Nomad E5 Housing Association

“An outstanding example of joined-up development,” said
the judges of a £90 million regeneration scheme that is
transforming South Tyneside’s Cleadon Park Estate and
has struck gold for Nomad E5 Housing Association.

The transformation is the work of the Cleadon Park
Community Partnership (CPCP), set up by the association,
South Tyneside Council, Ridgeway School and Family
Support Centre and Bellway Homes. It meets regularly
to plan, develop and manage the scheme. Most importantly,
the partnership includes the residents’ association, which
worked on the masterplan for the project.

The police, community wardens, Cleadon Park
Community Association, Friends of Cleadon Park,
Groundwork Trust, the local credit union, Welfare
Rights, Temple Park Sports Centre, Connexions, the
fire brigade and Community Safety Team have all
added their expertise to the community mix.  

Once blighted by crime, anti-social behaviour, empty
homes and high levels of deprivation, the estate is now
a place where people want to live. The partnership
is demolishing 580 older homes to make way for
750 new homes for sale and rent built in tenure-blind
clusters, plus a primary care centre, a library,
a customer service centre and a community centre.

Of the rented homes completed so far, most have
been let to Cleadon Park residents through a lettings
policy that gives priority to residents returning after
temporary rehousing. Friends and families are offered
the opportunity to live side by side.

An initiative to reduce anti-social behaviour through a
partnership of Nomad E5, the council, South Tyneside
Homes and the Northumberland Police has produced a
50% drop in reported crime and arson since the project’s
launch.

The development received a regional design award
from the Housing Corporation for its application of an
approved design code that emphasises the importance
of space, quality buildings and community focal points.

The judges applauded Nomad E5’s joined-up development
and the involvement of residents in making decisions about
the regeneration of their community.