Renewal areas by local authority area and number
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Renewal areas by local authority area and numberLast update
10 February 2016Next update
February 2017Publishing organisation
Welsh GovernmentSource 1
Renewal areas data collection, Welsh GovernmentContact email
stats.housing@wales.gsi.gov.ukDesignation
National StatisticsLowest level of geographical disaggregation
Local authoritiesGeographical coverage
WalesLanguages covered
English and WelshGeneral description
The information presented here relates to renewal areas funded primarily by local authorities. The information is collected in order to establish the amount spent annually across Wales on renewal areas and the number of dwellings that have been improved. This data provides monitoring information for the Welsh Government in order to evaluate the effectiveness of renewal area programmes and to help develop future policy for area based renewal.Local authorities can offer homeowners financial help with home improvement and repair. This can include grants and loans for acquiring, adapting, improving, repairing, demolishing and replacing accommodation. In many cases, this assistance is targeted at vulnerable groups such as the disabled or elderly. This assistance is referred to as private sector renewal activity.
Area based renewal schemes enable local authorities to focus activity and investment on areas that combine a need for assistance with the potential for regeneration. Investment in area based renewal schemes should not only secure improvements to houses themselves but also to environmental, social and economic conditions, leading to a restoration of confidence in the area. These wide ranging benefits of area renewal are also important in tackling the problems many local communities face in terms of social exclusion and sustainability. The Welsh Government provides local authorities with grants for housing renewal areas.
Renewal areas are as defined in the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 as amended by the Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002. These areas seek to:
1) Improve housing and general amenities of an area where social and environmental problems are combined with poor housing;
2) Develop partnerships between residents, private sector interests and the local authority;
3) Bring about regeneration, including mixed-use development; and
4) Increase confidence in the future of an area, and through this, help to reverse any process of decline.
