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Housing, Environment and Transport
Updated May 2008
This theme sets out objectives for shaping communities and creating a sense of place that reflects our extraordinary heritage.
We will protect and enhance our historical environment. Using new and exciting designs, we will make the connection between environmental innovation and sustainability, and ensure that we create an environmental legacy for future generations to enjoy.
Vision
South Tyneside is clean, safe and tidy. New and iconic buildings complement spectacular environmental beauty and countryside making it a place people choose to live, work and visit.
Buildings, parks, the countryside and public spaces are well maintained and looked after so that future generations can enjoy them.
There is a range of quality homes and a choice of things to do and see all linked up by an excellent transport system.
Policy story
Protecting the Environment for current and future generations is a key issue internationally, nationally and locally.
The draft Climate Change Bill sets out a long-term plan to cut carbon emissions by at least 50% by 2050 and 26-32% by 2020, against a 1990 baseline.
Other key documents which set out the need to provide sustainable environments include the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act, the Waste Management Strategy and the Local Transport Bill.
Priority objectives and performance
We have a clear and focused set of objectives that we need to achieve over the long term to deliver our vision.
We have identified top priorities for our Housing, Environment and Transport vision - our priority objectives.
These are the things on which we believe we can make the biggest and most sustainable impact and these are the things we will focus on improving first.
These are the priority objectives that have been set for 2008-20011 (our top ten outcomes are in bold):
- Improving living neighbourhoods and the natural environment
- Improving housing conditions and quality across all tenures aiming to meet the decent homes standard
- Reducing waste to landfill and increasing recycling to help reduce our carbon footprint
- Adapting to and managing the effects of climate change
- Ensuring good and sustainable transport accessibility for all to jobs, goods and services, leisure and cultural activities
- Improving roads and footpaths to help keep people moving safely and easily around the borough
Key information
60% of council homes failed the Decent Homes standard in April 2007. South Tyneside Homes is seeking to reduce this figure to 52% by April 2009.
97.5% of service users were supported to establish and maintain living in 04/05. Our latest figure is 99.13%, already outperforming our target of 98% for 08/09.
The percentage of service users who have moved in a planned way from temporary living arrangements has fallen from 73% in 04/05 to 71.23% in 07. The target for 08/09 is 76%.
The average house price in South Tyneside has increased from £59,159 in 2001 to £130, 222 in 2007 (land registry).
The Ipsos MORI Survey 2006 reveals that 40% of residents are satisfied with housing and 16% are dissatisfied. When the same question was asked of service users, 64% were satisfied, with 20% very satisfied, and 26% were dissatisfied.
The recycling and composting performance rate was 20.21% in 04/05, 21.16% in 2005/06, and, 23.96% in 2006/07. The target for 2008/09 (as set for the 2006/07 BVPP) is 25.28%.
The percentage of the total tonnage of household waste which has been landfilled was 79.79% in 2004/05, 78.82% in 2005/06 and 76.18% in 2006/07. The target for 2008/09 (as set for the 2006/07 BVPP) is 73.76%.
The Ipsos MORI Survey 2006 reveals that 81% of residents are satisfied with the recycling facilities in the borough, with 37% of those being very satisfied. Only 9% of residents were dissatisfied. 87% of users of the recycling facilities are satisfied with 42% very satisfied. Only 9% of users are dissatisfied.
In 2005/06, the total municipal waste was 92,836 tonnes, and in 2006/07, this had reduced to 91,703.
Next update due: April 2009