Goldthorpe

Goldthorpe
The main focus for the Housing Market Renewal Team in Goldthorpe has been to raise the quality and value of property in the Goldthorpe area, whilst also enabling the sensitive acquisition and rehousing of people who have been affected by the regeneration process.

TSY and Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC) are working with Berneslai Homes to bring about the regeneration of the area. Housing Market Renewal funds have been used to make improvements to the appearance of properties in Goldthorpe and improvements have been made to boundary walls surrounding council homes. Properties bought through the Right to buy scheme have been given addition of off-street parking. These works have complemented work carried out through the Berneslai Homes’ Decent Homes property improvement programme and have helped bring houses in the area up to good modern standards.

Supporting people in the community
Owner occupiers in the neighbourhood have been offered ongoing support throughout the regeneration process. Financial support has been offered in the form of a Relocation Appreciation Loans to help people move to new homes that suit their needs without having to take out an additional mortagage. So far12 owner occupiers have been able to move to new homes in the area using this scheme.

Tenants in need of social rented accommodation have been given access to suitable homes through registered social landlords in the area. Social rented accommodation has also been built in partnership with Chevin Housing Association in the middle of Goldthorpe and tenants relocated from Main Street have now moved into these.

A masterplan for Goldthorpe
An 18 month community master-plan was set up as part of Goldthorpe’s regeneration. The area had multiple issues affecting its housing market, economy and local aspirations and a community masterplan was seen as the best way of tackling these problems for the future.

The main issues highlighted in the master plan were:

• Poor quality, abandoned housing
• recently built homes that hadn’t been properly integrated into the community
• a local school that was of a poor quality
• an underused shopping area and a market that was popular but badly located

As part of the masterplan, 108 residential and commercial properties have been acquired and demolished to make way for a new, purpose built Junior and Infant school for Goldthorpe. The former school site will provide space for new shops and a more accessible market.

Supporting people in the community
Owner occupiers in the neighbourhood have been offered ongoing support throughout the regeneration process. Financial support has been offered in the form of a Relocation Appreciation Loans to help people move to new homes that suit their needs without having to take out an additional mortagage. So far12 owner occupiers have been able to move to new homes in the area using this scheme.

Tenants in need of social rented accommodation have also been given access to suitable homes through registered social landlords in the area. Social rented accommodation has also been built in partnership with Chevin Housing Association in the middle of Goldthorpe and tenants relocated from Main Street have now moved into these.

Goldthorpe – a priority for regeneration
The Dearne Valley continues to be prioritised as an area for large scale investment and forward looking improvements, which focus on its future as a region of eco-excellence.

£15 million pounds has been targeted for investment in the Dearne between 2008-2011, which means plans and projects for improvements in central Goldthorpe are expected to continue to grow in line with these commitments.