City of Southampton International Maritime City

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City of SouthamptonInternational Maritime City

Brad RoynonChief Executive, Southampton City
CouncilOctober 2008
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Southampton Brief History

• Settlement since Roman times
• Saxon town and port of Hamwic 9th 10th
  centuries
• Town Charter awarded 1199
• Port expansion through middle ages - Henry V
  sails to Agincourt via West Gate
• Town attacked by French 1338 - walls built to
  protect citizens businesses
• Mayflower sails 1620
• In 18th and early 19th century Resort and Port
  Jane Austen 18th birthday

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Southampton Brief History

• City centre parks and gardens 1850s
• Population reached 100,000 residents during
  1880s - County Borough in 1888
• Severe damage in WW2 City centre razed
  rebuilt 1950s
• Port decline through 60s and 70s economy
  diversified away from manufacturing towards
  knowledge service base
• City status granted in 1968

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Southampton Today

• City population 230,000 with catchment of 1.5m
  within 45 minutes drive time
• Port more active that any time in history and
  expanding
• Diverse economy finance (HSBC, Skandia),
  business services (PWC, Grant Thornton, KPMG,
  Ernst Young), retail, marine industries,
  creative industries
• GVA - 4539 m (2005, latest available). Between
  2001-2005 Southampton demonstrated a strong
  performance in growth in GVA (28.5) compared
  with other locations in the SE and major UK
  cities.
• Two Universities and National Oceanographic
  Centre, Regional General Hospital medical
  school
• International airport, trains to most parts of
  UK, 75mins to London, road links to London
  Midlands

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Southampton Today

• Vibrant cultural centre art galleries,
  theatres, music venues, parks green spaces and
  night time economy
• Major development potential 15,000 jobs,
  310,000 sq m offices, 160,000 sq m retail, 16,300
  new homes, 1.7bn of city centre development
• City has changed massively over last 50 years
  from an industrial/ manufacturing base to a
  knowledge based economy alignment now with
  Ideopolis concept (Work Foundation)

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Southampton Partnership
2026 Sustainable Community Strategy - Vision

• As the major city in central southern
  England, Southampton will be recognised as the
  regions economic, social and cultural driver,
  building on its role as an international seaport,
  centre for cutting edge research and leading
  retail centre

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Southampton the Challenge

• Transformation of City has not included whole
  population-
• Significant areas of deprivation despite 100m
  government programmes - SRB, NDC and (limited)
  Neighbourhood Renewal funding
• Economic activity 78.8, (SE 82) employment
  rate of 73.1 (SE 78.4) - gaps with SE on both
  of these, (but have been closing).
• Level 4 Qualifications residents of working age
  Southampton 25.6 (SE 30.8) and residents with
  no qualifications 12.3 (SE 9.6)

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Southampton the Challenge

• Median gross wages of residents in work 21900
  per annum (SE 26,000), Median gross wages of
  those working in Southampton 25600 per
  annum.The difference between residents and
  workers is massive compared to other local
  authority areas
• 11 Priority areas in the City where 40 of
  population live evidence of health
  inequalities, poor educational attainment, sub
  standard housing
• Need to galvanize all parties to exploit economic
  potential to meet these challenges and to raise
  economic performance of the City

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Southampton the OpportunityPublic Sector
Investment

• Reshaping of secondary education Academies
  Building Schools for Future (200m)
• Redevelopment of 3 FE Colleges - (100m)
• City infrastructure highways street lighting
  PFI, public realm (including N-S Spine) (100m)
  
• Decent homes standard by 2010, estate
  regeneration of 18,000 homes, 2,000 new
  affordable homes in 4 years (100m)
• PCT redevelopment of RS Hants Hospital (35m) and
  other facilities (up to 70m)
• Southampton University developments (250m)
• Southampton University Hospital Trust - overall
  investment plan (150m) over next 5 years
• Police HQ new PFI build (25m)
• Public sector investment will be circa 1bn in
  next 5 yrs

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Southampton the OpportunityPrivate Sector
Investment 3 years

• Carnival (Cunard PO) offices 1,000 jobs
• IKEA new City Centre store 500 jobs

• West Quay Watermark Hammerson development
  Cinema DeLuxe, retail and residential

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Southampton the OpportunityPrivate Sector
Investment 5 years

• Centenary Quay Woolston 1,600 homes and 900
  jobs Palmer Johnson
• Hotels at Mayflower Plaza, West Quay, Ocean
  Village
• Lloyds Register of shipping move to UoS
  Boldrewood site 400 jobs

• Port expansion new cruise container
  facilities circa 200m
• Airport continued upgrading of facilities -
  30m
• East Park Terrace Radisson hotel, apart hotel
  residential (pre sold)

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Southampton the OpportunityPrivate Sector
Investment 3 years

• South Hants Strategic Employment Zone -130
  Hectares 6,000 net new jobs adjacent to
  Southampton Airport
• Drivers Wharf former Meridian site 750
  residential and 3 hectare employment
• Central Station 100k sq m offices new station
• Northern Above Bar complex 400 residential
  and arts centre plus redevelopment of Mostyns for
  Capita and regeneration of Guildhall Square
• UoS Science Park at Chilworth next phase of
  expansion under construction
• Waterfront SCC, ABP Crown Estates master
  planning in progress with Kilmartin
• Estimated value of Private Sector investment over
  next 7 Years in city centre alone is 1.7 bn.

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Southampton the OpportunityPartnerships

• Partnership for Urban South Hants (PUSH)
  strategic cooperation Fawley to Emsworth 2
  Cities , Hampshire, regional and national
  agencies and business sector
• Southampton Partnership LSP for City across
  sector forum complementary to PUSH active
  engagement LSC, JCP, BusinessLinks, HE
• Business engagement through Business Southampton
  and Southampton Fareham Chamber
• Bilateral engagement major employers, HE,
  agencies
• Shaping of national regional programmes to meet
  local needs and exploit local opportunities
• Partnerships are maturing and increasingly share
  the same sense of purpose and direction

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Southampton the OpportunitySEEDA

• Contribution of SEEDA
• Major Schemes - Centenary Quay Woolston, Northern
  Above Bar, Drivers Wharf, Lloyds relocation
• Innovation knowledge economy - Solent Synergy,
  Hub and now IGT
• Local Partnership - AIF investment / Business
  Southampton
• Sub Regional working - Diamond for Investment
  Growth in RES, SHSEZ, PUSH MAA
• Infrastructure - Rail Freight upgrade Port to
  Midlands
• Business Support Business Link
• Strategic Planning - new role with responsibility
  for Integrated Regional Strategy
• SEEDA are key player now and will become more so
  in the future

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Southampton Final Thoughts

• When - not If
• Southampton has the capability to tackle long
  standing challenges greatest opportunity since
  before WW2
• Delivery will depend on market conditions,
  readiness to respond and effective partnership
  working
• If these are in synch the when will be all the
  sooner and Southampton Vision will become a
  reality for residents and for businesses.