LSCC - Future Towns ConferenceIlford Town Centre – A Case Study

Presented by

Mark Lucas Chief Planning & Regeneration

Officer,London Borough of Redbridge

2nd December 2013

Marc Myers, Chairman,

Ilford BID Ltd

Ilford Town Centre – The Place2

• First rail service arrived in Ilford in 1839 via the ‘Eastern Counties Railway’

• The Metropolitan Town Centre of Ilford is designated an Opportunity Area in the Mayor’s London Plan

• Ilford Town Centre, located in the north east of London

• 55 hectares in size

• c24,000 residents live in and around the Town Centre boundary

• Ilford is under 20mins

from London Liverpool Street via the Greater Anglia mainline.

• Redbridge ethnicity highlights, • 43% White• 42% Asian• 9% Black• 4% mixed

Ilford Town Centre – Planning AAP

Adopted in 2008 and identifies 35 opportunity sites over 19

hectares, that collectively have the potential to deliver:-

• More than 5,000 new homes, in the long term.

• Approximately 95,000 m² (gross) of new and replacement High Street retail, restaurants, café, leisure and cultural uses.

• Other active ground floor uses (i.e. secondary, retail, service/ community uses, residential/ office entrances) and new/ replacement small scale commercial and employment uses.

• A range of social, education, health and leisure facilities to serve the existing and new populations.

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Ilford Town Centre - Marketing Our award winning website

(Local Government IT Excellence Awards - Socitm 2010)

offers virtual tour and 3D animation of over 20

development opportunity siteshttp://www.investilford.co.uk

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Our ‘Ilford’ App, available from the Apple Store, offering

3D animation and due diligence for over 20

development opportunity sites

In partnership with Virtual Viewing

Ilford Town Centre – Governance

• Ilford Town Centre Programme Board• LBR front line services Chiefs• Met Police’s Head of neighbourhood policing (Redbridge)• Vision-Redbridge, Culture and Leisure • Greater Anglia Trains• Communications• Business Improvement District

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Ilford Town Centre - The BID Journey6

• An established and long running town centre partnership• A desire from the businesses of Ilford for something different• Well developed relationship with our local authority in Redbridge• A 2009 ballot with aims on service improvements• Safe, Clean and Welcoming

Ilford Town Centre – What we Do

• Protect, Promote and Progress

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Ilford Town Centre – Protect8

Security Planting Ambassadors Cleaning Investment Festive

Ilford Town Centre – Protect9

Family Markets Website Branding Loyalty Promotion

Ilford Town Centre – The BID 10

Ilford Town Centre – The BID 11

Ilford Town Centre – Meyer Bergman12

• Purchase of Exchange Shopping Centre• £72M investment into our town• Further capital investment • Bold asset plan • Supportive of Ilford BID

Ilford Town Centre – Public Sector Presence

• Council H.Q., - 1,300 staff• The Met. Police - 580 Officers• Probations Service - 112 staff• Integrated Youth Service

Contracts (IYSC) – 28 staff• Redbridge College – 16 staff/ 620

students • Redbridge Library - 100 staff• Tunnelling Academy – 150

students, totalling 3,500 students

Representing10% of the total footfall of the Exchange

Shopping Centre

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Ilford Town Centre – Licensing Initiatives

• Voluntary ban on high strength liquor

Police and the Council seeking voluntary agreements with off licences to restrict the sales of high strength beers and ciders so as to impact upon the street drinkers problem that has emerged in the town over the last 3-4 years.

• Betting & gambling – emerging policies

The Council have recently resolved to write to the Home Office and express concerns at the proliferation of betting shops and high stakes gaming machines within the town centre

• Ilford Cumulative Impact Zone (CIZ) 2010

Restricts the number of alcohol licensed premises, (Pubs, off-licences, Take-aways)

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Ilford Town Centre – Crossrail Impact

• £6m Station upgrade• £50m Ilford (CR) Depot

re-configuration• £12m Tunnelling &

Underground Construction Academy

• New Public Realm• New rolling stock• New operating

concession• Adjacent development

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Ilford Depot 11.6 Ha

Ilford Town Centre – Funding Options

• £2.3m - BID business rates uplift

• £5.1m - Urban Integration Study – Crossrail Ltd, Transport for London & London Borough of Redbridge

• £3.2m - in S.106 receipts• £2m - ‘Better Barkingside’

project funded by the Mayor’s Regeneration fund

• c£2.1m - TfL funding for Town Centres’ highways improvements

• £8m - Value of Community Infrastructure Levy notices issued since Jan 2012. (excludes Mayoral CIL)

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