Mid and East Antrim Housing Investment Plan 2019-23
Outcome 3 – Fostering vibrant sustainable communities Plans 2018/19
Community Planning
Promote housing led regeneration through master planning proposals in urban and village centres.
Progress
Plans 2019/23
NIHE continues to work with the Promote housing led council through the Community regeneration through Planning process. master planning proposals in urban and NIHE works in partnership village centres. within the Building Successful Communities (BSC) programme, as part of the DfC Housing Strategy for NI, supporting the development of 11 new build social homes at Regents Park, Doury Road, Ballymena. Triangle Housing Association has been nominated to take the new build forward.
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The masterplan for St Patrick’s Barracks, Ballymena is progressing. Radius Housing Association has been nominated to provide approximately 140 new social homes at this location. A Tower Block strategy was approved by NIHE Board in May 2018. An extensive consultation exercise was undertaken with tenants, leaseholders, community and elected representatives and other stakeholders between June and December 2018. The findings of this consultation informed the final Action Plan, which is now with DfC for consideration. Latharna House in Larne is included in the strategy. DfC will continue to fund Areas at Risk, Small Pockets Of Deprivation (SPOD), and Neighbourhood Renewal programmes for 2018/19.
DfC has funded: £35k for Areas at Risk; £247k for Neighbourhood Renewal programmes and £72k for SPOD in the council area for 2018/19.
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DfC hopes to continue to fund the Areas at Risk, SPOD and Neighbourhood Renewal programmes for 2019/20.
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