The Big Picture
Helen Nicol, DCLG Estate Regeneration
Estate regen. programmes
2016
In January, PM David Cameron announced £140m loan funding
to help regenerate 100 estates across England, by encouraging
private investment and increasing life chances
• We know that the failure of some estates is not due to housing alone
• Social, political and economic factors have all impacted life on some
estates
• We knew we needed to consider the bigger picture to effectively
regenerate estates
Community resilience
“Community resilience is a measure of the
sustained ability of a community to utilise available
resources to respond to, withstand, and recover
from adverse situations”
= crisis focused, doesn’t address adaptation, implies just surviving is ok
We should be aiming for more than this…communities
that are not just coping, but flourishing
Spheres of control
Ability for individuals or communities to influence reduces moving from local to global
MACRO CONDITIONS
ECONOMICS &
POLITICS
RELATIONSHIPS &
SUPPORT NETWORKS
SELF
3rd tier: Tech developments,
demographics, climate change
2nd tier: Job market, housing
market, policy impacts, service
provision
1st tier: Friends, family, carers,
GPs
People and place
We can support resilience by:
• Helping people assert control over the 1st tier via community
engagement & service reform
• Making the 2nd tier work for them using policy & place-making
approaches
To do this we need to consider both people and place
Government intervention
“The state exists to provide
what individual people,
communities and markets
cannot.
Supporting free markets, but
stepping in to repair them
when they aren’t working as
they should.”
PM Theresa May, Conservative Party
Conference, 5 Oct 2016
Our regeneration policy needs to reverse physical, economic and social
decline in areas where market forces will not do this without intervention
Local growth promotion
Since 2010, Government’s approach to regeneration has largely been
targeted at supporting local growth
Agreeing place-based approaches to driving economic growth, regeneration and
housing development – including pan-region models (Northern Powerhouse and
Midlands Engine);
Creating the conditions for local growth through a competitive, deal-making approach
which offers incentives, e.g. Local Growth Fund, Enterprise Zones.
Empowering strong and accountable local decision–making and giving a voice to the
private sector, e.g. LEPs, Mayors, Combined Authorities.
Devolve and decentralise powers and functions to local areas, e.g. through Devolution
Deals.
Wider regeneration
Current regeneration programmes are numerous and in the main are
designed to address specific issues:
Estate Regeneration
Town Centres
Coastal
Regeneration
HS2 & Station
Regeneration
Enterprise Zones
Housing Zones
We recognise that this is a complex, often inter-related picture and are
aiming to take a Government-wide, place based approach to regeneration
Joining up regeneration
We are aiming to:
• Further develop the business case for a Government wide
approach to regeneration
• Identify places to test this approach via long term strategic
partnerships
• Consider the need for continued policy specific regeneration
programmes to deliver breadth as well as depth of support for
regeneration
Estate Regeneration
Estate regeneration presents a real opportunity to help
disempowered people improve their lives, as well as providing
more new and affordable homes and improving the quality of
existing stock
We are looking at ways to address both housing issues and
socio-economic issues to better understand how estates and the
lives of those who live on them can be improved in the context
of place and for the long term
What we are doing
100+ expressions of interest
Public spend mapping research
• 100+ expressions of interest have been
received from all over the country
• Working with places to develop business
cases & identify needs
• Working with 4 estates to map the public
spend on an estate
• Findings will inform guidance for developing
baselines and identifying issues
Estate regeneration guidance
• Developing an approach and
guidelines for estate regeneration
Regional workshops
• Delivering a series of regional workshops
to explore issues and opportunities & build
connections
Estate regeneration objectives
Join up in places
Explore investment models
Support estate regeneration
Publish national guidance
Build capability
Resilience in estate regen.
Elements of previously successful regeneration which may aid resilience:
Whole-place approach considering social, political, economic and
technological aspects
Strong local
leadership
A long-term
strategic approach
Community buy-in
& support
Key growth drivers
supported
Focused on social
outcomes
Unlocked savings
and £ from land
sales
What you can do
• Consider housing in the context of place
• Engage with community groups and local
enterprises to help people help themselves
• Work together with other public and private
organisations to help create opportunities
outside the influence of communities