Kent Estates Partnership ConferenceOne Public Estate and changing the Face of Public Assets

Ben Stoneman, Regional Programme Manager, One Public Estate

9 November 2016 www.local.gov.uk

* Central Government source - Whole Government Accounts 2012/13 p.91, (Dwellings/Land/Buildings) net book value £347.8bn Local Government source - DCLG Local Government Financial Statistics England No.23, May 2013, p.103

One Public Estate

▪Core DH and small ALBs subject to central controls▪NHS Property

Services & NHS Trusts/FTs score towards £5 billion asset sales▪One Public Estate

● Hubs● New Property Model● Asset Efficiency● One Public Estate

Whole Government Asset Base: £347.8bn*

1. The public estate

2. Context in Government: Targets2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement

– DWP reduce footprint by 20% and have ‘greater cooperation with local authorities’

– MoD reduce footprint by 30%: £1bn land sales / rationalisation– HMRC from 170 offices to 13

June 2016, Disposal of Public Land for New homes, National Audit Office, June 2016

‘We found no supporting documentation or economic evidence behind quantum of the target [now 160k and £5bn disposal receipts by 2020], or how it was allocated to departments. The targets for individual departments were set on a bilateral basis.’

Nov 2016 Autumn Statement…?

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2. Context in Government: Reform

& Sustainability and Transformation Plans

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2. Context in Government: Local level

-43%Programme is not a central government ‘land grab’ or ‘name

and shame’ or command and control

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3. One Public Estate: What• Government programme delivered by Cabinet Office and the

LGA to support more efficient use of public sector assets

• £31 million revenue funding (2016-2018) to incentivise:– partnership formation and cross-public sector collaboration between local and central

organisations– use of property as a catalyst to deliver better local services, boost growth and drive

efficiencies– support a place based approach to achieve local ambitions

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3. One Public Estate: Why1. Create economic growth - to enable released land and property to be used to stimulate economic growth, regeneration new housing and jobs(The release of land and property from big public sector land owners)

2. Generate capital receipts - to release land and property to generate capital receipts

3. Reduce running costs - to reduce the running costs of central and local government assets

4. Deliver more integrated and customer focused services – to encourage publically funded services to co-locate, to demonstrate service efficiencies, and to work towards a more customer-focused service delivery

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3. One Public Estate: How

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3. One Public Estate: When• Live program, delivered in phases• Output driven…• But recognise both short and long term projects required

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3. One Public Estate: Who / where• 36 varied

partnerships• 159 local authorities• Activity working with

21 new Phase 4 partnerships (including Kent)

• 5 ‘regions’ with dedicated GPU and LGA support

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Transforming the Government Workplace

MildenhallAn innovative scheme to co-locate the majority of the public estate in a market town onto one site, radically improving services, achieving savings of over 50% and releasing 12 hectares for growth.

4. So what? Creating Community Hubs

4. So what? Health Development and Transformation

IDA Darwin HospitalWorking with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust to release the IDA Darwin Hospital site on the edge of Cambridge. Would deliver an estimated £20m receipt and redevelopment of the 34 acre site for c.300 homes and potentially employment.

Hinchingbrooke Health CampusWorking with Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust and other health partners to transform this site into a multi-agency healthcare campus providing end-to-end care for older people. The adjacent 12 acre plot owned by Cambridgeshire Police will be acquired and the existing site reconfigured to create a healthcare campus, retirement village, key worker housing, extra/dementia and mental health care facilities, and leisure facilities. £25m capital receipts, £1m p.a. running cost savings from 2018/19 onwards, land with capacity for c.450 homes.

4. So what? Town Centre Regeneration

• £500k support• 19 projects• Potential for 1,000 homes, 750 jobs• Health, blue light, and Govt dept partners• Compliments wider ambitions

4. So what? Blue Light integration

Three blue light providers are co-located in a new joint facility – the first of its kind in the UK - opened May 2015. It is allowing an additional 6,500 people in Hayle to be reached within the critical 10 minute response time.

Two surplus sites will be sold, saving £500k a year.

The Cornwall Deal proposes one Cornwall Blue Light service.

New joint facility in Hayle

the UK's first tri-service safety officer

Impact on local and national

objectives

4. So what?....are we looking for

Scale of outputs

Scope of public sector

interestsConfidence in delivery

Additionality Affordability

SUPPORT STRATEGIC PLACE AMBITION

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5. Where next for OPE

• Programme delivery • Programme expansion (new and existing

partnerships) • Influencing policy and join up Government

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Thank youBen StonemanRegional Programme Manager (East and South East): One Public EstateLocal Government AssociationLayden House, 76-86 Turnmill Street, London EC1M 5LGTel: 07717 720620Email: ben.stoneman@local.gov.uk

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