Masterplans
Fegg Hayes village is predominantly a residential area, which was built to house workers from the Chatterley Whitfield mine. It has some of the oldest housing in the area. The properties are mainly pre-1880 terraces, with some later build up to the early 1930`s. The area covers 159 Victorian terraced housing situated about a mile and a half north east of Tunstall town centre, bounded by Oxford Road to the east, Rivington Cresent to the west, Fegg Hayes Road to the north and Johnson Place to the south. The area is characterised by declining property conditions, increasing numbers of empty houses and a trend from owner occupation to private renting.
Fegg Hayes was identified as one of the five peripheral, or suburban, estates to be targeted for investment and regeneration in the RENEW North Staffordshire Prospectus 2004, and the RENEW Scheme Update 2005.
It has been included within the Housing Market Renewal (HMR) ‘pathfinder’ boundary because of the following underlying issues, which have contributed to housing market failure:
- poor, substandard Victorian terrace housing, which has the ‘knock-on’ effect of depressing house prices
- inherent structural issues that make borrowing difficult, with the result that most buyers are cash investors. This has led to an imbalance of tenure across the area, and void properties that have had a destabilising effect on the community
- the depressed house prices and the difficulties of obtaining mortgages have led to increasing numbers of private landlords
The area is characterised by declining property conditions, increasing numbers of empty houses and a trend from owner occupation to renting.
A Neighbourhood Renewal Assessment (NRA) was undertaken in Fegg Hayes village. Detailed inspections were carried on the 159 houses within the study area. Household profile information has also been captured, and a questionnaire survey of residents’ views on the quality of their surrounding environment and local facilities was undertaken.
Property conditions, together with planning and socio-environmental factors were taken into account under a Neighbourhood Renewal Assessment as suggested in Government Circular 17/96. Under this procedure, a range of options were considered, which looked at the consequences of immediate action over the next 30 years. These options are:
- to promote repair to a minimum standard
- to promote a range of measures to improve all properties and incorporate environmental improvements
- to promote a mixture of clearance and renovation of remaining properties
Property inspections have highlighted four specific areas in the village where it is not reasonably practicable to instigate a programme of repair and refurbishment. The following properties have been identified for clearance, based on the NRA:
- 1–49 Oxford Road
- 13-19 and 2–40 East Terrace
- 79-83 and 93-99 Fegg Hayes Road
- 53-57 West Terrace
Stoke-on-Trent City Council, RENEW and strategic registered social landlord (RSL) partner, Staffordshire Housing Association, are all committed to the long-term regeneration of Fegg Hayes village and recognise the impact the necessary clearance proposals will have on the overall improvement of the whole area.
Accepting the need for targeted clearance, the proposal for Fegg Hayes is a balanced approach to clearance and retention and improvement, introducing a private sector partner to assist the comprehensive regeneration of the area.
Download the masterplan documents for this area
- Download RENEW North Staffordshire Prospectus 2004 - PDF (1.16MB)
- Download Fegg Hayes Village Options - Option 1 - PDF (0.29MB)
- Download Fegg Hayes Village Options Questionnaire - PDF (0.04MB)
- Download Fegg Hayes Village Option 2 - PDF (0.23MB)
- Download Fegg Hayes Village Option 3 - PDF (0.24MB)
