One Public Estate Stephen Jacobs One Public Estate
One Public Estate Stephen Jacobs One Public Estate Local Government Association
Public Sector Asset Base ● Hubs ● New Property Model ● Asset Efficiency One Public Estate ▪ Core DH and small ALBs subject to central controls ▪ NHS Property Services & NHS Trusts/FTs score towards £ 5 billion asset sales Whole Public Sector Asset Base: £ 347. 8 bn* * Central Government source - Whole Government Accounts 2012/13 p. 91, (Dwellings/Land/Buildings) net book value £ 347. 8 bn Local Government source - DCLG Local Government Financial Statistics England No. 23, May 2013, p. 103
One Public Estate v OPE received 2 years worth of funding in the Spending Review 2015 – £ 37 million. v Over three quarters of councils in 60 partnerships are members of the OPE programme as of January 2017, with allocations from £ 50, 000 to £ 500, 000. v OPE target is to achieve 95% of councils on the programme by 2018. v OPE’s core objectives are: 1. Creating economic growth (new homes and jobs) 2. More integrated, customer-focused services 3. Generating capital receipts 4. Reducing running costs One Public Estate Coverage (February 2017)
Projected Benefits & KPIs £ 98 million Service Integration £ 415 million Supports Single Departmental Plan commitment to deliver 45+ colocations of public sector services over the Parliament 44, 000 Health and Social care integration Cornwall, Manchester, Leeds & London 25, 000
Central Government Reforms Government Hubs Mo. D Footprint Strategy. Early disposals NHS Strategic Estates Plans Courts & prisons Reform: courts sales; 9 new prisons Network Rail creating company to deliver receipts & housing DWP PFI contract ends 2018 Df. E – 500 new Free Schools by 2020 DVSA soon to announce surplus depots
New Tools Duty to Report on Surplus Land Duty to Engage Duty to Report on Efficiency & Sustainability Right to Contest strengthened Capital Receipt Flexibility Priority Purchaser status
Housing Delivery Central Government • government has committed to release land to build an additional 160, 000 homes by 2020. • Target to release £ 5 billion worth of land property to meet target IN COLLABORATION OPE is supporting the delivery of 16, 500 new homes by 2020 to a collaborative approach on both local and central government land contributing to both ambitions Local Government • In 2016 the LGA set a pledge that local authorities in its membership would seek to match governments ambitions and release local government owned land for a further 160, 000 homes. • Many councils establishing housing development companies. Those in OPE areas include Cambridgeshire, Northumberland, Bedford and Croydon • DCLG £ 18 million ‘capacity fund’ for councils to accelerate housing building on large sites
An Integrated Estates Strategy with the NHS • Croydon have an ambitious development programme • In total 80 sites identified, 15 of these owned by wider public sector • Using OPE funding to develop 4 core sites including Croydon University Hospital • Outcomes include 600 new homes and 7 new community facilities LB Croydon
Cornwall Blue Light Collaboration Liskeard Tri-Service Centre
Redevelopment of Plymouth Rail Station • MOU agreed by 4 major public land owners – Plymouth City Council, University of Plymouth, Network Rail and Great Western Rail • Working in partnership to regenerate the station and gateway to city centre • OPE funding feasibility work for a new station and extended university and civic quarter. Plymouth
Opportunity Knocks Making your own weather… Government funded programmes and legislation Closer working with major government asset-owning departments Central Government releasing assets 6 year historic low cost of borrowing money Partnering with the private sector / different sources of investment
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