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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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In recent history, the estate has also been the subject of a 7-year-long Villages Initiative Single Regeneration Budget (Round 2)
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was built on the site of the former Willfield Centre. Discovery Academy replaced Mitchell High School in
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Originally, it consisted almost wholly of social housing, managed by Stoke City Council. The
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Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church
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Bentilee is located in Staffordshire
Staffordshire
OS grid reference
SJ916461
Unitary authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Ceremonial county
Staffordshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
ST2
Dialling code
Police
Staffordshire
Fire
Staffordshire
Ambulance
West Midlands
UK Parliament
Stoke-on-Trent Central
UK
England
Staffordshire
53°00′46″N 2°07′35″W / 53.0129°N 2.1263°W / 53.0129; -2.1263

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