Manchester Student Strategy Final Report
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Manchester City Council Item 10, Appendix 1 Communities and Neighbourhoods Overview and Scrutiny Committee 19 May 2009 Manchester Student Strategy Final Report 5 Manchester City Council Item 10, Appendix 1 Communities and Neighbourhoods Overview and Scrutiny Committee 19 May 2009 Manchester Student Strategy Final Report Document control sheet Client Manchester City Council, University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University Document Title Manchester Student Strategy Version 9 Status Final Reference Manchester City Council / Student Strategy / Final Report Author Patrick Ross Date 14th May 2009 Further copies from email: [email protected] quoting reference and author Quality assurance by: David Smith-Milne Document history Version Date Author Comments 1 1st September 2008 Patrick Ross Draft 2 21st November 2008 Patrick Ross Draft Final 3 21st November 2008 David Smith-Milne Final 4 16th December 2008 Patrick Ross Final (amended 1) 5 13th January 2009 Patrick Ross Final (amended 2) 6 30th January 2009 Patrick Ross Final (amended 3) 7 20th March 2009 Patrick Ross Final (amended 4) 8 30th March 2009 Patrick Ross Final (amended 5) 9 14th May 2009 Patrick Ross Final (amended 6) Version 9 - Final i 6 Manchester City Council Item 10, Appendix 1 Communities and Neighbourhoods Overview and Scrutiny Committee 19 May 2009 Manchester Student Strategy Final Report Contact details Main point of Telephone Email address Postal address contact number Patrick Ross 0161 902 1150 [email protected] Parkway House Palatine Road Manchester M22 4DB Version 9 - Final ii 7 Manchester City Council Item 10, Appendix 1 Communities and Neighbourhoods Overview and Scrutiny Committee 19 May 2009 Manchester Student Strategy Final Report Contents 1 Introduction................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Scope of services.............................................................................................. 1 1.3 Methodology ..................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Note regarding Housing Market ........................................................................ 2 2 Current situation ......................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Student numbers and types .............................................................................. 3 2.3 Where do students live?.................................................................................... 4 2.4 City Centre........................................................................................................ 7 2.5 Main Universities’ Campus Area ....................................................................... 8 2.6 Rusholme / Victoria Park................................................................................... 9 2.7 Fallowfield....................................................................................................... 10 2.8 Withington....................................................................................................... 11 2.9 The type of students that live in these areas ................................................... 11 2.10 Type of accommodation that students live in .................................................. 12 2.11 Rental levels ................................................................................................... 15 2.12 Drivers behind student choice......................................................................... 16 2.13 Strategy and policy context ............................................................................. 17 2.14 Market context ................................................................................................ 18 3 Forecast situation ..................................................................................................... 20 3.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 20 3.2 Student numbers............................................................................................. 20 3.3 University campus changes ............................................................................ 20 3.4 Housing market............................................................................................... 21 3.5 Regeneration .................................................................................................. 21 3.6 Population and demographic changes ............................................................ 21 3.7 New provision ................................................................................................. 21 4 Opportunities and Challenges .................................................................................. 23 4.1 Economic impact of students .......................................................................... 23 4.2 Cultural benefits .............................................................................................. 24 4.3 Graduates settling........................................................................................... 25 4.4 Attract young professionals & graduates......................................................... 25 4.5 Improved public transport................................................................................ 28 4.6 Generate demand for housing......................................................................... 28 4.7 Pioneers.......................................................................................................... 29 4.8 Crime and anti-social behaviour...................................................................... 30 4.9 Street environment.......................................................................................... 30 Version 9 - Final iii 8 Manchester City Council Item 10, Appendix 1 Communities and Neighbourhoods Overview and Scrutiny Committee 19 May 2009 Manchester Student Strategy Final Report 4.10 Property conditions ......................................................................................... 32 4.11 Car parking ..................................................................................................... 32 4.12 Impact on services .......................................................................................... 33 4.13 House prices pushing out families and established residents ......................... 34 4.14 Transience ...................................................................................................... 35 4.15 Tenure imbalance ........................................................................................... 35 4.16 Summary ........................................................................................................ 37 5 Towards a strategic approach................................................................................... 38 5.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 38 5.2 How significant are the issues?....................................................................... 38 5.3 Managing the impact of students and landlords on neighbourhoods............... 39 5.4 Links with multi-agency neighbourhood management in Manchester ............. 39 5.5 Best practice elsewhere .................................................................................. 39 5.6 Community cohesion....................................................................................... 41 5.7 Dispersal – how many students is too many? ................................................. 41 5.8 Dispersal – concentration or mix and integration?........................................... 42 5.9 Halls or houses? ............................................................................................. 42 5.10 Role of the City Centre?.................................................................................. 43 5.11 How does the student market interact with other sections of the market?....... 44 5.12 Future of market and its likely impact?............................................................ 44 6 Strategic response and Action Plan.......................................................................... 46 6.1 Strategy Response.......................................................................................... 46 6.2 Strategy Response 1....................................................................................... 46 6.3 Strategy Response 2....................................................................................... 49 6.4 Strategy Response 3....................................................................................... 49 6.5 Funding........................................................................................................... 50 6.6 Delivery mechanisms...................................................................................... 51 6.7 Timescales...................................................................................................... 51 Figures Figure 1 – Student Households by Ward................................................................................. 4 Figure 2 – Location of student households.............................................................................