1. Local Government Association
One Public Estate
Stephen Jacobs
One Public Estate
Local Government Association

2. Public Sector Asset Base
Hubs
New Property Model
Asset Efficiency
One Public Estate
Core DH and small ALBs subject to central controls
NHS Property Services & NHS Trusts/FTs score towards £5 billion asset sales
Whole Public Sector Asset Base: £347.8bn*
* Central Government source - Whole Government Accounts 2012/13 p.91, (Dwellings/Land/Buildings) net book value £347.8bn
Local Government source - DCLG Local Government Financial Statistics England No.23, May 2013, p.103

3. One Public Estate Coverage (February 2017)
OPE received 2 years worth of funding in the Spending Review 2015 – £37 million.
Over three quarters of councils in 60 partnerships are members of the OPE programme as of January 2017, with allocations from £50,000 to £500,000.
OPE target is to achieve 95% of councils on the programme by 2018.
OPE’s core objectives are:
Creating economic growth (new homes and jobs)
More integrated, customer-focused services
Generating capital receipts
Reducing running costs
One Public Estate Coverage (February 2017)

4. Projected Benefits & KPIs
Service Integration
Supports Single Departmental Plan commitment to deliver 45+ co- locations of public sector services over the Parliament
Health and Social care integration Cornwall, Manchester, Leeds & London
£98 million
44,000
25,000
£415 million

5. Central Government Reforms
MoD Footprint Strategy-
Early disposals
Network Rail creating company to deliver receipts & housing
Government
Hubs
DfE – 500 new Free Schools by 2020
Courts & prisons
Reform: courts sales; 9 new prisons
DWP PFI contract ends 2018
NHS Strategic Estates Plans
DVSA soon to announce surplus depots

6. New Tools Right to Contest strengthened Duty to Report on Surplus Land
Duty to Report on Efficiency & Sustainability
Duty to Engage
Capital Receipt Flexibility
Priority Purchaser status
UNCLASSIFIED

7. Housing Delivery IN COLLABORATION
Central Government
IN COLLABORATION
Local Government
In 2016 the LGA set a pledge that local authorities in its membership would seek to match governments ambitions and release local government owned land for a further 160,000 homes.
Many councils establishing housing development companies. Those in OPE areas include Cambridgeshire, Northumberland, Bedford and Croydon
DCLG £18 million ‘capacity fund’ for councils to accelerate housing building on large sites
government has committed to release land to build an additional 160,000 homes by 2020.
Target to release £5 billion worth of land and property to meet target
OPE is supporting the delivery of 16,500 new homes by 2020 to a collaborative approach on both local and central government land contributing to both ambitions

8. An Integrated Estates Strategy with the NHS
LB Croydon
An Integrated Estates Strategy with the NHS
Croydon have an ambitious development programme
In total 80 sites identified, 15 of these owned by wider public sector
Using OPE funding to develop 4 core sites including Croydon University Hospital
Outcomes include 600 new homes and 7 new community facilities

9. Cornwall
Blue Light Collaboration
Liskeard
Tri-Service Centre

10. Redevelopment of Plymouth Rail Station
MOU agreed by 4 major public land owners – Plymouth City Council, University of Plymouth, Network Rail and Great Western Rail
Working in partnership to regenerate the station and gateway to city centre
OPE funding feasibility work for a new station and extended university and civic quarter.

11. Opportunity Knocks Making your own weather…
Government funded programmes and legislation
Closer working with major government asset-owning departments
Central Government releasing assets
1. Making your own weather
*What is your unique selling point?
* Plentiful land
* Growing population
* Good connectivity
* Burgeoning local economy etc.
2. Government Funded Programmes
* Programmes – OPE & Home Building Fund
* Legislation – S Local Government Finance Act & S1 Localism Act 2011
3. Closer working with major government asset-owning departments
* Priority Purchaser
4. Central Government releasing assets
* Strategies
5. 6 year historic low cost of borrowing money
6. Partnering with the private sector/different sources of investment
Partnering with the private sector / different sources of investment
6 year historic low cost of borrowing money