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News Release from: Meden Valley Making Places | Subject: Mansfield 'street of shame'
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial Team on 12 November 2007

MVMP tackle Mansfield 'street of shame'

Meden Valley Making Places is to spearhead a GBP5.4 million project to regenerate an area once dubbed the 'street of shame' in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

MVMP has been selected by Mansfield District Council to manage a scheme which will see 215 run-down and derelict homes replaced by up to 250 attractive new properties in Brownlow Road, Bould Street and Broomhill Lane MVMP's appointment as the lead agency follows its successes in addressing housing blight in eight former mining areas in Nottinghamshire and north Derbyshire since 2003

It is the first scheme for which MVMP has been appointed outside its original remit.

The area had become a major problem for Mansfield DC and the emergency services in recent years due to high vacancy levels, dereliction, fly tipping and arson.

The new homes will range in size from one to four bedrooms and will be available for either outright ownership, rental or shared ownership through MVMP's RSL partner, LHA-ASRA Group.

MVMP, a company jointly owned by Mansfield and Bolsover DCs, emda and English Partnerships, is now negotiating purchase of the properties with their owners, and a Masterplan has been agreed for the site in conjunction with local residents.

MVMP is in the process of appointing a developer partner for the site and an appointment is expected to be made in 2008.

Gary Kirk, Chief Executive of MVMP, believes this will be the first of many new projects in which MVMP will get involved.

"Our results to date - in bringing new hope and a bright future to communities devastated by pit closures since the 1980s - show that the MVMP model is an excellent one for dealing with the problems created by housing blight", he said.

"We have a dedicated team of housing and regeneration professionals based at Warsop and the fact that we can own properties outright means MVMP can offer a true 'one-stop shop' for regeneration, acting quickly and decisively to deliver solutions which looser partnerships or organisations working singly would find far more difficult.

"The Brownlow Road area has suffered a difficult few years, with many properties now unoccupied and falling into disrepair, but it is now set to be returned to its former glories and once again provide an attractive, safe and desirable place to live.

"We are also in active negotiations with a number of local authorities seeking to address the issue of run-down and unwanted homes in their areas, and are confident of being able to announce our involvement in further projects in due course".

Tony Egginton, Executive Mayor of Mansfield District Council said: "For many years Brownlow Road has had a reputation that it cannot shake off.

It has become clear that the only way to rid it of its tag is through major redevelopment and I am thrilled that we are now a significant step closer to delivering that.

"The Brownlow Road area has suffered almost 20 years of decay and some residents had given up hope.

Now though they can see something tangible happening and there's a positive feeling about the future.

I think this initiative makes a massive statement about how the district is moving forward.".

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