AoU Diagnostic visit to Cliftonville, Margate

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 1.1 Background and context 4 1.2 Process 5 1.3 Diagnosis 5 1.3.1 Cliftonville’s housing market and changes in tourism 5 1.3.2 Environment 5 1.3.3 Conservation and enforcement 5 1.3.4 Addressing social need 5 1.4 Recommendations 5 1.4.1 Housing 5 1.4.2 Conservation and development management 5 1.4.3 Environment 5 1.4.4 Addressing social need 5 1.4.5 Vision 5 2.

BACKGROUND 6

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CONTEXT 7 3.1.

Physical and historic background 7 3.2.

Social and economic background 8 4.

THE PROCESS 9 5.

DIAGNOSIS 10 5.1.

Cliftonville’s housing market and changes in tourism 10 5.2.

Environment 11 5.3.

Conservation and enforcement 11 5.4.

Addressing social need 12 6.

CONCLUSIONS 13 6.1.

Housing 13 6.2.

Conservation 13 6.3.

Enforcement 13 6.4 Environment 13 6.5 Addressing Social Need 13 6.6 Vision for Margate and Cliftonville West 13 7.

APPENDICES 14 7.1.

The Panel 14 7.2.

Participants and contributors 14

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1 Background and context 1.1.1. This report sets out the findings and recommendations of the Academy of Urbanism expert Panel that visited Cliftonville in May 2014 at the request of Thanet District Council. The Panel was made up of five members of the Academy led by Dickon Robinson. The purpose of the visit was to help the Council and other stakeholders identify the obstacles and opportunities to improving the circumstances of Cliftonville.

1.1.2. The geographical area on which the Panel focused is defined by the boundaries of Cliftonville West Ward. Together with the adjacent Margate Central Ward it forms the core of the historic Margate seaside resort. Both wards have suffered from the local decline in the tourism industry and subsequent concentration of high levels of deprivation.

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Cliftonville Dalby Cafe, Cliftonville Culture on Northdown Road

1.1.3. Cliftonville West has a distinctive built environment – the heritage of its time as a resort for better-off holiday makers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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1.2 Process 1.1.4. The Panel spent two days in Cliftonville and listened to many different voices including the local Member of Parliament, the Leader of the District Council, other councillors and a number of committed and passionate residents. The Panel have reviewed a number of documents given before, during and after the visit supplied by both the residents and the Council.

1.3 Diagnosis 1.3.1. Cliftonville’s housing market and changes in tourism The Panel recognises the direct link between tourism and the built environment in Cliftonville West. Large houses were built as homes and guest houses (5 stories, 9 bedrooms) which, as the number of visitors fell, have been converted to flatted accommodation. While many properties have been poorly converted in the past, the area’s proximity to an overheated housing market in London is affecting the area as more homes are acquired by owner-occupiers.

There are signs that new owners are interested in investing in a higher standard of adaptation and conversion/restoration.

This is an opportunity for the Council to stimulate repair and conservation of the area’s buildings and recover its distinctive character. This will change the demography of the area and the Council should work with local people to develop a strategy for guiding and responding to this change.

1.3.2. Environment The Panel notes both the strengths and weakness of the physical environment presented by stakeholders from, at the strategic level, the good accessibility of the area by road and rail, to, at the local level, the poor quality of the public realm and street cleansing.

1.3.3. Conservation and enforcement The Panel is convinced that the implementation of the proposed conservation area would give greater confidence to residents and would-be residents willing to invest in renovating properties in the area. Council resources required to secure the consequent improvement in standards of conservation of the local character could be supplemented by wider community involvement and engagement.

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1.3.4. Addressing social need The high level of deprivation among local residents as a result of the economic changes that have affected the area renders individuals, households and sections of the community vulnerable to changes that might further marginalise them.

The Panel offers some suggestions as to how this issue may be addressed.

1.4 Recommendations There are a number of actions that the Panel suggest be prioritised to help Cliftonville West improve as a place to live and work.

1.4.1. Housing The Council should encourage and help existing and future residents to invest in the housing stock of Cliftonville West.

Creative solutions for vacant sites such as self-build, shared ownership, co-operatives should be promoted by the Council, and housing improvement loans for repairing and adapting dilapidated or badly-adapted properties.

1.4.2. Conservation and development management The council should designate the proposed conservation areas and use the ideas in this report to manage the higher level of supervision and control.

1.4.3. Environment The District Council should work with the County Council to improve the streets of Cliftonville West and use the ideas in this report to attract funding for improvements to the public realm along Northdown Road. Evidence of public investment in the quality of the environment will help to attract and reassure private investors.

1.4.4. Addressing Social Need The District Council and community representatives should develop the offer of the local community centre to provide a more therapeutic and positive environment and continue the work of the Margate Taskforce to help local residents into work.

1.4.5. Vision The relationship between Cliftonville West and Margate needs to be made clearer, in strategic plans and in way-finding, to reestablish the role of Cliftonville as one of the area’s main assets.

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2. BACKGROUND

2.1. The Place Partnering Programme offered by The Academy of Urbanism provides diagnostic help for local communities struggling to overcome local obstacles to greater environmental and community well-being.

2.2. Thanet District Council asked for a diagnostic visit to the West Cliftonville Ward within the town of Margate to help address the challenges that the ward has been facing. The five Academicians who made up the Panel provided their time free of charge. The incidental costs of the visit, and a contribution to the Academy’s work, were covered by the Council under the Dalby Square Townscape Heritage Initiative. The outcome of the visit, set out in this report, will inform the scope of a Cliftonville West Design Code.

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Long standing business, E. Saunders, on Northdown Road Cliftonville housing

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2.3. Cliftonville West is the second most deprived ward in Kent.

It also has remarkable built form – consisting of buildings built between 1850s and the start of the First World War in a coherent late-Victorian early-Edwardian style. The primary issue the Panel was asked to address by the Council was how this distinctive built heritage could best be harnessed to serve the people of Cliftonville and Thanet as a whole. The Council hosted a visit in 2009 from the CABE/ English Heritage Urban Panel, but there was concern from residents that there had been limited progress since then. This, together with continuing neglect and a lack of active conservation, meant that the quality of the built environment was still deteriorating.

2.4. The visit was organised by Nick Dermott, Heritage Adviser to Thanet District Council. The Panel listened to a series of presentations from the Council and from interested residents.

There then followed discussions and an informal meeting with residents. The Panel were taken around the ward both by mini bus and on foot. We spent time visiting a house 30 Dalby Square (owned by the Sanctuary Housing Association) where we met Laura Sandys, MP for South Thanet, and discussed ways in which Cliftonville West might best be developed to meet the aspirations of current and future residents . We finished off the visit with a discussion with residents, businesses, Councillors and the council officers at the Lido.

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2.5. The Panel particularly valued the commitment and passion of all involved to preserve and promote Cliftonville West. We also appreciated their willingness to share their concerns with the Panel and with each other. We hope that through this exploration, enabled by our presence, the future for the area will recover and exploit the distinctive character of its built form.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Clive Hart, attended all formal sessions with the Panel. This provided valuable continuity and demonstrated the level of Council interest in tackling the challenges of the area. A list of all the participants is in Appendix item 6.1 and 6.2.

There were some local and strategic stakeholders not represented during the Panel’s visit, and the Academy hopes that this report will encourage a wider constituency of interests to engage actively in securing a better future for Cliftonville.

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3. CONTEXT 3.1. Physical and historic background 3.1.1. The name Cliftonville comes from a grand hotel of the same name which opened in 1869. Alongside this and other hotels, boarding schools were developed to take advantage of what were perceived to be the health benefits of being close to the sea. The Panel focused their attention on the built environment of Cliftonville West. Cliftonville West sits on top of a 20m high cliff and so part of its uniqueness is the access to the beach via a lower cliff walk.

3.1.2. Over time, many of the originally private houses were turned into hotels and guesthouses as the demand for rooms rose. The boarding schools were evacuated in 1939 and never returned. In 1955 the Butlins Group bought the four largest hotels and operated them together a ‘resort’. The original Cliftonville Hotel was demolished in 1963.

3.1.3. Cliftonville West is bounded by the Winter Gardens in the West, Fifth Avenue to the East and Dane Park to the South.

The area contains the wonderful and mysterious Shell Grotto, a privately-run tourist attraction, which consists of underground tunnels covered with shells.

3.1.4. The Ward also contains the Lido, a complex that now hides more than it shows and contains a listed building not currently publicly accessible. What can be seen is the outline of what were an outdoor bathing pool (now filled with sand) and a building currently used for party lettings and snooker.

There have been various plans to develop the site but all are complicated by the need to protect and reveal the hidden treasures of the building. These treasures include a brackish bathing pool and tunnels through which Georgian bathing machines were taken into the sea for bathers.

3.1.5. Most of the houses in Cliftonville West were built between the 1850s and the start of the First World War (1914). It was built as an extension to Margate but more for those who were going to stay rather than for the day-trippers from London 6 Cliftonville Ward Map 7 The Shell Grotto 8 Cliftonville’s historic streets 9 Cliftonville’s historic streets

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who made Margate such a successful place up to the 1970sii/ iii . The houses were described by Charles Feret, at the time, as “The handsome houses in progress and already built upon the Cliftonville Estate...show a most praiseworthy endeavour to improve the quality of accommodation”iv. Many of the buildings are large with five storeys. There is some very attractive detail and fine balconies. As the demand for hotel and guesthouse accommodation has decreased (in line with Margate’s years of tourism decline), so the large properties have been divided into multiple units, let increasingly to residents on low incomes and reliant on government benefits.

3.1.6. The photographs below show the opportunities and problems faced in the ward. The first is a Victorian postcard showing the Oval – a grassy area on the top of the cliff with elegant houses abutting the park area. The second shows the same building in good condition but with a brick front extension that detracts from its historic character.

3.1.7. The picture to the right shows one of the houses in Dalby Square in Cliftonville showing some of the fine moulding detail and elegant lines.

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House in Dalby Square

11 19th Century Contemporary post card showing the Oval in Cliftonville 12 The same housing today

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3.2. Social and economic background 3.2.1. Thanet has the weakest economy of the Kent Districts and Cliftonville West Ward, alongside Margate Central, has the highest levels of deprivation in Kent. Contributing to that deprivation is a very high level of unemployment. Cliftonville West had the highest level of unemployment amongst the Thanet Districts (19.7% compared to an average of 6% across Thanet)v. Life expectancy for men living in the Ward is 18 years below that of the healthiest wards in Kentvi. The population is also transient, with 30% of residents changing every yearvii.

There are significant mental health problems among the local population, with a third of all GP referrals to secondary mental health services in Thanet coming from Cliftonville West and Margate Centralviii.

3.2.2. Some recent initiatives in Margate have sought to address the economic weakness – particularly the opening of the Turner Contemporary Art Gallery and the regeneration of Margate Old Town, now developing into a vintage clothes-buying destination.

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3.2.3. Meanwhile, although Cliftonville West continues to struggle economically, there are some positive aspects – the Panel observed that there are few empty shops on Northdown Road (the main street running through the ward). A local artist has sub-let a floor in a large warehouse as work spaces for 22 artists working in a wide variety of media. This may demonstrate an ability of Cliftonville in particular to respond to and benefit from the arts focus which the Turner Contemporary Art Centre has brought to the area. In addition, the introduction of a Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) scheme in the Dalby Square Conservation Area, backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Thanet Dsitrict Council, has provided funding for repair works on historical buildings and public realm work.

This continues to help the square raise awareness of the historic environment, promote repair of buildings, reinforce the area’s unique identity and change perceptions of the area.

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4.1. The Panel received presentations on the first afternoon of the visit from a variety of interested parties represented by those attending. All participants were able to hear the presentations of the others. There was a wide variety of views expressed in the presentations and in the discussions they stimulated. The Panel were able to question the participants and test out their emerging thoughts in a more informal session that followed the formal presentations. The Panel then had a minibus tour of the ward. In the evening the Panel met residents over a meal at a new local restaurant to develop the dialogue that had begun in the earlier sessions. On the second day the Panel visited a house in Dalby Square owned by the Sanctuary Housing Association. The house is sound and has been used as a care facility in the recent past. At the house the Panel met Laura Sandys MP who shared her concerns about conserving the built environment.

4.2. The Panel finished the second day at the Lido where the owner explained the history of the building. In the final session, the Panel shared with all those present their emerging diagnosis of where the greatest potential and priority for improving the circumstances of Cliftonville West lay.

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5. DIAGNOSIS 5.1. Cliftonville’s housing market and changes in tourism

of getting higher levels of home ownership and better quality refurbishment.

5.1.7. Below: 15 an empty site in Cliftonville West.

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5.1.1. The role of the housing stock in Cliftonville West has changed and is in the process of changing again.

5.1.2. Recent trends in tourism in South East England, dominated by London, suggest that there is now a growing domestic short-stay tourism market that Margate and Cliftonville could tap into. This would provide an alternative to the private rented sector-dominated bedsits (often housing more vulnerable members of the community) and homes for older people to which the former tourist accommodation has been converted.

5.1.3. While the District Council cannot change national tourism trends it can do more to take advantage of the short-stay market. The Panel met the owners of a boutique hotel meeting this short-stay tourism market, who agreed that the Council should do more to help businesses like theirs prosper by improving the built environment and public realm.

5.1.4. There was concern from residents the Panel met and from the Council that some landlords were only interested in providing low-cost, low quality accommodation.

5.1.5. While this accommodation is now meeting the needs of a vulnerable section of the community, this is a relatively recent phenomenon that does not reflect the historic character of the area. The responsibility of public agencies to help disadvantaged residents should not constrain efforts to attract new investment and reinvigorate the local economy and environment. Such investment could provide employment for suitably skilled local people, and attract new jobs to the area.

The consequent reduction in the quantum of low-standard, lowcost housing should be addressed by providing higher standard low-cost (affordable) options through housing associations, cooperatives and self-build opportunities. There are some vacant eyesore sites in the ward which could be suitable.

5.1.6. The District and County Councils are already engaged in tackling this issue. The Panel were introduced to the Live Margate Housing Intervention Plan which promises to invest around £9m in the local property market. The Panel were concerned that the programme of intervention had been rather slow in delivery with only one property having been completed by since 2010. There was some controversy between the Council and residents about the quality of the work on that building as UPVC windows had been installed rather than historically appropriate timber windows. The Council had set aside money for cheaper loans for owner-occupiers to buy and improve properties, but it was not clear to the Panel how successful this approach has been. This could be the most effective way

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5.1.8. Sanctuary Housing Association had also bought a property in Dalby Square and is considering how to convert it from a typical bedsit property to something better. The Townscape Heritage team are working with the County Council on a project to adapt 12A Dalby Square in line with the recommendations of the recent Technology Strategy Board-funded climate change project which focussed on 30 Dalby Square. Part of these adaptations would be for the building to be used for multigenerational living. The Panel thought this was an interesting proposal but were unclear as to how adaptable such a property would be for different families in the future.

5.1.9. The Panel’s view was that Cliftonville is on the verge of more positive change that can take advantage of the historic quality of the built environment to convert more properties back to family homes, good quality flats and better private rented accommodation. The Panel’s optimism comes in part from the commitment of those residents who have recently bought into the area, especially when combined with the investment long-standing residents have made in their homes.

5.1.10. The Panel’s view is also that the significant pressure on the housing market in London and the South East makes owner-occupier investment in Margate, where property prices are well below the south-east average, more likely. The Panel concurred with residents’ view that what was holding people back from investing in housing in Cliftonville West was the lack of protection of the built environment. Those who have already invested are concerned that their investment will be undermined by others less respectful of the built heritage. Residents described the demolition of an attractive but unprotected chapel which is now a car park. The Panel agrees with residents that the work done by the Council on conservation areas should be revived and implemented.

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5.2. Environment 5.2.1. The Panel was struck by the advantage to Cliftonville West of its close connection to the remarkable Margate railway station, and its relatively quick connection to London. The two form both ends of a “string of pearls” reaching from the station, across the harbour to the Turner Contemporary Art Gallery and on to the Winter Gardens. All of this, with the striking sea views from the upper and lower cliff walks, provide an unusual and unique setting. The Panel’s view was that more could be made of this in Margate’s way-finding and promotional information.

5.2.2. Less positive is the standard of rubbish collection. The Panel noted that the number of sub-divided properties in Cliftonville West has led to problems with a refuse collection system that seems to be devised primarily for single family homes. The Panel could see that residents were using the waste receptacles provided but there were simply not enough. This leads to more litter on the streets, particularly in Northdown Road and a perception that local people did not care about their area. The residents we met felt this was not the case and unfairly maligned local people.

5.2.3. The Panel also observed that while the Ward had a beautiful coastal position it was lacking in greenery in the streets. It was explained to the Panel that this was a matter primarily for the County Council.

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5.2.4. While respecting the financial pressures that all local authorities are experiencing, the Panel felt it would be helpful if the Council could look at the frequency of street cleaning, especially in Northdown Road. Working with local residents, who might organise litter collecting in other streets, resources could be more effectively directed to the problem areasix.

5.2.5. The Panel also considers that Northdown Road could be further enhanced by creation of distinct spaces along the street including key junctions, crossings, intersections and interfaces with the churchyards in a co-ordinated way. A review of the paved surfaces, greening and parking management alongside a coherent approach to street furniture would significantly strengthen the local identity.

5.2.6. There should also be a role for local artists in strengthening the character and distinctiveness of the area.

The Council have already done this with its support for Alex Chinneck’s work “From the Knees of My Nose to the Belly of My Toes” (see photograph). The opportunities for artistic interventions should be carefully chosen to avoid subverting the historic character of the area and quality of ideas. As such, implementation should take into account the historic character of the area, and be carefully monitored to ensure they become permanent enhancements and not short-term decoration.

5.2.7. Such measures would assist the survival and improvement of the shopping offer and the distinctiveness of Cliftonville West as a whole. Similar initiatives are being supported by the Mayor of London’s Outer London Fund and these could offer examples for funding a scheme in Cliftonville via the Growth Deal initiative of the Local Enterprise Partnership.

5.3. Conservation and enforcement 5.3.1. In order to tackle the problems of poor conversions of the housing stock the Panel’s view is that the Council should proceed with its plans to designate conservation areas for Cliftonville as soon as possible. It was suggested to the Panel that the necessary preparatory work has been undertaken, but that adoption had been postponed because of concerns that this would act as a restraint on development rather than a benefit.

There was a further concern about the costs of enforcement to the Council.

5.3.2. The planning test for assessing development outside conservation areas is whether or not it would cause demonstrable harm. Proposed development within a conservation area is required to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the conservation area. The Panel’s view is that conservation area status is vital to the improvement of Cliftonville West and that the Council has the inherent flexibility to judge what would add to a conservation area. Designation will increase confidence and certainty among residents and future residents that their investment in the quality of the built form will be sustained by regulation. The Panel’s view is that this will stimulate better development in the area.

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5.3.4. The most cost effective enforcement tool is powers under Section 215 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 to serve an “amenity” notice. These can be served on the owner of any land or building which is in an unreasonably untidy condition and is considered to have an adverse effect on the amenity of an area. The London Borough of Barnet uses these notices regularly and has found them very effectivex.

5.4. Addressing social need 5.4.1. In light of the very high levels of deprivation and poor health identified in section 2.3, the Panel acknowledged the importance of the relationship between the circumstances of the population and spatial quality of the place.

5.4.2. If, as described above (5.1.10) the housing market attracts more people who will invest their own resources in the area, the demography of the area will change, increasing the proportion of self-reliant households. There will continue to be a legacy of vulnerable people who need assistance. The Panel were impressed with the work of Margate Task Force which engages such people. The Task Force works with 14 agencies who are putting money into the area.

This sort of multi-agency working reflects successful models elsewhere. The relative engagement of the different agencies can be modified over time to ensure that the level of support and assistance reflects the changing circumstances of individual households, the proportion needing assistance, and the employment opportunities arising as the local economy improvesxi.

5.4.3. It would be helpful for the Council to explore with all local stakeholders an expanded role for the local community centre – expanding into a wider ‘healthier Cliftonville’ role – perhaps connected to growing food and addressing the causes of addiction and mental ill health in a therapeutic setting.

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and the economy. Engaging local people in helping with monitoring and compliance will reduce the burden on the Council and stimulate greater engagement in the quality of the area by the wider community, and provide an opportunity to stimulate greater interest in the history and character of Cliftonville. This will in turn help promote community engagement and cohesiveness. The residents and businesses who spoke to the Panel described how they had already used existing planning policy and regulation to resist inappropriate development. This provides a good basis for developing and promoting a culture of compliance.

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6.1. Housing 6.1.1. The Panel’s view is that the District Council should do more to enable and encourage residents and new residents to invest in housing in the area (supplementing existing investment loans). Vacant sites can be suitable for self-build, shared ownership and co-operative housing solutions – all of which require a stronger commitment to the locality than other forms of housing.

6.2. Conservation 6.2.1. The Council should implement the conservation area designation that is has prepared. The Panel’s view was that this would not only preserve the high quality built heritage in Cliftonville West, but also give greater confidence and certainty to investors in individual buildings who are concerned that their investment may be devalued by neglect or inappropriate change to buildings around them. Designation is more likely to aid the regeneration of the area than prevent it.

6.3. Enforcement 6.3.1. Having implemented the conservation area, the Council should put in place measures to ensure compliance with the higher standards required, and the greater control over development. The concerns of council officers and members that this might be onerous financially are over-stated, given the potential impact on the long term health of the environment

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6.4.1. Significant additional tree-planting should be undertaken in streets and along the cliff top. When this was suggested at the Panel feedback session this was met with great enthusiasm and stories about how trees had been removed from the streets in Cliftonville West. This is primarily a County Council responsibility, and the County should be encouraged by all stakeholders present during the visit to participate in future exercises. The success of such an exercise can be increased, and the cost reduced, by local community participation, through ‘adopt a tree’ exercises, and encouraging local groups and schools to play a part in design, planting and upkeep.

6.4.2. As part of “greening” and improving the public realm the frequency of cleaning for some areas of the ward should be revisited. Northdown Road particularly needs extra attention.

The diversion of Council resources might again be back-filled by local volunteers.

6.4.3. Significant improvements could be made to Northdown Road’s public realm. Investment and intensive improvement in a key location could, when successful, attract resources for further improvements.

6.5. Addressing social need 6.5.1. The enhancement of the community centre to could fulfil a wider personal and public health remit and the further development of the Margate task force could help the community to adapt to improving circumstances.

6.6. Vision for Margate and Cliftonville West 6.6.1. The concept of a “string of pearls” extending from Margate Station along the sea front from the Turner Contemporary Art Gallery, via the Winter Gardens to the Lido and the cliff-top gardens in Cliftonville West, is very popular locally. This could be better articulated both in strategic documents and initiatives to engage local people, and also in way-finding maps and other information for visitors.

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7.0 Appendices 7.1. The Panel Chair of the Panel Dickon Robinson AoU, independent advisor on architecture, housing, property development, sustainability and urbanism Panel Members Hugh Barton AoU, Emeritus Professor of Planning, Health and Sustainability, University of the West of England Craig Becconsall AoU, Director, Urban Spark Ltd Simon Henley AoU, Director, Henley Halebrown Rorrison Architects Pam Wharfe AoU, Strategic Director for Growth & Environment London Borough of Barnet (Author of the Report)

7.2. Participants and contributors Cllr Linda Aldred, Member, TDC Jessica Bailey, Community Safety, TDC Neville Baulk, Proprietor of the Lido Cliff Bars Dom Bridges, Resident Cllr Alisdair Bruce, Member, TDC Kay Byatt, TCN / Margate Task Force / ABC (A Better Community) Tanya Carr, THI Support Officer, TDC Martin Cassell, Community Safety Manager, TDC Tim Chapman, Homes and Communities Agency Dan Chilcott, Founder, Resort Studios Damien Cooke, Cooke & Co Jenny Cranstone, Dalby Square Project Edwina Crowley, Head of Economic Development & Asset Management, TDC Sandra Cuckow, ABC (A Better Community) Nick Dermott, Heritage Advisor, TDC Cllr Rozanne Duncan, Member, TDC Cllr Mo Elenor, Member, Kent County Council Daniel Evans, Project Delivery Officer, TDC Cllr David Green, Member, TDC Kevin Hall, Pettmans’ Depository, Proprietor Kate Harrison, Community Organiser Cllr Clive Hart, Leader, TDC Ashley Hills, Strategic Planning Manager, TDC Geoff Holden, Chair, Dalby Square Project Madeline Homer, Director of Community Services, TDC Vera Ivanova-Smith, Dalby Square Project Sophie Jeffrey, Project Manager, MACH E Jaye Jones, Cliftonville Residents Action Group Jessica Jordan-Wrench, Tom Thumb Theatre Sarah Kelly, Housing Improvement Officer, TDC Valerie Kirschner, TMCCET GRASS Teresa Limbrick, Dalby Square Project Cllr Julie Marson, Member, TDC Liam Nabb, Margate Neighbourhood Plan Forum Karen Nayler, Resident

Marialena Nikolopoulou, University of Kent / Architecture Louise Oldfield, Margate Independent Traders Luke Overin, Photographer for THI Scheme Robert Page, THI Project Officer, TDC Anita Pearce, Homes and Communities Agency Elaine Phillips, Cliftonville Community Centre Pamela Pople, Cliftonville Partnership Laura Sandys MP, Member of Parliament for South Thanet Sam Thomas, Resident Sarah Vickery Julia Wallace, Homes and Communities Agency Mo Walls, Grotto Hill Street Scheme Betty Ward, Gordon Rd Street Scheme Tony Ward, Gordon Rd Street Scheme Sarah Wren, Kent County Council

End notes i.

Thanet CCG Health Needs Assessment July 2013

ii

http://democracy.thanet.gov.uk/mgWardMap.

aspx?X=1&VW=LIST&PIC=0 iii

P45 Cliftonville Lido CAT report II Seary, P Canterbury Archaeological

Trust iv

Cliftonville Conservation Area, Margate, Kent Nick Dermott Thanet

District Council January 2011

v

P46 quoted Cliftonville Lido CAT report II Seary, P Canterbury

Archaeological Trust

vi

Thanet CCG Needs Assessment

vii

https://thanet.gov.uk/publications/housing/selective-licensing-

scheme/the-profile/ accessed 28.6.14

viii

https://thanet.gov.uk/publications/housing/selective-licensing-

scheme/the-profile/

As cited above viii

ix

The London Borough of Barnet uses an “adopt a street” programme

where residents help to maintain and beautify their streets.

x

Advice from Joe Henry Assistant Director for Planning London

Borough of Barnet (and Re)

xi

West London Alliance Community Budget Bid process to help the

long term unemployed is designed the same way.

Image credits Cover: Failing Angel

1 Robert Page 2 Dan Thompson 3 Dan Thompson 4 Dan Thompson 5 Tanya Carr 6 Unknown 7 Margate 8 Tanya Carr 9 Tanya Carr 11 Unknown

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Pam Wharf Failing Angel Pam Wharf Pam Wharf Dan Thompson Pam Wharf Tanya Carr

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