See Also
Renewal Area
Customer Service Standards
Renewal Area News
Renewal Area Grants
What options are available in the Renewal
Area
Private Sector Housing
Strategy
Empty Property Initiative
Contact Us
Renewal Area Team
Thanet District Council
P O Box 9
Cecil Street
Margate
Kent
CT9 1XZ
Carla Wenham-Jones
Housing Renewal Manager
01843 577792
Dave Farmer
Renewal Area Officer 01843 577407
Lesley Dalton
Project Support Officer
01843 577748
Email: housingrenewalarea
@thanet.gov.uk
Renewal Area Declaration
Further phases of the council’s renewal programme have been
formally declared in parts of Margate Central and Cliftonville West
to help improve the physical and environmental regeneration of the
area.
The decision was taken at a meeting of Thanet
District Council’s Cabinet on Thursday 11 December and now
Renewal Areas will be created to cover the town centre of Margate,
including the Old Town, Grotto Hill, Poets Corner and an additional
area of Cliftonville West, which is to the east of Wilderness Hill,
up to and including Madeira Road.
This decision was made after Renewal Officers
consulted with local residents about the idea by distributing
leaflets and surveys to every home in the area, displaying posters,
and advertising on the Council’s website and in local papers. Three
Open Days, at the Margate Media Centre, Holy Trinity and St. John’s
CE Primary School and St. Paul’s Community Centre, were also held
and around 250 people attended to give their views.
From the information gathered at these events and from returned
questionnaires, the initial results show
that approximately 40% of the residents thought that the main
areas of concern are Enviromental issues.
These include
- Rubbish problems – action to be taken against property owners
for dumping rubbish
- Improve/increase street lighting
- More street cleaners
- More dog bins & waste bins
- More information on recycling
Intention
to declare renewal area leaflet - 2007 (pdf)
The existing Renewal Area was declared in Cliftonville West in
May 2005 and since then, nearly 200 grants of up to £2,000 have
been given out to property owners in the area for projects such as
repainting the exterior of their houses, repairs to windows, doors
and guttering, minor roof repairs and damp proofing of properties.
This has made a positive visual impact to the area.
In December 2005 local people in parts of the
Cliftonville West and Margate Central wards, were asked a range of
questions, including what makes their community a good place to
live, what their main concerns were about their area and what is
most important to people in the future. All questionnaires returned
by Friday 24 February were included in this consultation.
A number of community projects have also been supported by the
Renewal Area team, including improvements to Dalby Square, the
lighting scheme at St. Paul’s Church, introducing hanging basket
trees and new litter bins along Northdown Road, alleygates, and
providing maintenance work in Trinity Gardens. They have also
helped community groups with a number of clear-ups in the area and
were instrumental in the crackdown on anti-social issues by the
Council which took place in October.