Kingswell & Killisick

Contents Kingswell & Killisick Welcome Neighbourhood Profile A great place to live... Local knowledge What next? Our commitment Neighbourhood plan What can you do? Getting Involved Your Money Welcome to your new neighbourhood plan At Jigsaw Homes Group we take pride in how we can work with our local partners to our neighbourhoods and want to work with make improvements. residents to achieve our mission of ‘Creating homes. Building lives.’ As a result of the findings, we will target resources to areas in need through a range This plan takes on board feedback from of activities to make you feel happier with employees and residents looking at key your neighbourhood. issues like health and employment, crime and antisocial behaviour, money Each neighbourhood plan will be in place management and neighbourhood desirability. for three years and we’ve already been working towards similar plans for the past This information helps us to identify the few years at Gedling Homes with main challenges in your neighbourhood and positive results. Neighbourhood profile information Properties by type Here are some facts and figures about the people and properties that make up your neighbourhood which we thought you may Bungalows Houses Flats find interesting. & maisonettes Tenant by age 7 255 155 Under 25 years - 3% 36 - 54 years - 34% Number of Jigsaw Homes properties 417 25 - 35 years - 15% 55+ years - 45% Average length of tenancy 12.52 years Unknown - 3% A great place to live... Kingswell and Killisick are wards in the Arnold area of Gedling borough, approximately three miles from Nottingham City Centre. Gedling Homes owns a variety of property types in the neighbourhood including bungalows, flats, maisonettes, family houses and one independent living scheme at Tavil Field. Across the borough we own 417 properties which are managed by Gedling Homes. The neighbourhood has access to some very good amenities. In Killisick there are a small number of independent retail units on Beech- wood Road, offering butchers, hairdressers, a post office, a florist, cafés and a newsagent. In Kingswell the shops on Rolleston Drive offer a variety of fast food and takeaway es- tablishments. The neighbourhood is also close to central Arnold which has more amenities including a library, an ASDA and a Sainsburys. Outdoor Gym at Killisick Recreation Ground. Nottingham City Centre as well as to The neighbourhood benefits from three Central Arnold. community centres at Arnold Hill Community There are eight local primary schools in close The area is made up of a mix of privately Centre, Pond Hills Community Centre and proximity to the neighbourhood: Arnold View owned, Gedling Homes and other social Killisick Community Centre, which is home to Primary School, Arnold Woodthorpe Infant landlords properties. Our properties in a SureStart children’s centre. School, Arno Vale Junior School, Ernehale the area are predominantly family homes, Junior and Infant School, The Good Shepherd but we also own some 1 and 2 bedroomed The area also benefits from a number of Catholic Primary, Coppice Farm Primary flats in the area, along with one sheltered parks and open spaces at Arno Vale Recre- School, Killisick Junior School, Pinewood housing scheme at Tavil Field, Kilnbrook ation Ground, Coppice Farm, Edison Way, Infant and Nursery School. There is also two Avenue. Killisick Recreation Ground and Thackerays local secondary schools with attached Sixth Lane Recreation Ground. All parks have a Forms: Arnold Hill Academy and Christ the Jigsaw Homes has plans to build around children’s play area and there are football King Voluntary Academy. 2,400 more homes by 2022 through a pitches at Arno Vale, Killisick and Thackerays mix of tenures including affordable rent, Lane Recreation Ground. There is also an There is a regular bus service to shared ownership and market sale. How well is your neighbourhood performing? Community insight We have identified a range of both internal and external indicators that The neighbourhood performs satisfactorily when compared with other tell us overall how great your neighbourhood is. areas locally in relation to socio economic indicators. Performance in terms of crime levels, health, employment, skills and training figures The indicators range from the condition of the properties in the and poverty are all given consideration in this section. neighbourhood to levels of employment and poverty. You can see them all below with an explanation of what the ratings mean for your neighbourhood. Household money management Neighbourhood experience £ When looking at the way in which people pay their rent, levels of rent On average, people who move into the neighbourhood tend to stay arrears and the number of evictions, the neighbourhood performs to a in their homes for a reasonable length of time. The neighbourhood satisfactorily level. However, this means some households may still be experiences some antisocial behaviour or neighbour nuisance experiencing money management issues, could be at risk of losing their cases. This indicates that while the majority of residents treat each homes, and may need additional support. other with respect, there are some incidents that do occur that have a negative impact on people’s ability to relax and feel secure in their homes. Satisfaction with the neighbourhood is relatively high although Demand there is room for improvement. The time it takes to relet a property is generally good across the neighbourhood indicating that properties are generally popular with a low number of repairs required and people who are eligible can move Overall summary into their new home relatively quickly. Overall the neighbourhood is a popular place to live offering people a good quality of life. The main aim Property condition for this neighbourhood is identifying the right activities, services and initiatives that will help it Generally, the homes in the neighbourhood are in a good condition, remain like this and deal with any issues that are energy efficient and there are no common issues with repairs and do arise quickly, ensuring that satisfaction. maintenance costs. Local knowledge: What you told us about your area. On average the people we spoke to rate the A few residents were concerned with litter neighbourhood 8 out of 10 as a place to live being a problem in some areas of the with mostly positive comments. neighbourhood. The majority of the people we spoke to Residents have commented positively on the commented on how they had friendly location of the neighbourhood in relation to neighbours and felt that there was good Arnold centre, as well as having very good community spirit in the area. transport links to Nottingham City Centre. There are some antisocial behaviour issues Some of the best features that residents identified across the area as a whole. identified about living in the area were that it Where we have blocks of flats in the area, is a quiet area; they have friendly and helpful there are issues with messy bin areas. neighbours and regular bus services. Washington court was identified as potentially benefitting from a purpose built bin store. Some residents highlighted that there appears Washington Court would also benefit from to have been a recent increase in flytipping. a purpose built storage area for mobility Residents of our sheltered housing scheme scooters. This is something that needs to be at Tavil Field, Kilnbrook Avenue commented considered for all Gedling Homes communal that there are not enough parking spaces or blocks of flats. marked disabled bays for their needs. Some of our residents who live in blocks of The work club run by Gedling Homes at flats or at our sheltered housing schemes Beacon Baptist Church was well received by commented that bin areas were messy and local residents as it offered them a greater unorganised. chance of sourcing employment. How will we progress the plan? As these plans are an update of the former neighbourhood plans, work has already begun in your area, as well as in the other twenty eight New Charter Homes neighbourhoods. We will continue to review our performance data frequently over the next three years and we will keep you updated on the progress through our website, social media and news- letter. You will also have the opportunity to be involved so please watch out for adver- tised activities or requests for feedback. Our commitment We will take a focused approach to the We will continue to monitor those We will continue to work in partnership with issues arising in the neighbourhood, such as quality of life factors that have an effect Gedling Borough Council with regards to a higher levels of anti-social behaviour and on the community, such as the levels of response to fly tipping and educate residents crime and address these directly alongside employment and the health and wellbeing on re-cycling & fly-tipping, by distributing our partner agencies. of residents. We will work with partners to further information via an information leaflet deliver interventions in the neighbourhood /newsletters. We will regularly monitor the property con- targeting those key issues and ensure dition, area appearance and management residents have access to the services they We will assist Gedling Borough Council’s issues related to any properties that become need the most. recycling team to complete their annual empty. We will identify any challenges early clean-up day. and make sure any properties that become Work with residents and partners to empty are ready to let as quickly as possible. encourage greater community involvement We will review the parking provision at Tavil in the neighbourhood through events and Field to alleviate the issues reported by res- We will identify where customers are not other means. idents. happy with the service provided and look to establish any trends in this data to ensure We will review the current refuse provision We will continue to run a weekly Work Club at that preventative or replacement work can for our blocks of flats and try and find a the Beacon centre and/or locally and be done to minimise resident disruption in solution to improve appearance around this contribute to employment and skills future.

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