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Regenerating Middlesbrough

Kevin Parkes

Director of Regeneration, Middlesbrough Council

Content

• About Middlesbrough / Teesside

• Middlesbrough’s Headline Indicators

• Strategic Policy and Political Approaches

• Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership

• Middlesbrough’s Policies and Frameworks

• Potential Opportunities

• Potential Barriers / Threats

About Middlesbrough

• Based in the North East of England

• Part of wider Teesside conurbation

• Built on the iron, steel and heavy manufacturing industries

• Town has suffered from population decline since 1961

• Current population c.137,000

• Now developing a new, more diverse economy based on retail, public administration, education, health and digital technologies

About Teesside

• Europe’s second largest petrochemical complex

• Re-opening of former Corus Steel works by SSI

• Tees – third largest in the UK

• Emerging bio-fuels/renew-able and digital sectors

• Population of c.450,000 (wider catchment area of 800,000+)

Middlesbrough’s Headline Indicators• 8th most deprived local authority in England• 13 wards, out of 23, in top 10% most deprived in

England (with 6 of these in the most deprived 1%)• JSA Claimants = 7.5% compared to 5% in North

East and 3.8% in GB• 24% of working age population on key out of work

benefits - 18.7% in North East and 14.7% in GB• Extensive issue of families with multiple problems• Teesside University – The University of the Year• Inflow of 8,000 workers per day• Increasingly socially divided between north and

south• Low house building rates

Strategic Policy and Political Approaches

• Close co-operative working with Tees Valley neighbours

• Strong Political leadership for 10 years

• Recognition of a need to change – business friendly

• Focus been on physical regeneration

• Neighbourhood regeneration – not solved the problems?

Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership

• The LEP area covers Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar & Cleveland, Hartlepool and Darlington

• Driven by a private sector led Leadership Board

• Builds on a decade of successful public/private partnership in economic development, transport and housing

• Split from rest of North East - strong social and economic linkages with North Yorkshire

• Business Plan setting out a clear vision for the future Tees Valley economy

• LEP to ensure the right infrastructure is in place:– the right physical conditions (quality of place, modern and efficient communication networks, sufficient housing); and,

– the right people (job ready, skilled employees to meet businesses needs, and entrepreneurs to establish indigenous businesses)

Tees Valley Enterprise Zone

• To stimulate business and job growth in the private sector by 2015

• Concentrating on the priority sectors of the local economy

• Tees Valley’s proposal was considered ‘Bold and Clever’ by Government

• Zone includes 12 individual sites across Tees Valley, including South West Iron Master site and Middlehaven in Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough’s Policies and Frameworks

• Policy framework embedded• Urban Regeneration Strategy/ Planning / Housing

• Business responsive e.g. planning applications

• Flagship projects –Middlehaven / HMR / Hemlington Grange

• Defined by contemporary architecture

• Focus on:– Digital sector;– University relationship; and,– Town centre.

Middlesbrough’s town centre area

Middlehaven

• Largest carbon neutral scheme in UK

• Homes & Communities Agency and Regional Development Agency joint venture

• Extension of town centre

• Simplified delivery

Housing Market Renewal

• HMR is key to the economic vitality of Middlesbrough

New Housing at North Ormesby

Gresham (facelift works)

Boho live/work units - Middlehaven

Grove Hill – awaiting demolition

Potential opportunities - Middlesbrough

• National focus on UK manufacturing

• Tees Valley LEP

• Centre of conurbation – health, education, retail

• City status – growing confidence

• Political ambition

• Track record

• Teesside University expanding

Potential Barriers / Threats

• Low values / bank lending problems

• Political and geography constraints –population and land

• Negative perceptions

• Link residents to jobs

• Reliance on the public sector

• Weak community / voluntary sector

• Lack of Government funding

Middlesbrough today