One Public Estate Programme One Gloucestershire Neil Corbett – Head of Property Services Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee 31 st July
One Gloucestershire • Joined OPE programme in December 2016 • Total funding of £380,000 received from OPE to develop four major projects all involving partner organisations: • Gloucester Hub • Cheltenham Hub • Cirencester Town Centre Regeneration and Blue Light Hub • Forest of Dean Hub / Forest Healthy Place Making
One Gloucestershire Partnership
Other Strategic Partners • Ministry of Justice • Ministry of Defence • Dept for Work and Pensions • Homes England • GFirst Local Enterprise Partnership
Regeneration of Quayside and Blackfriars • Memorandum of Understanding signed 2014 by Leaders of Gloucestershire County Council and Gloucester City Council to create masterplan to regenerate areas • Local Development Order (LDO) adopted March 2017 • LDO Approved by Secretary of State May 2017 • Approved planning uses in LDO include clinics, health centres, residential and car parking
Quayside and Blackfriars site preparation £4.13m secured April 2015 through GFirst LEP Growth Fund to de-risk sites ready for redevelopment: • Archaeology • Ecology • Ground conditions & contamination • Flood risk • Demolition
Blackfriars site Phase 1 • 295 student flats approved February 2017 • Completed for occupation September 2018 • Capital receipt £850k Phase 2 • 186 student flats approved November 2018
Student accommodation, Blackfriars – Phase 1
Student accommodation, Blackfriars – Phase 2 Artists impression
Quayside site - Phases 3 and 4
Quayside House built in 1960s with expected life of 30 years
Quayside site cleared ready for redevelopment
OPE Project: Gloucester Hub Phase 3 One Gloucestershire partnership identified opportunity to relocate two GP practices to Quayside site as current surgery buildings are no longer fit for purpose or have space for expected population growth OPE funding secured to support needs analysis, feasibility, options appraisal and development of business case GCC and NHS CCG agreed to progress new ‘super surgery’ to serve 17,500 patients
• Two GP surgeries to serve 17,500 patients with parking • On-site pharmacy • Changing places facility fully accessible on ground floor • Occupational Health Unit • Other supported health uses • Office accommodation
Key Issues • Political buy in • NHS Glos Clinical Commissioning Group Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) • Two GP Practices • Property ownership • Business case/governance • Occupational Health GCC and health partners joint working • Changing Places facility opportunity
• New building to utilise foundations of former building to preserve archaeology beneath and avoid additional costs • Flood risk mitigated by raising ground floor slab and using majority for car parking • Modern facility to be built to BREEAM Excellent Standards • Modern Methods of Construction • Solar panels • Electric car charging points
Quayside Development - Phase 3 • Cabinet and Council approved funding of £16m • CCG approved support for GP funding to cover lease costs • Planning application submitted July 2019 • Operational Autumn 2020
Shire Hall Refurbishment
Shire Hall fully refurbished to provide modern efficient office space: • Replacement of windows • Cladding • Solar panels incorporated into new cladding and on roof • Construction of new adults and children’s services hub • New well being space including multi faith room, multi use studio, new cycling storage, showers and toilets • New reception area and offices for Glos Police
• New Boardroom and suite of videoconferencing meeting rooms • WiFi enabled building • Drop in hub for short duration working environment • Local kitchen facilities in addition to Spires and Bearlands Café with option to utilise as a Conference Centre • New reception area and offices for Gloucestershire Police • Extended access to the building in terms of hours of use and also accessibility
Bearlands Café and Conference Centre
Barbican Reception New build on site of old magistrate’s court New social care hub for Adults and Children Provides fully accessible reception, private rooms for confidential discussions and brings together social care teams in one place
Solar panels incorporated into the new cladding and on the roof, providing independent electricity supply to significantly reduce our energy bills and carbon footprint
Public Sector Partners in Shire Hall • Gloucester City Council • Gloucestershire Care Services • Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) • Gloucester Police Station • Ringway • Atkins • Sopra Steria • Western Adoption Services
Summary • Full regeneration of rundown area of Gloucester City Centre • Meeting multi agency aspirations • Joint working and shared efficiencies • Future proofing car parking provision • Support to flagging high street/city centre • Key linkages around the city • Optimised occupation from 1400 to 2500+ people • Enhanced green credentials – BREEAM and solar panels • More to come !
Cheltenham Public Sector Hub • CBC/GCC new build hub £24m not proceeded with • CBC rationalisation to free up lettable space • Closed and vacated Sandford Park House (£180k revenue savings) GCS and GCC • Rationalisation of Cheltenham County Offices. Subject of current capital bid. MoJ, Probation, Police, Registrars. • Chester Walk/St Georges Road land swap
Cheltenham Continued • Cyber park proposals and implications for the public sector • North west Cheltenham development strategic infrastructure implications • Monkscroft/Old Gloucester Road developments for housing provision • Disposal Prestbury Road Day Centre £1.2m. New GP super surgery to serve Prestbury
Cirencester Town Centre Regeneration and Blue Light Hub • Sale of Magistrates and Police buildings in town centre • Relocation of Police to new blue light hub • Rationalisation of Cirencester Hospital campus • Rationalisation/remodelling of Cirencester Fire Station • Improve car parking in town centre • Support town centre regeneration • Review GCC Cirencester presence
Forest of Dean Healthy Living and Placemaking Project • Forest of Dean leading project (Cinderford Northern Quarter Project) mixed use housing and commercial regeneration scheme • New Forest of Dean Hospital • New GP Surgery in Cinderford • Dean House Locality Hub GCC/GCS staff • Wider provision of services in the FoD including rationalisation of district council offices
OPE next steps / opportunities • Performance reporting on existing schemes to demonstrate delivery of targets • Phase 8 Housing delivery schemes to bring forward complex/stalled sites • Strengthen partnership working with the LEP • Identification of opportunities in Stroud and Tewkesbury currently not funded by OPE
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