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Annual Report 2007/08
The Annual Report for 2007/08 was published on 10 July 2008.
English Partnerships has again delivered another excellent set of results for 2007/08, demonstrating our ability to deliver Government policies in practice.
Targets 2007/08
This financial year we exceeded our upper output targets, despite the first, but strong, signs of a downturn in the UK economy.
| Upper target | Outturn | |
| Brownfield land reclaimed (ha) | 220 | 289 |
| Housing units facilitated (starts on site commissioned) | 10,300 | 11,045 |
| Housing units facilitated (completions) | 5,740 | 6,632 |
| Employment floorspace created (‘000 sq m) | 430 | 492 |
| Private sector investment attracted (£m) | 1,000 | 1,266 |
Of real significance is the fact that we attracted £1.27bn in private sector investment - up more than 24% on last year - and programme expenditure reached £586m. Our receipts of £328m allowed us to fund 58% of our programme.
Across our whole programme our work has been characterised by a clear focus on business as usual and maintaining delivery, as well as improving quality while striving to provide great value for money.
For further information please see the Business performance 2007/08 page.
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This year’s achievements include:
The completion of the first 147 homes at Adelaide Wharf as part of the London-Wide Initiative.
The Carbon Challenge was successfully launched. Several major companies were attracted to the first site at Hanham Hall, South Gloucestershire and Barratt Developments Plc was selected as the preferred developer. Three more sites have been identified.
The completion and opening of The O2 Arena and Entertainment District on Greenwich Peninsula.
As part of the initial work on assessing the suitability of surplus public sector sites for delivering the Housing Green Paper’s housing targets, English Partnerships assessed over 900 different sites and identified 178 as being potentially suitable.
The acquisition of more surplus public sector land, including Connaught Barracks in Dover, Roussillon Barracks in Chichester, Guest Hospital in Dudley and the Bruche Police Training Centre in Warrington.
The scope and scale of the pilot phase of the Local Housing Companies programme was established through close co-operation with 14 local authorities.
The submission of a planning application for approximately 9,500 new homes at Northstowe in Cambridgeshire.
New Quality Standards were introduced, including minimum space standards. All sites going to the market in the year were required to meet, as a minimum, Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. Our standards are now harmonised with those of the Housing Corporation.
The opening of the Liverpool Arena in time for the launch of the city’s year as Capital of Culture 2008.
Work began at seven of the 10 Design for Manufacture Competition sites. The first completions and new home occupations were achieved.
The completion of the Northwich Town Centre Salt Mine project (part of our Land Stabilisation Programme) that will facilitate the regeneration of the town centre.
An Urban Finance Team was established with the aim of working with existing English Partnerships delivery teams and other public sector partners to examine new and innovative ways of using private sector funding to accelerate delivery of public sector outputs.
The start of construction on the Bedford Western Bypass that will open up land for development, thereby enabling the construction of more than 2,750 new homes.
