Synaptic Project – Regeneration and Transport Investment in East Manchester

1. Synaptic Project – Regeneration and Transport Investment in East Manchester AuthorDepartment Name Richard Elliott Chief Executives

2. East Manchester: the Location

3. East Manchester: the History

6. 1951 – 2001 • Manchester population reduces by 350,000 • East Manchester population reduces by 100,000 • East Manchester jobs reduce by 60,000

14. Objectives • Restructure the economic base • Increase local employment • Improve retail provision • Improve education • Restructure the housing market • Improve Transport Connectivity • Increase the population

15. Achievements 4,700 new homes built to date and 3,000 in pipeline 1.8 million sq ft of new business floor space Three High Schools rebuilt and refurbished 1 New Academy built and opened 2 New Primary schools £36.5m Gateway Interchange Two new Metrolink lines confirmed Central Park Poor business environment

16. Achievements GCSE results above Manchester average 3,500 new jobs created Significant improvement to public perception Major reduction in petty crime Two new district centres completed and another underway Two new state-of-the-art health centres

17. Restructuring the Housing Market

18. HISTORICAL DRIVERS OF CHANGE AND THEIR LEGACY • Collapse of traditional industries 1960’s onwards • Population flight • Partial slum clearance and poor quality replacement housing and limited choice for home owners • Over – concentration of social rented sector and private rented sector • Low level of home ownership • Problems of low demand - abandonment, very low property values • Severe concentrations of deprivation (200,000 + residents in electoral wards within worst 10% nationally)

19. TRANSFORMATIONAL AGENDA • Remove most blighted pre 1919 stock and make land available for redevelopment (HMR – £93m 2003 - 2008) • Stock transfer or social rented sector and estate restructuring (PFI, LVST, Decency Programmes - £250m and counting! • Alignment of investment – transport, schools, leisure, retail – “Neighbourhoods of Choice”

20. Toxteth Street Openshaw 2003

21. Toxteth Street - Openshaw 2011

22. Beswick 2001

23. Beswick 2011

24. Beswick Neighbourhood • Lovell and Gleeson joint developers • 1,100 new homes • New primary school • New 11- 16 academy • Local shopping provision • Community facilities and enhanced open space • Improved road network and enhanced community safe-route • Total Public Sector Input: £65 million Lovell homes Gleeson homes Ashbury Meadow Primary school

25. Neighbourhood planning in East Manchester • Strategic Regeneration Framework • Detailed Neighbourhood Plans • Community Engagement at a neighbourhood level • Community participation • Comprehensive and Inclusive

27. Metrolink Development Source: TfGM

28. Metrolink Development Source: Projectmapping.co.uk

29. InfrastructureThe £1.5bn GM Transport Fund has funded Metrolink to Chorlton with further extensions to East Manchester, Wythenshawe and the Airport underway

30. Regeneration Impact

31. Looking Forwards • Eastlands & Manchester City Football Club • Two new Metrolink lines opened in 2012/13 • Next Generation Broadband Access BUT • Recession • Public Sector Funding Reductions • Development Platform but fragile market • The journey continues….. National Indoor BMX Centre Eastlands Metrolink work starts