Built in the 1950s, Bentilee was at that time one of the largest estates in Europe, with around 4,500 properties. The streets in the area are named after various places in the UK e.g. Winchester Avenue, Chelmsford Drive, and Devonshire Square.
Originally, it consisted almost wholly of social housing, managed by Stoke City Council. The Right to Buy brought in by the Conservative government of the 1980s led to many of the semi-detached houses that make up most of the housing stock in the area being bought by their tenants, so that now approximately 25% of local houses are privately owned.
In the 1990s, the estate's 925 cottage flats were transferred to the management of Bentilee Community Housing Limited (now called EPIC), under the Estates Action scheme that provided government funding to bring the properties up to a modern standard with many receiving new kitchens, new bathrooms, central heating, double-glazing, and rewiring.
Recent developmentsedit
In recent history, the estate has also been the subject of a 7-year-long Villages Initiative Single Regeneration Budget (Round 2) urban renewal scheme that aimed to do for the remaining council housing what the Estates Action scheme had done for the cottage flats (but without transferring ownership away from the Council), as well as tackling local social issues and full- or part-funding a wide range of local projects such as Berryhill Retirement Village, the Millennium Project on the Berryhill Fields that separate Bentilee from Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, and building the Moss Green housing estate (managed by Riverside Housing).
Seven years was not long enough to complete the ambitious plans for the redevelopment of the estate's main shopping and services area so the Bentilee District Centre Project was set up to carry on this work. The final result is a single building comprising shopping facilities, local library, IT Centre, walk-in health centre, and the CAB — unique in the UK.
In 2013 Discovery Academy was built on the site of the former Willfield Centre. Discovery Academy replaced Mitchell High School in Bucknall and Edensor High School in Longton. This high school is now a part of the Alpha Academy Trust, along with Excel Academy in Hanley, Maple Court Primary School and another primary school.[2]
Referencesedit
^"Stoke Ward population 2011". Retrieved 20 December 2015.
^"Bentilee's Discovery Academy officially opened by Stoke City club chairman Peter Coates". Stoke Sentinel.
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bentilee.
Changing Places Web site
Empowering People Inspiring Communities (EPIC) Ltd
Stoke-on-Trent City Council Web site
Riverside Housing Company
December 15, 2023
bentilee, housing, estate, stoke, trent, staffordshire, england, between, hanley, longton, parallel, with, fenton, stephen, church, location, within, staffordshirepopulation10, 2011, ward, ubberley, grid, referencesj916461unitary, authoritystoke, trentceremoni. Bentilee is a housing estate in Stoke on Trent Staffordshire England between Hanley and Longton and parallel with Fenton BentileeSt Stephen s Church BentileeBentileeLocation within StaffordshirePopulation10 779 2011 Ward Bentilee and Ubberley 1 OS grid referenceSJ916461Unitary authorityStoke on TrentCeremonial countyStaffordshireRegionWest MidlandsCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSTOKE ON TRENTPostcode districtST2Dialling code01782PoliceStaffordshireFireStaffordshireAmbulanceWest MidlandsUK ParliamentStoke on Trent CentralList of places UK England Staffordshire 53 00 46 N 2 07 35 W 53 0129 N 2 1263 W 53 0129 2 1263 Contents 1 History 2 Recent developments 3 References 4 External linksHistory editBuilt in the 1950s Bentilee was at that time one of the largest estates in Europe with around 4 500 properties The streets in the area are named after various places in the UK e g Winchester Avenue Chelmsford Drive and Devonshire Square Originally it consisted almost wholly of social housing managed by Stoke City Council The Right to Buy brought in by the Conservative government of the 1980s led to many of the semi detached houses that make up most of the housing stock in the area being bought by their tenants so that now approximately 25 of local houses are privately owned In the 1990s the estate s 925 cottage flats were transferred to the management of Bentilee Community Housing Limited now called EPIC under the Estates Action scheme that provided government funding to bring the properties up to a modern standard with many receiving new kitchens new bathrooms central heating double glazing and rewiring Recent developments editIn recent history the estate has also been the subject of a 7 year long Villages Initiative Single Regeneration Budget Round 2 urban renewal scheme that aimed to do for the remaining council housing what the Estates Action scheme had done for the cottage flats but without transferring ownership away from the Council as well as tackling local social issues and full or part funding a wide range of local projects such as Berryhill Retirement Village the Millennium Project on the Berryhill Fields that separate Bentilee from Fenton Stoke on Trent and building the Moss Green housing estate managed by Riverside Housing Seven years was not long enough to complete the ambitious plans for the redevelopment of the estate s main shopping and services area so the Bentilee District Centre Project was set up to carry on this work The final result is a single building comprising shopping facilities local library IT Centre walk in health centre and the CAB unique in the UK In 2013 Discovery Academy was built on the site of the former Willfield Centre Discovery Academy replaced Mitchell High School in Bucknall and Edensor High School in Longton This high school is now a part of the Alpha Academy Trust along with Excel Academy in Hanley Maple Court Primary School and another primary school 2 References edit Stoke Ward population 2011 Retrieved 20 December 2015 Bentilee s Discovery Academy officially opened by Stoke City club chairman Peter Coates Stoke Sentinel External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bentilee Brookhouse amp Ubberley Forum Web site Changing Places Web site Bentilee Community Housing Limited Empowering People Inspiring Communities EPIC Ltd Stoke on Trent City Council Web site Riverside Housing Company Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bentilee amp oldid 1081102865, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
