Neighbourhood Action Plan SUMMARY April 2011 - March 2012 South Reddish and Heaton Chapel
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Neighbourhood Action Plan SUMMARY April 2011 - March 2012 South Reddish and Heaton Chapel Introduction This Neighbourhood Action Plan (NAP) has NAPs are developed in order to identify the been developed for South Reddish and Heaton key issues in a neighbourhood and to develop Chapel by Stockport Homes in partnership with actions to address these issues. NAPs customers, services and organisations working can cover a range of social, economic and and living in the area. The Neighbourhood environmental issues, which includes housing, is located within Stockport Homes’ West the environment, community safety, leisure and Area Housing Team and is managed by access to services and facilities. The NAPs Neighbourhood Housing Officers (NHOs), are influenced by a range of existing polices, contact details are shown on the front page. strategies and action plans at national, regional Contact Details: West Area Housing Team Neighbourhood Housing Officer: Catherine Pownall Telephone: 0161 474 4371 Email: [email protected] Neighbourhood Housing Officer: Ian Creveul (covering Buckingham Street Estate) Telephone: 0161 474 4371 Email: [email protected] Neighbourhood Housing Officer: Kathyrn Slater (covering Woodhall and Willow Avenue Estate) Telephone: 0161 474 4371 Email: [email protected] and local levels. The information used Neighbourhood Activity to develop the plan links to Stockport 2010-2011 Council’s strategic plans and supports the Place and People strategic objectives. The A range of projects have been delivered in • An action plan is in place with the Police NAP has been developed by analysing the neighbourhood over the last 12 months. and Stockport Council’s Anti-Social data about the area, looking at current This has included physical improvements to Behaviour Team to tackle issues in South and developing policies and plans in properties and within the neighbourhood, Reddish, including regular monitoring by the area, results of consultation with in addition to a programme of activities and the Police, Stockport Rangers and five customers and talking to other partners events throughout the year. Regular updates youths signing an “acceptable behaviour” and services about their plans for their have been made to customers through the contract areas. Neighbourhood Newsletters, and this will • A new play area was built at Marbury Road, continue throughout this year. Heaton Chapel through funding secured Stockport Homes manages a range of from the Play Builder programme, Procure properties comprising of bungalows, flats The following highlights the key areas of Plus, Stockport Council and Stockport and houses. In addition, Stockport Homes activity of the last 12 months in South Reddish Homes manages a number of garage units, and Heaton Chapel: • Weekly play sessions are provided by Play landscaped and play areas within the Development at Marbury Road, Unity Park neighbourhood. • A programme of community clean ups and through funding from the Big Lottery estate walkabouts across South Reddish • Successful Estate Improvement Budget and Heaton Chapel with partners and projects have been completed to provide residents community notice boards at Woodhall Marbury Road, Heaton Chapel 2 Neighbourhood Action Plan www.stockporthomes.org Neighbourhood and Customer Profile Crescent and Willow Avenue, new handrails South Reddish lies to the north of Stockport and landscaping to the rear of Meadows Town Centre, whilst the area is primarily Road, fencing to rear of Woodhall Crescent residential there are some industrial / and improvement works to external communal commercial areas, Whitehall and Bankfield areas and Leamington Court. Better recycling Trading Estates. Strategically, the location of facilities have been provided at Greenbank, south Reddish is good. The area has excellent Heaton Chapel, and Lambs Fold improvements access to the M60 being within half a mile of to rear communal areas to provide seating junction 27, approximately 20 minutes from and improved surroundings. New fencing Manchester Airport by car. It is also close has been provided at Scott Close to improve to Stockport Town Centre, has a good bus security and the appearance to the rear of the service and its own railway station served by properties the Manchester to Sheffield line with a direct • Environmental works have been completed at rail link into Manchester City Centre and the Coronation Street to improve Frobisher Place, Peak District with a half hourly service. to provide soft landscaping, repaving, planting and access South Reddish has a mix of formal and • New fencing works have been completed at informal green spaces, to the east lies Reddish Blackbrook Road and Carnforth Road, Heaton Vale Country Park and Reddish Vale Golf Chapel Course. In addition, South Reddish park • New kitchen and bathrooms works have been provides a range of facilities including play, carried out to properties at Heaton Chapel football and bowling. The neighbourhood • Partnership work with Stockport Council’s benefits from Unity Park off Ambleside Road, Recycling Teams has led to improved facilities which is currently being refurbished to provide at Greenbank and Marbury Road and an additional play facilities. awareness campaign on the new bin collection has been carried out at Priory Lane The neighbourhood contains one of the eight • Stockport Homes continues to work closely district centres across the Borough. Reddish with the Council’s Dog Warden Service, Centre provides a range of shops, services through promoting of leaflets to residents and a local supermarket focused around regarding dog fouling issues and providing the Houldsworth Square, at the junction of advice on being a responsible dog owner. B5169/B6167. The centre is overlooked by Houldsworth Mill, recently converted to provide www.stockporthomes.org Neighbourhood Action Plan 3 new homes, business enterprises and a gym. Stockport Homes’ customers are involved in Within the area there are also a number of many ways to ensure that all customers have small parades of shops providing a range of the chance to get involved and influence the services. The area benefits from a range of decisions and services received that affect community buildings and facilities. their home and neighbourhood. In addition to a range of ways customers can get involved, The NAP covers two wards, Heaton North the neighbourhood benefits from an active and South Reddish and one Area Committee, Tenants’ and Residents’ Association at Reddish South. The following information is Woodhall and Willow Crescent. based on wards, South Reddish which has a population of 14,175 and Heatons North with a population of 13,115. The residents are predominately aged 30-59 and there is a higher than average number of residents aged 75 and above. The neighbourhoods are predominately white British and the majority have access to a car or van. The following information is an overview of the data on Stockport Homes’ customers living within the neighbourhood. Of the customers on which data is held. living in the neighbourhood 5% are from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds, for those customers who have supplied disability and age information it indicates that 25% have a disability. The age profile shows 49% are aged 65 or over with 45% aged 25-54 years old. Don’t Rubbish Reddish campaign 4 Neighbourhood Action Plan www.stockporthomes.org Frequency in which actions will be reviewed. Key: Monthly M Quarterly Q Bi-annually B Yearly Y Stockport Homes’ NAP Objective Neighbourhood Issue Sub Area Action Timescale Strategic Aim Maximize contribution to The neighbourhood is Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) South Work with partners to reduce May 11 to social inclusion a safe place to live issues with youths Reddish ASB on Woodhall Crescent and Mar 12 Willow Avenue, Coronation Street Q Estate There is a good quality Environmental issues Estate wide Deliver programme of clean ups May 11 to local environment relating to graffiti, litter and Mar 12 fly tipping M Marbury Work with customers to raise May 11 to Road Estate awareness of environmental Mar 12 issues, including litter and Q provision of litter bins Estate wide Deliver programme of monthly May 11 to community skips Mar 12 M Untidy gardens Estate wide Deliver programme of projects as May 11 to part of Blue Sky Social Enterprise Sep 11 Scheme M Lack of recycling facilities Estate wide Identify and provide new areas of May 11 to recycling facilities Mar 12 Q Estate wide Support roll out programme of May 11 to recycling bins Dec 11 Q www.stockporthomes.org Neighbourhood Action Plan 5 Stockport Homes’ NAP Objective Neighbourhood Issue Sub Area Action Timescale Strategic Aim Maximize contribution to There is a good quality Lack of provision of refuse Estate wide Support roll out programme of May 11 to social inclusion local environment bins new bins Dec 11 M Levels of litter in communal Estate wide Continue to work with May 11 to areas Environmental Services to Mar 12 monitor communal areas and M take enforcement action as appropiate Dog fouling issues Estate wide Deliver education awareness May 11 to scheme at Greenbank Flats Mar 12 Q South Work with partners to raise May 11 to Reddish awareness of dog fouling and Mar 12 taking appropriate enforcement Q action There are improved Improved play opportunities Estate wide Deliver diversionary activities for May 11 to outcomes for children for children children on Marbury Road and Mar 12 and young people Unity Park M There is improved