Hull City Council has approved a £4 million investment into streets between Newland Avenue and Beverley Road in north Hull.
The funding is part of Hull City Council’s Priority Streets programme which identifies areas of the city most in need of housing improvement works. The streets involved are De Grey, Lambert and Grafton Streets and Princes Road. The works programme will begin on De Grey Street towards the end of 2025 and will be rolled out to the remaining streets over the following three years.
It will include frontage improvements to the fabric and external re-decoration of the properties, renewal of rainwater goods to help cope better with heavy rainfall, new front gardens and boundaries, as well as renewing the communal footpaths to court terraces off the main streets.
The Priority Streets programme identifies and assesses areas which would substantially benefit from regeneration works. Among the indicators considered are overall appearance of the street, number of empty homes, private housing conditions, untidy land, and levels of anti-social behaviour. Throughout the course of the programme, 62 streets across the city will benefit from Priority Streets improvement.
Cllr Paul Drake-Davis, the council’s Portfolio Holder for Regeneration and Housing says, “Through the Priority Streets programme the Council can bring huge improvements to these neighbourhoods and help deliver the positive changes that residents want to see.”
“I’m really excited about the regeneration effects this programme of work will bring and can’t wait for it to start.”
This week also sees the completion of a previous Priority Streets regeneration project to the fronts of homes on Rosmead Street in east Hull, and its associated court terraces.
This concludes two projects which have brought about a substantial and positive change to the area. Hull City Council, working in partnership with Living with Water, completed the first project of a Blue Green Vision for the city, which aims to increase flood resilience by better management of surface water during periods of heavy rain.
Then property owners were offered improvement works to the fronts of their homes. This included external redecoration, renewal of rainwater goods, new front garden and boundaries, as well as renewing the communal footpaths to the court terraces.
Hull City Council have worked alongside Geo Houlton, a Hull based building contractor, to deliver this frontage improvement scheme. It has been completed to a high standard, providing both environmental and aesthetic improvements to all participating properties and to the area as a whole. Geo Houlton brought added social value to the scheme by installing two new park benches and a disabled access picnic table Rosmead Street play park.
The Priority Streets activity in the area has been enthusiastically welcomed by residents. Sylvia, whose home benefitted from the improvement work said, “The work is fantastic, and the garden is easier to manage now.”
Cllr Drake-Davis concludes, “This type of intervention is an all-round winner, improving the aesthetics and fabric of our neighbourhoods. In those parts of the city which have already benefited from the Priority Streets Programme, we’re seeing residents having a greater pride in the area and a growing sense of community. Furthermore, with a better look and feel locally, we are seeing an increase in private investment.”
