Roz Catlow-Patterson
United Kingdom
Summary
Strategic housing and place professional with extensive experience at both Homes England and Combined Authority levels in West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. Demonstrates expertise in devising business cases and leveraging funding for diverse schemes, including affordable, specialist, open market developments. Skilled in collaborating with RPs, land trusts, developers, contractors, to deliver mixed-tenure and place based regeneration solutions. Adept at solving complex challenges with internal and external multi-disciplinary teams to unlock development sites, ensure best value and guided by housing strategies and place plans. Resilient, determined, and driven to deliver impactful projects that align with strategic goals and experienced at operating within political organisations.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work history
Head of Housing Growth and Development
Bury Council
Bury, Greater Manchester
06.2022 - Current
- Council lead for the development and delivery of the housing pipeline of sites securing £7.3m in capital receipts and 700 homes (400 affordable & specialist) in 3 years; brokering a deal with Homes England on the East Lancashire Paper Mill a 21.08ha site for £3.045m and onward sale to Morris Homes (400 homes).
- Led the Growth Location strategic investment plan, small sites review and agreeing opportunity and priority sites in Bury, Radcliffe and Prestwich.
- Secured GMCA & HE c. £800k in revenue funding to progress schemes to RIBA Stage 2 - leading professional teams to masterplan, appraise and de-risk sites & devising disposal & funding strategies.
- Sponsored £9m Brownfield housing capital funding for registered providers and private developers.
- Project lead on Places for Everyone (6100 homes) – second largest allocation in Greater Manchester (Elton Res). Leading partnership, funding and land deal with Peel Land.
- Led the business case for securing £1.73m OPE BLRF Pyramid Park capital bid to remediate key gateway site in in partnership with TfGM.
- Oversaw successful delivery of permanent Gypsy and Traveller site (HE funded) with my team winning the 2023 staff Let’s Do it local award.
- · Oversee the Council's Registered Provider Framework and Affordable Homes Programme, S.106 direct let policies with registered providers.
- Chair of Housing Growth Board, Member of Regeneration Board, responsible for briefing portfolio members and Leader briefings.
Project Manager
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Leeds, West Yorkshire
01.2021 - 06.2022
- Better Business case trained. Provided leadership and support to develop cases for investment supporting Local authorities, registered providers and private developers to deliver pipeline of 4500-6000 homes by March 2025 (£89m Brownfield Housing from DLUHC).
- Kirklees and Calderdale (11 projects ranging from 100% affordable with Registered Providers, open market scheme with developers, Private Rented Scheme, and large mix use scheme comprising Lidl, Apartment blocks and Grade 2* heritage asset).
- Led team of cost and technical consultants to undertake shadow appraisals, technical assessment of schemes, Benefit Cost Ratio, Deal Structures and assessing VfM.
- Worked within WYCAs funding appraisal and approval process and negotiated GFAs, Security and Overage Agreements with delivery partners.
- Prior to joining the Brownfield team, I worked on Getting Building Fund, leading business cases on 15 projects across Kirklees, Bradford, Wakefield, Calderdale and Leeds; including; Grade 2 listed George Hotel (Rugby League museum), council house retrofit scheme in Halifax (Beech Hill P2), Bradford City Village and Grade 2 listed Dewsbury Arcade, Wakefield Warm Homes scheme to name a few. (£1.5m-£15m).
- Project Manager of British Library North (£70m) as part of Leeds south regeneration scheme.
Consultant
GatenbySanderson
Leeds, West Workshire
06.2019 - 04.2021
Senior Improvement Officer
Oldham Council
Oldham, Greater Manchester
06.2018 - 07.2019
Business and Strategy Officer (FTC)
Bolton Council
Bolton, Greater Manchester
06.2016 - 07.2018
Education
HMT Green Book Better Business CasesTM Foundation - Business Case
APMG International
Online 02.2022 - 03.2022
MSc Pathway - Leadership & Management
Edge Hill University
Ormskirk /2016 - /2017
PgCert - Third Sector Management
Edge Hill
Ormskirk /2011 - /2012
DipSoc (Level 6) - Sociology
Open University
Leeds /2005 - /2008
Certificate - Community Governance
Manchester University
Manchester /2006 - /2006
Skills
Leader of Bury's housing growth and delivery team and Let's Do it staff award winner 2024
A competent, 'can do' leader, highly skilled in problem solving and navigating complexity to unlock longstanding brownfield housing sites
Extensive knowledge of housing policy and funding at Homes England and Combined Authority level in West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester
Competent in navigating business cases and leveraging funding for a range of schemes (100% affordable, specialist -homeless ,children's homes, care leaver accommodation and open market
Extensive commercial and estates experience of agreeing land deals working with RPs, land trusts, developers, contractors and new operators in the market
Leader of multi/matrix teams via procurement frameworks inc Homes England DARTS framework
Resilient, determined, driven and curious - always willing to take on challenging projects, work collaboratively to devise creative funding solutions
Strategic thinker, place-led, guided by housing and place plans and politically aware
Timeline
Head of Housing Growth and Development
Bury Council
06.2022 - Current
HMT Green Book Better Business CasesTM Foundation - Business Case
APMG International
02.2022 - 03.2022
Project Manager
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
01.2021 - 06.2022
Consultant
GatenbySanderson
06.2019 - 04.2021
Senior Improvement Officer
Oldham Council
06.2018 - 07.2019
Business and Strategy Officer (FTC)
Bolton Council
06.2016 - 07.2018
MSc Pathway - Leadership & Management
Edge Hill University
/2016 - /2017
PgCert - Third Sector Management
Edge Hill
/2011 - /2012
DipSoc (Level 6) - Sociology
Open University
/2005 - /2008
Certificate - Community Governance
Manchester University
/2006 - /2006
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