in?

• Government keen to devolve
• New CAA Performance regime
• Reduced number of targets
• Greater emphasis on partnership through LAAs and
  MAAs
• Community empowerment approaches

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How much has been achieved in Neighbourhoods?

• NDCs as the principal Area Based programme have
  made a difference but
• The gap between the richest and poorest
  neighbourhoods is still increasing

• Now 350 Neighbourhood Management programmes in
  England. Evaluation says made a difference but
• Mixed messages from Government re commitment to
  Communities / voluntary sector

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• The challenges we face are too complex, the
  needs often too local, for all solutions to be
  imposed from the centre.
• Rt. Hon Ruth Kelly at launch of the Strong
  Prosperous Communities Local Govt White Paper,
  Oct 2006

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Citizen Engagement and Service Delivery Why
Neighbourhoods Matter (Jan 05)

• By taking action at neighbourhood level people
  everywhere can make a significant difference to
  the quality of our countrys public services
• Government proposes to develop a national
  framework that sets out principles for
  neighbourhood arrangements to put power in
  communitys hands
• No one size fits all model

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Government want to unlock the talent of our
communities

• To tap into the talents of all of the people, not
  merely the few, we need to involve people
  actively in
• Improving deprived areas through regeneration and
  promoting work and enterprise
• Encouraging active citizenship, and reviving
  civic society and local democracy
• Improving local public services by involving
  local users and consumers and
• Strengthening local accountability.
• Double devolution, devolution to the doorstep
• White Paper on Empowering Communities in the
  summer
• CLG March 08

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How well is Nottingham doing?

• Nottingham has responded to the Governments
  sustainable communities agenda positively and can
  demonstrate success across the wicked issues

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Health

• Joint Service Centres
• Co- location of services in deprived/ vulnerable
  communities

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Community Safety

• National pilot for weeks of action
• Warden schemes
• Actual crime figures belie the national image

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Environment

• The Pioneering Nottingham protocol on Climate
  change
• Cleanest City Centre

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Community Cohesion

• Pilot for Neighbourhood Management
• Community Policing

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Economy

• Development of Science Park
• World class Universities
• Job Guarantee programmes

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Housing

• Tackling student / HMO problems
• Building student housing

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Transportation

• Pioneering tram system

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Attractive environment
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Public Art Gateway features
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The Green Agenda - Recycling
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Localising Health and other Services
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Engaging with young people
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Links to schools and education
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Jobs and TrainingEssential to match residents
preferences and aspirations linked to real
opportunities

• Baseline studies
• Basic skills / confidence training
• Customised training

• Construction training
• Links to Business Groups
• One Stop Centre
• Development Trusts

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Promoting social capital new businesses
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Changing Perceptions
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The Sustainable Mixed Community
High achievers have
choice and will stay
Private investment attracted
Attractive environment
Mixed tenure and mixed income housing
Good public services
Popular schools and high educational standards
Average crime levels
prices


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NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANS
STRATEGIC REGENERATION FRAMEWORKS
LOCAL AREA AGREEMENTS
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK INCLUDING CORE
STRATEGY
NOTTINGHAM VISION 2030
INTEGRATED REGIONAL STRATEGY/ REGIONAL STRATEGIES
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Dr. Angus Kennedy Chief Executive Community
Regeneration Partnership Ltd Suite 307 Jewellery
Business Centre, 95 Spencer Street, Birmingham
B18 6DA 0121 523 1007 angusk_at_crp-ltd.co.uk www.crp
-ltd.co.uk