13 October. Uzma Sattar, Rotherham Council

Canklow Woods Development

Uzma Sattar

13th October 2010

Content •  Background •  Planning Documents •  Rotherham West ADF Masterplan •  Consultation •  Concept Design Proposals •  Design Proposals •  Development •  Ingredients for success

Background

•  Location •  Social deprivation •  Pre 1919’s •  Housing market decline •  Selective demolition •  Decent Homes

Planning

•  Baseline Study – DTZ Pieda •  Rotherham West ADF Spatial Masterplan •  Housing Needs Survey •  Stock Condition Survey •  Development Framework

Rotherham West ADF Masterplan

Consultation

•  Canklow Community Partnership •  Newsletters •  Canklow Big Day 1 •  Canklow Big Day 2 •  School engagement •  Walkabouts

Concept Design Brief

Concept Design

Concept Design

Cartwright and Pickard

Development Framework

Cartwright and Pickard

Development – Canklow Woods

Ingredients for success • Strong community partnership

• Local authority clearance

• Significantly discounted site

• Partnership working

• Shared vision

• Perseverance

Henley Rise Eco Housing Development

Background Planning Documents Rotherham West ADF Masterplan Consultation Design Proposals - SYHA Development

Henley Rise Eco Housing Development

Background:

Location Pre 1950’s properties Investment - New School – Thornhill Primary School SYHA development Ackroyd Abbott development

Rotherham West ADF Masterplan

Henley Rise Eco Housing Development

UK’s first “Solar Street”

Multi-Award Winning

RIBA Sustainable Futures Award

Timber In Construction Superior Social Housing Award

Sheffield Telegraph Environment Award

But is it really a success?

Henley Rise Eco Housing Development

Henley Rise Eco Housing Project Monitoring & Feedback

Remote monitoring of two properties Photovoltaics and solar thermal Local climate data

Collection and analysis of energy generation data Collection and analysis of energy consumption

data Meter readings Utility bills

Semi-structured face-to-face interviews with residents

Carbon coaching of residents Follow-up interviews with residents

Henley Rise Eco Housing Project What we learned

People love their new homes

“Brilliant! Couldn’t get me out of here, I love it. Absolutely love it.”

I know everyone’s complaining about fuel bills going up, but mine seems to have gone down, so I’ve kept quiet at work. … I can’t complain!” “I  keep  thinking  it’s  a  big  place,  

it  must  take  some  hea6ng,  but  I  must  admit,  you  can  have  the  hea6ng  on  for  a  while  and  it’ll  last  for  like  a  day  and  a  half.”  

“When we come to view it and sign for it we were just gobsmacked at how nice it were, and the whole estate, cul-de-sac, all the fields and everything. It was like something out of a picture. … I’d never been in a house like this before.”

Henley Rise Eco Housing Development

What we learned

Benefits aren’t being maximised

Wide range of performance

Some exceed expectations, but…

PV: 1800kWh not 2400kWh

Solar Thermal: 600kWh not 1050kWh

Utility company issues

Test each system to diagnose problems

Complete G83 agreements on tenants behalf

Henley Rise Eco Housing Development What we learned

Technologies working at optimal level?

Loss of pressure in solar thermal systems

Maintenance operatives unaware

Lots of isolating switches

How do we spot these problems?

Guidance to customers about expected levels of performance

Extend annual servicing to include diagnostic checks

What we learned

Developers shouldn’t “fit & forget” Installation is easy

It’s someone else’s job

Empty properties at handover

A waste of capital investment?

A wasted opportunity for residents?

Henley Rise Eco Housing Development

What we learned

A user manual isn’t enough

Complicated user interfaces

Too much jargon

“They showed us the boiler, and I was like, that is amazing, I’ve never seen a boiler like that in my life, it were like something out of Star Wars.”

User friendly reference documents

Increased 1:1 instruction

A point of contact

Henley Rise Eco Housing Project

Henley Rise Eco Housing Project What we learned

People need targeted advice Practical help without patronising

Jargon busting

The rebound effect

Dealing with Utility companies

Understanding Utility bills

Promote informed decision making

A place to share their experiences

“I wouldn’t know where to start because I’ve never done anything like that before”

Project Name: Henley Rise, Henley RSL: South Yorkshire HA

Number of Units: 23 Tenure: 11 Rent & 12 Low Cost

Home Ownership Client group: General Needs

Public Sector Funding £1.35m Of which: EST: £215k RMBC: 125 year lease

(peppercorn rent) RHB: £1.13m

Total building costs: £2.95m Private sector finance: £1.6m

Completion date: October 2007

Henley Rise Eco Housing Project

Questions