Theme 7: Managing the Estate

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight police estate has been changing to meet the needs of Hampshire Constabulary police officers, staff and the communities they serve and to ensure it is fit for the future.

THE ESTATES CHANGE PROGRAMME

A forward thinking, business case driven corporate approach to the provision of both the built estate and services required to support the estate has been adopted. This has fundamentally changed both the working environment and the way people feel about the places in which they work. We are leading the way in state of the art police investigation centres, now open and operating in Southampton, Basingstoke and Portsmouth.

The programme to restructure the estate aims to:

Provide better support to frontline services and to better align the whole estate with the changes that will continue to be required in operational policing. Complete construction work without impacting police budgets through the sale of police buildings that have reached the end of their economic life or are no longer fit for the purpose. Ensure that both the quality and the value of the estate continue to improve and increase through the reinvestment of these capital receipts.

SPECIALIST ACCOMMODATION

Some police services require extremely specialist accommodation, some of which had not been replaced for over 60 years. One strand of the Estate Change Programme has seen the complete reprovision of accommodation for Custody and Investigation Teams through three Police Investigation Centres (PIC); in Southampton, Basingstoke and Portsmouth.

COLLABORATION

A key part of the Estate Change Programme is the development of strong partnerships across the public sector as a whole, with emphasis on blue light collaboration.

Working with Hampshire Fire and Rescue • Shared Headquarters in Eastleigh has been providing both policing and fire service shared office accommodation, training, conferencing facilities, and uniform stores since 2016.

Working with local authorities • In partnership with Hampshire County Council, Hampshire Constabulary’s new Operational Headquarters in the heart of Winchester has been developed. This replaced the old headquarters at West Hill. Neighbourhood bases at Rushmoor Borough Council, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and New Forest District Council, New Milton Town Council, Hart, Portsmouth, Southampton, Gosport, Isle of Wight and East Hampshire are in place along with shared accommodation at various Hampshire Fire and Rescue sites.

Working with national partner organisations • Working with the Government Property Unit, the Ministry of Justice, the Probation Service and the Community Rehabilitation Company to continue to build and strengthen partnerships across the public sector. Hampshire is the main link with the Home Office for the National Police Estates Group providing specialist advice to help deliver up to £300 million savings for police forces across the country. Working with the Ministry of Defence and Defence Infrastructure Organisation to provide a centralised Training facility to accommodate the Uplift in Police Officer recruitment, continued development of Investigation skills and key operational competencies. In conjunction with the Ministry of Defence and Her Majesty’s Naval Base, Portsmouth, developing a modern and efficient Response and Patrol hub.

MAINTENANCE

To ensure the estate is maintained to the standard now being achieved a number of service contracts are in place. • Property management is currently delivered by Hampshire Property Services working as part of Hampshire County Council. Procurement support, legal advice and estates advice are provided by Hampshire County Council.