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Area Plan 2015

Humberstone and Rowlatts Hill Districts Put in photograph of the area

3rd September 2015 – Area Manager – Ela Krychaska Hall

Humberstone & Rowlatts Hill HMA – Ward Councillors

Troon ward North Evington ward Evington ward Thurncourt ward Humberstone & Hamilton ward

Councillor Teresa Aldred Councillor Paul Newcombe Councillor Diane Cank Councillor Baljit Singh Councillor Vi Dempster Councillor Rashmikant Joshi Councillor Gurinder Singh Sandu Councillor Luis Fonseca Councillor Jean Kohote Councillor Abdul Razak Osman Councillor Deepak Bajaj Councillor Ratilal Govind Councillor Sue Hunter

Humberstone & Rowlatts Hill HMA – About the area

• Humberstone & Rowlatts Hill HMA has a relatively large population

compared to the other HMAs - there are 75,814 persons living in the HMA, more than a fifth of the City’s population. There are 27,147 households. It is the largest HMA in terms of the area it covers, covering almost a quarter of the City – (1,755 hectares). The density of persons per hectare is similar to that of the City – 43.19, compared with 44.99 for the City.

• There 4,941 LCC homes in the area, of which 28 are HomeCome

properties.

• Impact of the new ward boundaries - Humberstone & Rowlatts Hill HMA

has gained an area of what was previously the old Rushey Mead ward which is now incorporated in the new Troon ward and sits within the Humberstone & Rowlatts Hill HMA.

Humberstone & Rowlatts Hill HMA - Tenure

Owned or shared

• wnbership

Social housing (LCC housing) (RSL housing) Private renting/living rent free Humb & Row 59.4 22.2 18.3 3.9 18.4 City 50.3 25.4 17.1 8.3 24.3 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0

Tenure ‐ % of all households

• Humberstone & Rowlatts Hill HMA has a larger proportion of
• wner occupied housing than is the case for the City.
• A relatively small proportion of the households in this HMA

live in RSL and private rented homes.

Humberstone & Rowlatts Hill HMA – Stock Profile

Bedrooms (inc. HomeCome):

• Humberstone has a large proportion of its stock which is 1 bed properties

(44.4% compared to 33.8% for the City)

• A significant proportion of these 1 bed properties are 1 bed bungalows

Property types:

• This HMA has a larger proportion of bungalows - 24.4% compared to

12.9% for the City’s stock.

• The HMA has relatively few maisonette properties - they make up 1.6%
• f its stock, compared with 7.3 for the City.

Humberstone & Rowlatts Hill HMA – Private sector empty homes (Council Tax, 2015)

Empty duration

• No. of empty

properties Row/Humb HMA % City % 18 months + 257 28.0 25.2 6 to 18 months 251 27.3 30.2 Under 6 months 411 44.7 44.6 Grand Total 919 % of all private sector empty homes 18.9

• Humberstone & Rowlatts Hill contains the second largest number of

empty private sector homes of all HMAs.

• A larger proportion of the PS empty homes in this HMA have been

empty for 18+ months (and thus eligible to be addressed by the PS Empty Homes Team) than is the case for the City.

Humberstone & Rowlatts Hill HMA – LCC evictions

• At Quarter 3 in 2015 there were 40 evictions in total.
• 8 of these evictions were in the Humberstone &

Rowlatts Hill HMA.

• 2 of the evictions were families and 6 were single

tenants.

Humberstone & Rowlatts Hill HMA - new developments (LCC schemes, completed or due to complete after April 2014)

• Laburnum Road Phase 2 (Persimmon Homes):
• Forty-eight 2 bed homes
• Eight 3 bed homes
• Six 4 bed homes

These were completed between September 2014 and March 2015

Capital works 2014 / 2015

• Boiler replacement

£826,831

• Electrical improvements

£255,940

• Kitchens and bathrooms

£568,475

• Windows and doors

£ 4,500

• Re-roofing

£ 15,300 TOTAL £1,671,046

Key achievements for 2014 / 2015

• Worked in partnership with LFRS & CPN on a case of hoarding.

Tenant involvement has so far avoided a VARM

• Planted 21 trees across whole area
• Completely landscaped areas of Lombardy Rise & Oak Street

Spring bulbs – Lombardy Rise

More key achievements for 2014 / 2015

• Installation of 8 piece outdoor multi-gym – Netherhall
• Refurbishment of Thurncourt Rd shopping parade
• Grounds maintenance taking shape across Rowlatts Hill Estate
• Repainting of internal communal areas – Rowlatts Hill flats
• Refurbishment of Ethel Road flats courtyards (4 year project)
• Door entry system – Netherhall shopping parade maisonettes

Netherhall door entries – ASB now nil

More key achievements for 2015 / 2016

Much tighter fire control in flats and maisonettes throughout the area. Key safes available to allow emergency service staff easy access though security gates and doors

More key achievements for 2015 / 2016

• Netherhall Estate – Spring bulbs planted on road sides

Local residents and councillors think it’s made the estate look ‘bloomin’ marvelous’ !!

Capital Works – Environmental and Communal 2014 / 2015 - Achievements

• Charnwood
• Metal security gates to flats

£50,000

• Metal fencing - Tomlin Road

£ 4,255

• Parking – Hastings, Brammall & Blickling

£18,000

• Door Entry – Ickworth Close

£20,000

• Evington
• Ethel Road last courtyard refurbishment

£26,000

Metal Fencing Tomlin Road

Capital Works – Environmental and Communal 2014 / 2015 - Achievements

• Humberstone & Hamilton
• Painting – Manor House & Monks Rest

£ 5,500

• Parking – Grantham Road

£45,000

• Thurncourt
• Shopping parade refurbishment

£16,000

Grantham Road Parking Bays

Capital Works – Environmental & Communal 2014 / 2015 - Achievements

• Thurncourt shopping parade April 2015

Thurncourt shopping parade July 2015. Hanging baskets courtesy of Coles Nursery

Capital Works – Environmental and Communal 2014 / 2015 - Achievements

• Installation of outdoor multi-gym – Willowbrook Park

Please note – Even staff members are using it (Though clearly under duress !!)

Environmental improvements 2014 /15 Some ‘Befores and Afters’

Brixworth Drive before Brixworth Drive after knee-rail fence installation Sandford Court shrubbery before Sandford court – shrubbery removed. Awaiting turfing

Environmental improvements 2014 /2015 More ‘Befores and Afters’

• Steele Close before

Steele Close after turfing Beatty Avenue garage site before Beatty Avenue garage site after resurfacing

Environmental improvements – More ‘Befores and Afters’

With a little help from some knee-rail fencing the greenspaces are beginning to come to life again and hopefully will be planted with more spring bulbs in the future if funding becomes available Netherhall greenspaces churned up by residents parking as close to their properties as possible

Priorities for 2015 / 2016

• Rowlatts Hill flats internal painting - Phase 2
• Beatty Avenue parking improvements – resurfacing - Phase 1
• Rowlatts Hill grounds maintenance – Phase 2

Rowlatts Hill – need for further grounds maintenance / shrub removal

More Priorities for 2015 / 2016

• Phase 4 – final refurbishment of Ethel Rd courtyards
• Spring bulb planting – Ethel Rd – St Austell Rd – Bowhill Grove
• Thurncourt Road Shops – new metal gates to rear
• Thurncourt bungalow lighting – Bulkhead PIR’s to front &

floodlight to some at back

• St Austell Rd – renovation to brick sheds & shed doors to flats

Clearly a need for renovation of brick sheds and shed doors to St Austell Road flats

More priorities for 2015 / 2016

• Charnwood courtyards / communal open space - supplying 4 x

rotary lines on slab base

• Creation of 2 x circular pattered slabbing with seating & tables

Proposed communal areas for rotary lines, residents seating and tables

Challenges – Future Resource Needs

• Beatty Avenue – Further renovation of parking areas, to include

additional paths once shrub clearance completed

• Beatty Avenue – Renovation to halt ASB & litter. Clearance of

shrubs to entrances which are completely obscured (below)

More Challenges – Future Resource Needs

• Beatty Ave - Grounds Maintenance – overplanted –

unwelcoming – poor visibility – poor access – only one footpath

More Challenges – Future Resource Needs

• Thurncourt - Further parking schemes
• Evington – Consideration for resident parking permits
• Thurncourt bungalows – Phase 2 lighting – Ocean Road /

Homestone Gardens

• Ethel Rd / Harwin Rd – Brick shed renovations

More parking schemes like the above are needed throughout Thurncourt ward

More Challenges – Future Resource Needs

• Necessary refurbishment of external communal areas - Helena Roberts House

– Sheltered Unit Some residents of Helena Roberts House have taken interest in gardening the grounds

• themselves. We will encourage more by

relaying uneven slabs, renewing top soil in planters, replacing worn benches and planting clematis to grow up existing trellis

More Challenges – Future Resource Needs

Entrances to both Sandford Court and Harrowden Court flats Most unwelcoming as arches and rails need completely sanding down and repainting

New Challenges – Future Resource Needs

Left & right - Willowbrook View maisonettes need bin stores to avoid the eyesore and any fine Left – suggested location of bin store as completed (right) for Netherhall parade maisonettes

More Challenges – Future Resource Needs

Netherhall residents and local councillors are keen to make the walkway above Netherhall shopping parade up to the maisonettes more welcoming, by landscaping and removal of bollards to be replaced with large planters which some residents are keen to maintain themselves

Any Questions? Or Any Suggestions?