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1. Kent Estates Partnership
Conference
One Public Estate and changing the Face of
Public Assets
Ben Stoneman, Regional Programme Manager, One Public Estate
9 November 2016 www.local.gov.uk

2. * 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
One Public Estate
▪ Core DH and small
ALBs subject to
central controls
▪ NHS Property
Services & NHS
Trusts/FTs score
towards £5 billion
asset sales
▪ One Public Estate
● Hubs
● New Property Model
● Asset Efficiency
● One Public Estate
Whole Government Asset Base: £347.8bn*
1. The public estate

3. 2. Context in Government: Targets
2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement
– DWP reduce footprint by 20% and have ‘greater cooperation with local
authorities’
– MoD reduce footprint by 30%: £1bn land sales / rationalisation
– HMRC from 170 offices to 13
June 2016, Disposal of Public Land for New homes, National
Audit Office, June 2016
‘We found no supporting documentation or economic evidence behind
quantum of the target [now 160k and £5bn disposal receipts by 2020], or
how it was allocated to departments. The targets for individual
departments were set on a bilateral basis.’
Nov 2016 Autumn Statement…?
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4. 2. Context in Government: Reform
& Sustainability and
Transformation Plans
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5. 2. Context in Government: Local
level
-43%
Programme is not a
central government
‘land grab’ or ‘name
and shame’ or
command and control
approach
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6. 3. One Public Estate: What
• Government programme delivered by Cabinet Office and the
LGA to support more efficient use of public sector assets
• £31 million revenue funding (2016-2018) to incentivise:
– partnership formation and cross-public sector collaboration between local and central
organisations
– use of property as a catalyst to deliver better local services, boost growth and drive
efficiencies
– support a place based approach to achieve local ambitions
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7. 3. One Public Estate: Why
1. Create economic growth - to enable released land and property to be used to
stimulate economic growth, regeneration new housing and jobs
(The release of land and property from big public sector land owners)
2. Generate capital receipts - to release land and property to generate capital
receipts
3. Reduce running costs - to reduce the running costs of central and local
government assets
4. Deliver more integrated and customer focused services – to encourage
publically funded services to co-locate, to demonstrate service efficiencies, and to
work towards a more customer-focused service delivery
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8. 3. One Public Estate: How
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9. 3. One Public Estate: When
• Live program, delivered in phases
• Output driven…
• But recognise both short and long term projects required
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10. 3. One Public Estate: Who / where
• 36 varied
partnerships
• 159 local authorities
• Activity working with
21 new Phase 4
partnerships
(including Kent)
• 5 ‘regions’ with
dedicated GPU and
LGA support
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11. Transforming the Government Workplace
Mildenhall
An innovative scheme to co-locate the majority of the public estate in
a market town onto one site, radically improving services, achieving
savings of over 50% and releasing 12 hectares for growth.
4. So what? Creating Community
Hubs

12. 4. So what?
Health Development and Transformation
IDADarwinHospital
Working with Cambridgeshire and
Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
to release the IDA Darwin Hospital
site on the edge of Cambridge.
Would deliver an estimated £20m
receipt and redevelopment of the 34
acre site for c.300 homes and
potentially employment.
HinchingbrookeHealthCampus
Working with Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust and other
health partners to transform this site into a multi-agency
healthcare campus providing end-to-end care for older people.
The adjacent 12 acre plot owned by Cambridgeshire Police will be
acquired and the existing site reconfigured to create a healthcare
campus, retirement village, key worker housing, extra/dementia
and mental health care facilities, and leisure facilities. £25m
capital receipts, £1m p.a. running cost savings from 2018/19
onwards, land with capacity for c.450 homes.

13. 4. So what?
Town Centre Regeneration
• £500k support
• 19 projects
• Potential for 1,000 homes, 750 jobs
• Health, blue light, and Govt dept partners
• Compliments wider ambitions

14. 4. So what? Blue Light integration
Three blue light providers are co-located in a new
joint facility – the first of its kind in the UK - opened
May 2015. It is allowing an additional 6,500 people
in Hayle to be reached within the critical 10 minute
response time.
Two surplus sites will be sold, saving £500k a year.
The Cornwall Deal proposes one Cornwall Blue
Light service.
New joint
facility
in Hayle
the UK's first
tri-service
safety officer

15. Impact on
local and
national
objectives
4. So what?....are we looking for
Scale of
outputs
Scope of
public sector
interests
Confidence
in delivery
Additionality Affordability
SUPPORT STRATEGIC PLACE AMBITION
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16. 5. Where next for OPE
• Programme delivery
• Programme expansion (new and existing
partnerships)
• Influencing policy and join up Government
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17. Thank you
Ben Stoneman
Regional Programme Manager (East and South East):
One Public Estate
Local Government Association
Layden House, 76-86 Turnmill Street, London EC1M
5LG
Tel: 07717 720620
Email: ben.stoneman@local.gov.uk
www.local.gov.uk/onepublicestate
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