Supplementary A - London Borough of Hillingdon

LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON
PROPERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN 2007
1. BACKGROUND TO HILLINGDON
Hillingdon is situated on the western edge of the Greater London area, and is the second largest
London Borough by area (11,572 ha). The Borough is a mixture of urban and green belt, with
the latter being primarily in the North of the Borough. The Borough is strategically well located
due to its communication links (M25, M40, M4), and the location of Heathrow Airport in the south
of the Borough. It is a mixed borough of prosperity and deprivation and was ranked 23 out of 32
London authorities in terms of deprivation indices in 2004. The local areas of deprivation are
concentrated in the Hayes area and South of Uxbridge. According to the 2004 Indices of
deprivation (to be reviewed in 2008), Hillingdon experiences most of its deprivation in the
Barriers to Housing and Services Index. However, not a single area in Hillingdon falls into the
most 20% deprived in England. The Borough has a significant number of large companies
based in the area, particularly in the Heathrow environs including Stockley Park.
The Borough’s population is approximately 248,700 of which the ethnic minority population is
around 40,000. The largest ethnic minority grouping is Indian representing around 8% of the
population. The presence of Heathrow in the Borough results in there being a number of local
communities originating from asylum seekers, the most significant of which are Somalis. The
population as a whole is forecast to show a slow growth (0.5%) over the next decade. Over this
period the proportion of ethnic minorities is anticipated to increase to around 20%.
There are 94 schools in the Borough providing education to around 40,000 pupils aged 3 to 19,
and 29% belong to ethnic minority communities. Approximately 3% of the Borough’s children
have statements of special educational needs.
Information on the Council’s Asset Base, Estimated Maintenance Backlog at January
2007 and Capital Programme Plans for the next three years is shown below:
Type
Number Value £(000)
Housing Revenue Account -
Residential units
Shop Parades
Other Buildings
10,936
21
20
675,713,500
6,500
6,265,365
sub total
General Fund Account -
Operational Properties
Non-Operational / Commercial properties
(general)
Non – Operational /Commercial properties
(surplus)
Community Assets –Parks, Open spaces
Infrastructure (kilometres)
sub total
293
110
4
77
982
688,478.865
512,805,925
8,680,000
4,046,000
14,839,888
540,371,813
Hillingdon Council retains the freehold / superior leasehold in the interest on Council dwellings
that have been sold on long leases in accordance with right to buy legislation.
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