Creating and Sustaining Mixed Communities

1
Creating and Sustaining Mixed Communities

• Craigmillar A Case Study
• David Stewart, John Quinn,
• Peter Strong

2
(No Transcript)
3
Structure

• Background and Context
• Previous Regeneration 1998-2005
• successes
• shortcomings
• Current Proposal/Model
• key partners
• overriding aims

4
Background History of Craigmillar

• Built from 1920s onwards, oldest peripheral
  estate in Edinburgh
• Mono tenure estate with 4,000 council houses
• Late 70s/early 80s decline in local industries
  led to depopulation, high unemployment, low
  demand, physical decline, social problems

5
(No Transcript)
6
Craigmillar Statistics

• Population
• 25,000 in 50/60s
• 11,500 in 1991
• 7,834 in 2001
• Mines and Breweries closed in 60s and 70s
• Craigmillar 5th most deprived ward in Scotland
• Polarised in Edinburgh, a thriving city

7
NHP

• Process funding
• Key achievements
• Limitations

8
Content of Presentation
9
(No Transcript)
10
Current Regeneration Plans - PARC

• Vision and Aims of PARC
• Urban Design Framework and Business Plan
• Funding

11
(No Transcript)
12
Key Outcomes

• 3200 new homes (536 for rent)
• New town centre
• New high school and 4 new primaries
• Library
• Meadows park and river restoration project
• Market Led Plan

13
Resident Involvement

• Neighbourhood Associations
• Community Regeneration Forum
• Neighbourhood Alliance
• Area Board/Neighbourhood Board
• Community Planning

14
Management Initiatives

• Kintry Housing Partnership
• Neighbourhood Agreements
• Open space maintenance

15
Themes of Craigmillar regeneration

• Partnership approach community, council, RSLs
  and private developers
• Successful community is mixed, integrated and
  well-managed
• Sustainable place is about much more than housing
• Long term management, maintenance and factoring
  at least as important as initial development