Horatia and Leamington Houses

Somerstown residents

Horatia and Leamington houses

What we asked

Please tell us how you would like us to improve the area around Horatia and Leamington Houses after the tower blocks are taken down.

Door knocking

We knocked the door of every resident and business within 500m of the blocks and hand- delivered them all the same letter, feedback form and ‘sorry we missed you’ notes. That’s a total of
1,086

Response rate

319
of those living within 500m of the blocks spoke to us face-to-face.

How we listened

  • Public open drop-in session 1%
  • Door knock 79%
  • Post 1%
  • Email 8%
  • Phone call 0%
  • Online 0%
  • Meeting 1%
  • Resident consortium 8%
  • School enterprise fair 2%

What people said

Appropriate homes 261
Max green space 209
Improve area 82
Parking 78
Vulnerable residents 54
No student accommodation 32
Other 6

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Detailed results

Category Response Number
Appropriate homes
Low rise 53
No tower blocks 48
Better design 33
Build medium rise 25
More homes 24
Build towers 23
Improve quality of housing 20
Build houses 19
Environmentally friendly 13
Build bungalows 5
Fire safety 2
Max green space
Green space 99
Space for children 51
Improve leisure offer 37
Garden 16
Community garden/farm 10
Improve area
Wider estate regeneration 24
Range of housing 22
Improved community safety 19
More retail 10
Housing for younger people 5
Build mixed tenure 4
No retail 2
Parking
More parking 70
Less parking 4
Vulnerable residents
Low rents 23
Sheltered housing 17
Disabled access 14
Homeless shelter 3
No student accommodation
No more student accommodation 32
Other
Love Somerstown 3
Wants to move 3
Demolition concerns 1
Pub 1