HOMES LIMITED Contents Droylsden West 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 We’ve been using neighbourhood plans for management and neighbourhood desirability. six years in Tameside now and they have helped us to target resources and carry out This information helps us to identify the work in areas most in need. This plan will be main challenges in your neighbourhood and in place for three years. Neighbourhood profile information Properties by type Here are some facts and figures about the people and properties that make up your Bungalows Houses Flats neighbourhood which we thought you may maisonettes find interesting. 16 158 & bedsits Tenant by age 395 Under 25 years - 3% 36 - 54 years - 33% Number of Jigsaw Homes properties 569 25 - 35 years - 13% 55+ years - 50% Average length of tenancy Unknown - 1% 11.11 years A great place to live... Jigsaw Homes has 569 properties across Droylsden West which are managed by New Charter Homes. The neighbourhood of Droyslden West is an area that lies west of the M60 and is an attractive and welcoming place to live, work and visit. Droylsden is mainly a suburban area with a thriving shopping centre which comprises of many shops and amenities including a large supermarket in close proximity to the town centre and annual Christmas markets. Droylsden benefits from good transport links, with a regular bus service providing a number of routes into Ashton and Manchester. The Metrolink has good connections to Ashton town centre, Manchester City Centre including Piccadilly train station that can connect you to other cities in the UK. The area of Droylsden has a number of popular primary schools including, Moorside Primary School, Manchester Road Primary School and St Stephen’s Roman Catholic areas including a well maintained football Jigsaw has plans to build around Primary School. In addition there is also a ground, Lees Park. Residents can also access 2,400 more homes by 2022 through a children’s centre that provides access to the Water Adventure centre which is used mix of tenures including affordable rent, range of services for residents located in the as a youth club offering a number of water shared ownership and market sale. school grounds of Greenside Primary School. activities including canoeing on the nearby In the area is two high schools; Droylsden Ashton Canal. The area has the well-used We plan to build over 300 of these new Academy and Fairfield High School for Girls. Medlock leisure Centre which includes a homes in Tameside, some of which are swimming pool and the ‘Sky High’ climbing already complete or in progress and we’re The neighbourhood has some pleasant green centre. sourcing potential sites for others. How well is your neighbourhood performing? Community insight We have identified a range of both internal and external indicators that Overall the neighbourhood is a popular place to live offering tell us how great your neighbourhood is overall. people a good quality of life. The neighbourhood performs well when compared with other areas locally in relation to socio economic indicators. The indicators range from the condition of the properties in the Performance in terms of health, employment, skills and training figures neighbourhood to levels of employment and poverty. You can see and poverty are all given consideration in this section. 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 re-let 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 good place to live but it does experience some problems that occasionally Property condition affect people’s quality of life. The main aim for this neighbourhood is to identify the right activities, Generally, the homes in the neighbourhood are in a good condition, services and initiatives that will help address the are energy efficient and there are no common issues with repairs and specific issues that currently hold the area back. maintenance costs. Local knowledge: What you told us about your area. The area has good transport links into Some residents felt that there needs to be Manchester. better maintenance of the roads as some have potholes. Our neighbourhoods are varied in that they can be lively or very quiet and the majority There is a lack of health activities for have good neighbours. residents. Close to local schools and local shops. More policing presence is needed to stop anti-social behaviour. Good and varied local amenities. More activities are needed for children The neighbourhood and town centre is and young people, especially in the park generally untidy and needs to be cleaned up. areas. Parking in neighbourhoods is difficult due to congestion. 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 28 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 newsletter. You will also have the opportunity to be involved so please watch out for advertised activities or requests for feedback. Our commitment We will monitor how residents are managing We will identify where customers are not Encourage residents and parents to work to pay their rent and continue to offer advice happy with the repairs service provided and together in providing youth activities in the and guidance to those that are struggling look to establish any trends in this data. We area. financially. will establish patterns in the number and costs of repairs and introduce a responsive Work with residents and partners such, as We will work closely with residents to ensure plan to address areas of concern to sit the police, to target areas where youths are that the community knows where to access alongside our targeted investment and causing problems, introducing innovative help and advice on money management planned replacement programmes. approaches to prevention and intervention issues. depending on the issues identified. Work closely in partnership with Greater We will target any properties that are more Manchester Police & Tameside Council at a Commit to increasing the levels of resident difficult to let within the neighbourhood local level in tackling anti-social behaviour, involvement in the neighbourhood, making and work to resolve any related appearance nuisance and crime. information more readily available on issues that may affect their popularity. We upcoming events and involvement will also take action on any other issues We will work with residents and Tameside opportunities. affecting the desirability of the area, to Council Neighbourhood team to improve ensure a better customer experience. neighbourhood cleanliness and waste We will continue to monitor those quality of management issues. life factors that have an affect on the We will regularly monitor the property community, such as the levels of employment condition, area appearance and management To build better relationships with the local and the health and wellbeing of residents. issues related to any properties that become community by engaging in consultation We will work with partners to deliver empty. We will identify any challenges early events with key delivery partners to un- interventions in the neighbourhood targeting and make sure any properties that become derstand in more detail the needs of the those key issues and ensure residents have empty are ready to let as quickly as possible. community. access to the services they need the most. What can you do? Familiarise yourself with the money advice address any issues in your area and give you services that we and our other agencies the best service. provide and tell your neighbours, friends and family about them if you think they may be Get in touch if you experience anti-social in financial difficulty. Get in touch with us behaviour or, if you feel you are seeing a rise as soon as possible if you feel you are getting in crime in the area, so we can assist and behind on your rent and bills.