Elected Member Briefing - Update on Estate Based Initiatives improvements for South Locality

About this briefing note

Report by: Elaine Ritchie, Senior Service Manager, Housing

Date: 20 July 2023

Subject: Update on Estate Based Initiatives improvements for South Locality

Responsible Officer: Sharon Kerr, Housing Co-ordinator, South Locality

Details

Purpose

This briefing note is to update you about the Housing Service's Estate Based Initiatives programme for 2023/24 in the South Locality.

Briefing Information 

During April and May 2023, the Housing Service held a number of neighbourhood walkabouts with tenants and residents across Perth and Kinross, as part of our Estate Based Initiative (EBI) scheme.

EBI is designed to deliver small neighbourhood improvements on Housing Revenue Account land.

Under EBI, Council tenants and local residents identify neighbourhood improvements during local walkabouts, attended by local elected members and housing staff. An EBI budget is designated to each Housing locality area for them to use in partnership with local communities.

Any proposed project must be on communal ground/property owned by the Housing Revenue Account and contribute to at least one of the following:

• Community Safety
• Improve the appearance of the area
• Increase tenant involvement in their community.

The EBI process puts decisions about small neighbourhood improvements into the hands of people who live in those communities.

Following this year's walkabouts in the South Locality, the following community improvements have been identified to be taken forward during 2023/24:

• Walkmill, Crook of Devon - Consolidate the parking area by removing the middle islands.
• Monteath Street garage site - Look to see what can be done to make improvement to area due to flooding etc
• Burns Begg Street, Kinross - Chip patches of grass
• Bowton Road, Kinross - New pedestrian gates and completion of fencing
• Garage site at Hall Park, Abernethy - Remove undergrowth by the garage site open up for parking
• Greenbank Crescent, Glenfarg - Clear undergrowth and cut trees back on access path. Possibly chip/slab path to make more accessible for residents.
• Manse Place, Dunning - To cut back Leylandii hedge and holly tree at rear of 1-3 Manse Place
• Mill Street, Kinross - Patch of overgrown ground to be cleared
• Monteath St, Crieff - Pathway to be weed treated
• Causeway Court, Kinross - Garden furniture to be replaced so it is accessible for the residents.

We will work with local tenants and residents over the next 12 months to take forward the neighbourhood improvements, which will enhance the local area.

The work will be planned this financial year and every effort will be made to ensure the work is concluded, but some of the projects will be reliant on external contractors and other services.