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JOHN COMBER
DIRECTOR OF REGENERATION
LONDON BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
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John Comber
Director of Regeneration
London Borough of Greenwich
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Major drivers of change
• 2012 Olympic & Paralympic
Games
• Destination Greenwich:
inward investment and
tourism
• Culture, learning and
creativity
• Transport infrastructure
• Housing growth
• Commercial and retail
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Our Regeneration Objectives
• Affordable housing in mixed
tenure developments
• New jobs and training
• Health, community, education
and recreation facilities
• Sustainable transport network,
with new links across the river
• New physical and social
infrastructure must go hand in
hand with new housing supply
• Design quality & sustainability
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Transport and Public Realm
• DLR arrived in Woolwich 2009
• Crossrail coming to Woolwich and
Abbey Wood
• “Supercrossing” opened at Royal
Arsenal / A206
• Transforming two Woolwich squares
• What are the future options for
Greenwich Waterfront Transit and
more river crossings…?
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Housing Investment
• 17% of Thames Gateway target
• 12,000 on Peninsula;
• 5,000 in Woolwich;
• 2,000 in Thamesmead;
• 4,400 in Kidbrooke;
• 90% of permissions in place
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Approach To Modernisation
• Council’s Property Portfolio - £700m (including
schools), 794 sites & buildings excluding housing
• Decision to provide three main centres one in
each of the town centres, with Woolwich as the
main base – reduction of 55 properties
• Access Channel Strategy – Web, telephone -
Contact Centre, paper, Face to Face
• Combine use of buildings to increase utilisation
• Modernisation of services to generate efficiencies
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Why ?
Improve
Meet Customer’s communication
21st rising expectations
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Century Improve
building – Performanc
fit for e more
purpose;
efficient,
effective
fully working
accessible.
Improve Improved
services – environmen
joined up t for staff
approach
Harness resources, reduce costs of
buildings
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The Woolwich Centre
• Library
• Service Centre
• Contact Centre
• Data Centre
• Office Space
• Public Meeting Space
• Town Centre Regeneration
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Sustainability
Insulation and natural ventilation and light
Automatically controlled low energy lighting and motorised blinds;
High efficiency boilers and an advanced building management control system.
Water efficient fittings and rainwater harvesting;
Green/Brown roofs which will enhance the biodiversity of the area and provide
additional insulation
Solar photovoltaic panels
30% CO2 emission
reduction compared to
a building of the same
size, design and usage
pattern without those
measures.
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11. The Woolwich Centre
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Investment in the Woolwich Centre
• £23m Acquisitions & Site Assembly
• £68m Construction
• £14m Fit- out, mobilisation and decant
• £1.4m Programme Delivery & Fees
• Total £106.4m as a catalyst for Town Centre
regeneration
• No impact on Council Tax
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Associated Tesco Development
Tesco’s overall development is their largest in Europe.
12,200m² store – one of their biggest.
200m² retail food and drink units
2,500m² community or office use
Public realm – landscaping
622 Town Centre Car Park spaces
960 residential units, 27% onsite affordable
£6.5m Offsite contribution to family affordable housing
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Associated Tesco Development
• Creating 1,370 new Jobs – 550 in retail
• Transport - £1m
• Education - £2.65m
• Health Care - £500k
• Public Realm - £500k
• Police Resources - £198k
• Employment & Training - £660k
• Business Improvement & Support - £230k
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