The panel set up to advise the Government on regenerating some of England’s most deprived estates has met for the first time.
Government writes:
A panel, who met for the first time recently, will look at how the layout of estates can be best used to deliver more quality homes that people can buy and rent.
The experts will also ensure that there are strong protections in place for existing residents so they will always be given the right to return to their communities.
The 17-strong group, co-chaired by Lord Heseltine and Housing Minister Brandon Lewis and reporting to the Prime Minister and Communities Secretary Greg Clark, will develop a national estate regeneration strategy and work with up to 100 estates to tackle deprivation and transform them into vibrant communities.
Future meetings will be held at estates across the country.
Members are:
- Councillor Ravi Govindia, leader of Wandsworth Council
- Nicholas Boys Smith, director of Create Streets, a social enterprise and independent research institute which pushes for well designed estates
- Andrew Boff, leader of the Greater London Authority Conservatives housing group
- Elaine Bailey, chief executive, from Hyde Housing Association, which successfully regenerated the Packington Estate in Islington
- Paul Tennant, chief executive from Orbit Housing Association, which successfully regenerated Erith Estate in Bexley
- Tony Pidgley, chief executive of Berkeley Homes – a lead partner on various estate regenerations across London
- Peter Vernon, chief executive of Grosvenor Estates
- Jane Duncan, president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
- Ben Bolgar, senior director of the Princes Foundation
- Dominic Grace, head of London Residential Development at estates agents Savills
- Emma Cariaga from the British Land and Thames Valley Housing Association
- David Budd, Mayor of Middlesbrough
- Natalie Elphicke, chief executive of the Housing & Finance Institute
- Graham Allen, MP for Nottingham North
- Félicie Krikler, director at Assael Architecture
The group will now work with a range of local stakeholders, including communities, local authorities, landlords, investors, builders, housing associations, and anyone else with ideas and ambition. It will draw up the national strategy for estate regeneration by the autumn. Its objectives include:
- providing strong protection for existing residents, such as rights of return
- delivering more homes for rent and ownership
- delivering homes more quickly
- promote high standards of design to provide commercially viable schemes which have the potential to be self-financing
- encouraging and attracting more private and public sector investment to help regenerate estates
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