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13 Jan 22
Extra cash will help councils revive their town centres, but targeting it effectively – not least on improving the built environment – is crucial for sustained success, says Nigel Wilcock.
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22 Oct 21
A coalition of local government organisations has called on the government to ensure that next week's Spending Review gives local government the tools to achieve the ‘levelling up’ agenda.
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16 Feb 21
Woking Borough Council will borrow an additional £130m to cover increased costs resulting from Covid-19 and Brexit on a flagship mixed-use regeneration project.
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8 Jan 21
Wirral Council has spent £2m on purchasing the former Birkenhead House of Fraser store as part of its regeneration plans.
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11 Sep 20
Harrow Council has agreed to create a regeneration joint venture worth up to £600m with developer Wates Residential, with plans including a new civic centre, school and up to 1,500 homes.
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17 Mar 20
The government has promised to ‘level up’ disparities in income growth across the UK, but is regeneration the right way forward?
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4 Dec 18
High streets are no longer the bustling community hubs they once were, but decline doesn’t have to be terminal, says Cathy Parker of the Institute of Place Management.
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9 May 18
Gentrification isn’t just about hipster cafes and flat whites. Done right, it can mean real regeneration of local communities. Kim Thomas reports.
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2 Feb 18
Forget Labour infighting and public-private debates, what’s at stake in Haringey is how we think, talk and make decisions about places, says Jonathan Carr-West.
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5 Dec 17
A second wave of places have been designated Heritage Action Zones, concentrated largely in the North and Midlands.
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3 Apr 17
In a bid to boost home building, councils will have to produce up-to-date registers of brownfield sites in their areas, the government has announced.
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17 May 16
What urban policies and strategies have made Leicester so successful in recent years?
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16 May 16
CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has been named as a member of the RSA Inclusive Growth Commission that is considering how to use devolution to help create more prosperous communities.
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4 Apr 16
Much regeneration in the UK has been supported by EU funding. How will it be affected if the UK votes to leave?
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18 Jan 16
Councils have been urged to set up new town centre investment funds that could help revitalise high streets across the country in a report backed by the British Property Federation and the Department...
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15 Jul 15
A Welsh Government regeneration fund set up to promote sustainable housing development across the country may have sold land at below its market value, a report by the Auditor General for Wales has...
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20 May 15
Chris Naylor has moved from suburban Barnet, and the London borough’s controversial outsourcing of public services, to be chief executive at working class Barking & Dagenham, where he sees...
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30 Apr 15
Nearly a quarter of a million empty homes could be brought back into use if councils could levy taxes on properties left vacant for more than a year, the Institute for Public Policy North said today.
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4 Jul 12
Liverpool is undergoing a business-led transformation under its newly elected mayor. Can the makeover be made to work for all its citizens, asks Peter Hetherington
13 Jan 22Extra cash will help councils revive their town centres, but targeting it effectively – not least on improving the built environment – is crucial for sustained success, says Nigel Wilcock.
22 Oct 21A coalition of local government organisations has called on the government to ensure that next week's Spending Review gives local government the tools to achieve the ‘levelling up’ agenda.
16 Feb 21Woking Borough Council will borrow an additional £130m to cover increased costs resulting from Covid-19 and Brexit on a flagship mixed-use regeneration project.
8 Jan 21Wirral Council has spent £2m on purchasing the former Birkenhead House of Fraser store as part of its regeneration plans.
11 Sep 20Harrow Council has agreed to create a regeneration joint venture worth up to £600m with developer Wates Residential, with plans including a new civic centre, school and up to 1,500 homes.
17 Mar 20The government has promised to ‘level up’ disparities in income growth across the UK, but is regeneration the right way forward?
4 Dec 18High streets are no longer the bustling community hubs they once were, but decline doesn’t have to be terminal, says Cathy Parker of the Institute of Place Management.
9 May 18Gentrification isn’t just about hipster cafes and flat whites. Done right, it can mean real regeneration of local communities. Kim Thomas reports.
2 Feb 18Forget Labour infighting and public-private debates, what’s at stake in Haringey is how we think, talk and make decisions about places, says Jonathan Carr-West.
5 Dec 17A second wave of places have been designated Heritage Action Zones, concentrated largely in the North and Midlands.
3 Apr 17In a bid to boost home building, councils will have to produce up-to-date registers of brownfield sites in their areas, the government has announced.
17 May 16What urban policies and strategies have made Leicester so successful in recent years?
16 May 16CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has been named as a member of the RSA Inclusive Growth Commission that is considering how to use devolution to help create more prosperous communities.
4 Apr 16Much regeneration in the UK has been supported by EU funding. How will it be affected if the UK votes to leave?
18 Jan 16Councils have been urged to set up new town centre investment funds that could help revitalise high streets across the country in a report backed by the British Property Federation and the Department...
15 Jul 15A Welsh Government regeneration fund set up to promote sustainable housing development across the country may have sold land at below its market value, a report by the Auditor General for Wales has...
20 May 15Chris Naylor has moved from suburban Barnet, and the London borough’s controversial outsourcing of public services, to be chief executive at working class Barking & Dagenham, where he sees...
30 Apr 15Nearly a quarter of a million empty homes could be brought back into use if councils could levy taxes on properties left vacant for more than a year, the Institute for Public Policy North said today.
4 Jul 12Liverpool is undergoing a business-led transformation under its newly elected mayor. Can the makeover be made to work for all its citizens, asks Peter Hetherington
