Download Knowing the Outer North West: people, places

HOUSING ADVISORY PANEL: OUTER NORTH WEST (JUNE 2014)
Best city ...for children
City priorities
Best city… for business

Help children to live in safe and supportive families

Increase the levels of young people in employment, education or training

Improve skills

Support the sustainable growth of the Leeds’ economy
Effectively tackle and reduce anti-social behaviour in our communities
Housing priorities
Best city… for communities 

Increase a sense of belonging that builds cohesive and harmonious communities
Best city… for health and
wellbeing

Support more people to live safely in their own homes

Make sure that the people who are the poorest, improve their health the fastest
Best city… to live

Maximise regeneration investment to increase housing choice and affordability within
sustainable neighbourhoods

Improve housing conditions and energy efficiency
Housing Growth
Improving Housing
Conditions
Enabling
Independent Living
Housing and Health
Creating Sustainable
Communities
Sufficient housing to meet
needs and aspirations of
existing and potential
residents
Achieving and maintaining
standards focussing on
energy efficiency, fuel
poverty and empty homes.
Promote independence for all
tenants and stages of their
tenancy.
Reduce inequalities across
the city where poor housing
contributes to poor health.
Every area is a place where
people want to live, now and
in the future.
Knowing the Outer North West: people, places and community:

Average age of residents is 41.9 years compared to 37.6 in
Leeds.
Tenant Satisfaction:
(STAR, May 13)
Citywide

7.3% BME, compared to 18.9% for Leeds. The largest BME
group is Asian or Asian British.
Outer
North
West
Overall Satisfaction
70%
74%

Average life expectancy for males and females varies in the
wards between 81 and 84, compared to across the city, where
this ranges from 74 to 84.
Quality of home
72%
68%
Repairs and
maintenance
58%
66%
Neighbourhood as a
place to live
85%
75%
Dealing with Anti-social
behaviour
60%
58%
Views listened to and
taken into account
52%
58%
Performance, 13/14
year end:
Outer
North
West
Citywide
% empty homes
0.59%
0.73%
% rent collection
98.32% 97.82%
Repairs timescales met
95.05%
94.29
Average bids per home
6.1
9.6
Average tenancy length
(years)
11.6
10.0
Access to the internet
52%
50%
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50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Yeadon
Otley Area
Horsforth
Rawdon
Guiseley
Pool-In-Wharfedale
Holt Park
Bramhope
Arthington
Adel
% Tenancies in Arrears
23.4% of all households have a member with some form of
long term illness.

22% of all council tenants have some form of long term health
condition compared to 20% of council tenants across the city.

The most common reason for working age residents being
unable to work are health issues related to mental health.

The area has below average proportion of residents actively
seeking work and on Job Seekers Allowance.

In Leeds an average 7.2% of 16 to 18 year-olds are not in education, employment or training, higher than the clusters within
the area which are all below 4%.

Slightly more households with dependent children, 27%, compared to 27.6% in Leeds as a whole.

Owner-occupation is the most common tenure, 75%, compared to 58.6% in the city. 9.7% of all homes are Council
owned, lower than the average of 16.9%. 10% are private
rented compared to 16.7% and 2.9% are housing association,
compared to 5.1% overall.

Safer Leeds priorities include reducing domestic abuse, burglary, ASB and child sexual exploitation. Within Outer North
West specifically, it is ASB and nuisance motorcycles and graffiti.
Summary: Includes the Adel and Wharfdale, Guiseley and Rawdon, Horsforth and Otley and Yeadon wards.
There is a higher prevalence of older tenants and residents and the area is less diverse in terms of ethnicity. Fewer 16-18 years olds are not in any education, employment
or training, which is positive, but could still be an area for improvement. Of working age residents, the health barrier to engaging in work is likely to be mental health, a trend
mirrored across the city. Tenant satisfaction is generally better than the city wide average except with the Repairs and Maintenance service and tenants feeling that their
views are listened to and taken into account. There are no multi-storey flat. There are five active tenants and residents groups and five area representatives, together representing over 900 council households across Outer North West Leeds. There are many established and successful community and voluntary groups providing services to the
community.
Panel priorities
Contributing to best city and housing priorities AND taking into account local difference our Panel
Service and performance priorities are:
Funding priorities are:
To explore the reasons for a higher number of tenants having
long-term health conditions in particular mental health and the
opportunities to enhance the health and wellbeing of residents.
To support applications which give tenants an overall better quality of
life in terms of their general health and wellbeing, in particular focusing
on the needs of the elderly and those with long term health conditions.
To explore the reasons for a higher proportion of residents not
seeking work and on Job Seekers Allowance and the opportunities to help the employment prospects of residents.
To support applications that contribute towards community safety and
reductions in anti-social behaviour.
To explore the opportunities to reduce domestic abuse, burglary, To support applications that enhance the environmental appearance of
ASB and Child exploitation with a particular focus on local key
neighbourhoods.
priorities.
To explore the reasons for the lower than city wide satisfaction
with repairs and maintenance.
To support applications that increase financial inclusion through
employment and training and improve digital access for tenants.