Documents
Here's all the relevant reports, articles, and info booklets so you can see what happened in more detail.
Our progress reports to Cabinet
- Cabinet report on the future of Horatia and Leamington House (February 2019)
- Cabinet update and engagement next steps report (October 2019) (PDF)
- Cabinet update report on Horatia and Leamington House (March 2020) (PDF)
- Cabinet report on Horatia and Leamington House (September 2020) (PDF)
- Cabinet decision report on Horatia and Leamington House (October 2020)
- Horatia and Leamington development: delivery next steps report (March 2022) (PDF)
- Planning Committee report on Somers Orchard proposals (August 2024) (PDF)
- Somers Orchard Phase 1 Block C delivery report (February 2026) (PDF)
Letters and booklets we gave local people
Letters we sent to Horatia and Leamington residents in 2018:
- Letter to Horatia and Leamington residents about the future of the towers (5 June 2018) (PDF)
- Resident update letter for Horatia and Leamington House (12 June 2018) (PDF)
- Horatia and Leamington resident update letter (29 June 2018) (PDF)
- Leamington House resident update letter (14 December 2018) (PDF)
Letters we send to nearby residents in 2018:
- Barkis House residents (PDF)
- Edgbaston House residents (PDF)
- Nickleby House residents (PDF)
- Tipton House residents (PDF)
- Wilmcote House residents (PDF)
Letters we sent in 2019:
Booklets we delivered:
- Somers Orchard information booklet (March 2021) (PDF)
- Deconstruction information booklet (July 2021) (PDF)
- Somers Orchard design information booklet (July 2021) (PDF)
- Deconstruction update booklet (July 2021) (PDF)
- Somers Orchard information booklet (November 2022) (PDF)
Public feedback reports
- Feedback report from September - October 2019 (PDF)
- Feedback report from February - August 2021 (PDF)
- Feedback report from February 2022 (PDF)
Reports from our partners
- March 2018 – Wilde Carter Clacks report on the structure of Horatia tower (PDF)
- March 2018 – Wilde Carter Clacks report on the structure of Leamington tower (PDF)
- January 2019 – MACE budget estimate for strengthening the structures of Horatia and Leamington towers (PDF)
- February 2021 – Karakusevic Carson Architects’ outline business case (PDF)
- August 2021 – Karakusevic Carson Architects stage 1 report (PDF)
- December 2021 – Karakusevic Carson Architects stage 2 report (PDF)
News articles
- June 2017 – We announce that we’ll start removing cladding from Horatia and Leamington.
- June 2018 – Q&A for residents following our announcement of re-homing them while the towers undergo work.
- February 2019 news article - We confirm that we’ll take down and redevelop the towers instead of strengthening and re-cladding them.
- October 2020 – We agree the cost for the project.
- January 2022 – We begin taking down the Horatia and Leamington towers.
- October 2022 – First look at what the Somers Orchard project could look like.
- November 2022 – We finish taking down the Horatia and Leamington towers.
- October 2023 – We hold the Somerstown Spooktakular to get people’s thoughts on the project.
- December 2023 – We submit plans for the project.
- July 2024 – We open the Somers Orchard Community Garden at SomersFest event.
- August 2024 – The plans get approved.
- Case studies on how councils are managing and fixing buildings like Horatia and Leamington