Author Department Name Synaptic Project – Regeneration and Transport Investment in East Manchester Richard Elliott Chief Executives

East Manchester: the Location

East Manchester: the History

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

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

Central Park Poor business environment 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 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 Achievements

Restructuring the Housing Market

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)

TRANSFORMATIONAL AGENDA Remove most blighted pre 1919 stock and make land available for redevelopment (HMR – £93m ) 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”

Toxteth Street Openshaw 2003

Toxteth Street - Openshaw 2011

Beswick 2001

Beswick 2011

Beswick Neighbourhood Lovell and Gleeson joint developers  1,100 new homes  New primary school  New 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

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

Metrolink Development Source: TfGM

Metrolink Development Source: Projectmapping.co.uk

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

Regeneration Impact

 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 Looking Forwards