Woodnook - Phase 1 update

PHASE 1 UPDATE
The strip out and partial demolition of Phase 1 properties between Augusta Street and Booth Street has now been completed, with the main refurbishment works expected to commence in the Autumn.

EMPTY HOMES FUNDING
As outlined in the previous newsletter, the Council have secured £3.76m from the HCA Empty Homes Cluster Fund. This funding will be ‘matched’ by Woodnook JVCo, the

Woodnook - update

Things are progressing in Woodnook. Labour's regeneration scheme following a decade of broken Tory promises is now at the structural engineer's stage. An assessment is being made of the integrity of each property and where structurel works are required. The fire damaged properties on Booth Street for example. PlaceFirst, a national pension company are working with the Labour Council to bring 80

Hyndburn's Labour Council - Woodnook Community Update | Dec. 2012

Your Labour Council continues to invest in Woodnook with further plans for wider  neighbourhood investment.


The Labour Party is committed to Woodnook with a £multi-million refurbishment programme about to begin.

The Tories failed to do anything in 13 years in Woodnook.

Labour Counclllors and I expect that residents will be kept informed. Below is the second Council newsletter detailing

BBC. New life for Accrington ghost streets of terraced homes

Developers are converting "two-up, two down" homes into four bedroom houses in Accrington

Dec 5, 2012 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-20594789


Waiting for customers can be a lonely vigil for Mohammed Zahir in his corner shop.
His business is marooned among a sea of boarded up terraced houses in Accrington, east Lancashire, serving a remnant of a once thriving community.

Why SAVE Britains Heritage and Empty Homes Agency are wrong in opposing demolition

I have updated the artcile at the foot with a letter of reply from the EHA and my response.




Last year (2011) I led the campaign for exit funding from Government after they axed with immediate effect ongoing Housing Market Renewal (Pathfinders) schemes leaving them half way through.


Many areas had rows of abandoned homes boarded up with only a percentage in council ownership leaving a

Woodnook Regeneration

Following the broken promises of a Conservative Council who for 8 years promised up to £35m for Woodnook but did nothing, the new Labour Council has stepped in despite being left no money for regeneration and are now on the verge of delivering a £10m public-private redevelopment. Place First, backed by a pension investment company are taking on the project.




In this video I talk about the