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
Letters and booklets we gave local people
Letters we sent to Horatia and Leamington residents in 2018:
Letters we send to nearby residents in 2018:
- Barkis House residents
- Edgbaston House residents
- Nickleby House residents
- Tipton House residents
- Wilmcote House residents
Letters we sent in 2019:
Booklets we delivered:
Public feedback reports
Reports from our partners
- March 2018 – Wilde Carter Clacks report on the structure of Horatia tower
- March 2018 – Wilde Carter Clacks report on the structure of Leamington tower
- January 2019 – MACE budget estimate for strengthening the structures of Horatia and Leamington towers
- February 2021 – Karakusevic Carson Architects’ outline business case
- August 2021 – Karakusevic Carson Architects stage 1 report
- December 2021 – Karakusevic Carson Architects stage 2 report
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 – 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.