Liveable Neighbourhood Pilot: Tyseley and Hay Mills

Introduction
Andrew Lindop, Principal Development Plans Officer & Project Lead

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Birmingham Health Inequalities
▪ 100s dying each year due to poor air quality which
disproportionately effects the most vulnerable – higher
than England average

▪ Cardiovascular deaths per 100,000 population much

higher than England and the west midlands

▪ Childhood Obesity Rates Higher than England Average

▪ 12 year life expectancy difference between some areas
eg Four Oaks and Heartlands Wards

▪ Depression and anxiety higher than England average

▪ 28.9% of adults physically inactive and higher than

England at 21%

Finding that these are due to wider determinants than just

genetic and age, and that Housing, Employment, Green
Spaces, access to healthy food and the right services and
facilities all holistically play a role.

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 Global and National Context
▪ The concept is being pushed forward by leading global cities and
has been trialled successfully in cities such as Melbourne,
Portland and Paris

▪ TPCA have put together a national 20 minute neighbourhood

consortium for local authorities to share best practice on the “20
minute” neighbourhood agenda

▪ The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) have put

together a high level guide on the implementation of “20 minute
neighbourhoods”

▪ Being trialled in Manchester (Beswick and Clayton) and London

(Waltham Forest), with a growing number of local authorities
exploring the relevance of the idea to their areas.

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 Project Aims in a Nutshell;

“That residents have access to a

pleasant, green, safe, inclusive
environment and are within a short
safe walk or cycle journey of quality Liveable
Neighbourhood
services, and facilities that meet their
daily needs ,and enable them to lead
full, happy, healthy & purposeful
lives.”

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 Local Context
▪ East Birmingham Inclusive Growth Strategy commits to delivering sustainable
new homes, jobs, and transport connections and has sponsored this project
through the work East Birmingham Programme

▪ Concept supported in the draft vision of “Our Future City Plan Shaping Our City
Together” Document

▪ The Birmingham Levelling Up Strategy aiming to achieve growth in a sustainable

and inclusive way that enables a just transition to route to zero, a focus on people
and places, bottom up empowering of communities to improve their quality of life,
improving public services, social, physical, and green infrastructure

▪ The Transport Plan supports the prioritisation of active travel in local

neighbourhoods, this is a key part of delivering Healthy Living Zones.

▪ The City has a R20 action plan which expresses the ambition for the city to
becoming carbon neutral by 2030. Creating sustainable neighbourhoods that
reduce the need for private transport journeys are a key part of this agenda

▪ Supports the Localism Agenda and the development of community governance,

economic power, connectedness and belonging, spaces to be together, equality,
health and wellbeing, and thriving local communities

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Benefits
▪ Reduced carbon emissions by creating a more walkable cycle friendly
environment and by providing housing, jobs, services, and facilities in the
right places and of the right quality.

▪ Encourage physical exercise and the use of safe outdoor spaces that will
support improvements in physical and mental wellbeing

▪ Better connected walkways and streets found to boost footfall and trade of
local businesses by 40% and support more local employment opportunities

▪ Promote community cohesion, equality, equity, participation, and inclusivity

and services run by the community for the community

▪ Potential saving to Council services through delivering preventative rather

than treatment first health models that could reduce adult social care and
public health spending requirements, integrate services reduce duplication
and identify service efficiencies

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Key Aims and Objectives to Deliver Vision
Aims

▪ Create a Liveable Neighbourhood 20 Year Change Strategy

▪ Create an accompanying delivery plan
▪ Create a Liveable Neighbourhood Community Board

Objectives

▪ Reduce Carbon Emissions

▪ Improved local centre performance
▪ The right range of services and facilities provided in the neighbourhood
▪ Improved Health and Wellbeing

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The Pilot Area: Tyseley and Haymills: Selection Criteria

• Low Triple Accessibility (digital, services, and employment)

• High in the indices of Multiple Deprivation
• Red Ward in the Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment
• Supportive partner activity in place to help deliver
meaningful change (eg the Tyseley Enterprise and Energy
District Partnership)

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What are the key components of a Liveable Neighbourhood?
Following consultation with officers across council directorates the following domains were considered key to delivering the
idealised Liveable neighbourhood. These themes frame the work of the whole pilot

1. Good access to quality diverse and affordable & market housing

2. Good Access to quality public transport and opportunities for active travel
3. Good Access to quality local healthcare services and exercise facilities
4. Good Access to nature and a quality pleasant and welcoming green environment
5. Good Access to quality education services
6. Good Access to quality employment and training Opportunities
7. Good Access to quality services and facilities
8. Good Access to quality social and cultural infrastructure
9. Good Access to quality local Healthy affordable food
10. Good Access to quality Digital Services
11. Good Access to a quality safe and inclusive environment

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Workstreams Overview & Possible Studies
Needed

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Workstreams
1. Develop Information Profile

2. Develop Liveable Neighbourhood Index

3. Develop Healthy Streets Index

4. Resident Engagement Survey and Workshops

5. Green Infrastructure Strategy ( building on East

Birmingham Green infrastructure Masterplan)

6. Appoint Internal Project Group to examine Council

Services and Facilities

7. Appoint External Partner Group to examine services and

facilities

8. Travel plans and mobility hubs

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15 Key Workstreams 9. Voluntary local employment, local supplier and CSR Code
International Cascade Model Example Charter
for each area
National
Local Employment 10. Explore the creation of Liveable Neighbourhood hubs for co
Lived or worked in area for 5 years
location of services
West Midlands Area
Local Suppliers
11. Work with planning policy to ensure polices holistically
Business has been based in the area
support the concept. e.g, Healthy Neighborhoods Policy
City of Birmingham
Area
for 5 years

Wards adjacent to CSR

Tyseley and Hay
Mills Ward
Are there suitable projects available
12. Local Centre Health Checks
to focus CSR activity
Tyseley and

13. Work with Tyseley Strategic Alliance & Levelling Up Zone

Hay Mills
Ward Advertise for 6 weeks in each area
starting with the ward

14. Profile funding opportunities. UK SPF

15. Invite community to join local group to help shape Strategy

and Action plan

16. Final Project Report

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Community Engagement: May – November 2024
▪ Community researchers in place for 6 months to engage with schools, community organisations, faith groups, businesses, key stakeholders, and key stakeholder
organisations. They will carry out in depth interviews, focus groups and support resident's to complete the surveys

▪ Child Survey (7-11 years)

▪ Young Adult Survey (12-18 years) What is missing from the area?

▪ Adult Survey ( 18+ years) What is available but you don’t use?

▪ Local Shopping Centres Business Survey Why don’t you use it?

▪ Local Housing Need Survey ( Subject to UK SPF Funding)

What works in the area?
▪ Development of Resident Engagement App ( Subject to UK SPF funding)
What doesn't work?
▪ 2 Workshops focuses on issues under the 11 aims and to discuss how the local situation might be improved
Workshop 1 Workshop 2

▪ 4 drop in sessions: two online and 2 in person to allow residents to come along and speak with the team

▪ Dedicated landing page under the East Birmingham Programme Web Pages & email address

▪ Young Budding Place Maker of the Year Competition (12-18 years)

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 Engagement Dates

Workshops and Drop In Date Description Where? When?

Sessions

Informal Drop in 1 9th July Chance to discuss the project with officers Online 5-7pm

This will explore the issues/ problems in the area under the 11 Birmingham Energy & Innovation Centre at
Workshop 1 17th July themes and map them out Tyseley Energy Park (TEP) 5-7.15pm
Informal Drop in 2 24th July Chance to discuss the project with officers School Room Tyseley Energy Park 5-7pm
Informal Drop in 3 14th August Chance to discuss the project with officers Online 5-7pm

Building on workshop 1, this will explore solutions to the issues Birmingham Energy & Innovation Centre at
Workshop 2 21st August raised and how we can all work together to deliver them Tyseley Energy Park (TEP) 5-7pm
Informal Drop in 4 4th September Chance to discuss the project with officers School Room Tyseley Energy Park 5-7pm

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Possible Route Forward?

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4 Key Components for Success

Public Local
Sector Community
Services Activity &
Alignment Ownership
Liveable
Neighbourhood

External
Partner Planning &
Services Regeneration
Alignment

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Internal/External Liveable Neighbourhood Service Mapping
• Corporate Social
Internal Service Responsibility
Areas
• Procurement
Service • Local Employment
Service
design &
efficiencies & Criteria
delivery
justification
alignment
11 key areas to
drive service Internal liveable Social Value
Shared Objectives
Integrated
mapping Neighbourhood Cost Savings delivery and
Delivery Group Deeper Impact
Per ward
Resource deeper Change
Integrated pooling for
delivery deeper • Training
change
• Staff time
External Partners • Local Suppliers
Criteria

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Liveable Neighbourhood Hub
Online Local High Street

Liveable Neighbourhood Hub

• Co-location hub/ service stacking/retrofit/ new

build purpose built
• New business incubation space
• Protected from open market Forces
• Lower than market rent
• Land Ownership/Planning

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Further possible studies framed across 11 aims of project
▪ Social value and cost efficiency study across
Council directorates

▪ Social value and cost efficiency study across

external partners & strategic businesses

▪ Investigative study into local currency eg the

Brixton Pound

▪ Investigative study subject to demand of the

online local high street and local delivery model
eg Totally Locally

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Delivery Routes

▪ UK Shared Prosperity Fund

▪ East Birmingham and Solihull Investment Zone

- Devolution Deal with WMCA to focus on East Birmingham Priorities
- Business Rates retention within Growth Zones in the Investment Zone

▪ Major Network Scheme Funding through Road Safety Strategy

▪ The WMCA Place Strategy

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Timescales

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Indicative Project Timeline
Phase 2- Publication
Consultation Final Strategy &
Project Scoping Community Version Strategy Implementation
Statement Action Plan
Engagement & Action Plan
January 2024 – January 2024 – August October March 2026 – July October – March 2027
September 2024 March 2025 2025 2026 December 2026 onwards

May – December October 2025 – August –October

2024 April – July 2025 February 2026 2026 January – April 2027
Phase 1 - Submit Strategy
Draft Strategy and Consultation Phase 3 -
Community to Council for
Action Plan Statement Engagement
Engagement adoption

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Contact the team at LNPilot@[Link]

Find more information at [Link]

Surveys

[Link] – Young Adult Survey

[Link] –Small Business Survey

[Link] Childrens Survey

[Link] – Adult Survey

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