Background
The Coalville estate, located to the south east of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, originally consisted of just over 400 houses. The National Coal Board offered the houses for sale to tenants in the 1980s, and those that were not sold to tenants we sold at auction to private investors.
The non-traditional methods used to build the houses - pre-cast reinforced concrete (PRC) system-built construction - were found to be defective. Many had fallen into serious disrepair, rendering the properties unmortgageable. This led to increasing numbers of private landlords purchasing the houses, and many remained in poor condition.
Previous improvement schemes proved unable to properly tackle the problems of the area. However, the introduction of the government’s housing market renewal (HMR) programme in 2004 created an opportunity for a comprehensive review of the future of the Coalville estate.
Now, a £55 million regeneration programme is underway. The remodelling of the estate is being delivered through a partnership between RENEW North Staffordshire, the Compendium Group, Stoke-on-Trent City Council and other private and public sector organisations.
RENEW North Staffordshire’s approach to providing long-term, sustainable solution to the estate’s physical and social problems is to significantly alter the balance of the neighbourhood, by changing from 70 per cent privately rented homes to 70 per cent owner-occupied.
Visit our interactive map to find out more about RENEW’s work in Coalville.
