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The Role of the UK Development Industry in Brownfield Regeneration Research funded by EPSRC as part of the SUBR:IM Programme (Sustainable Urban Brownfield Regeneration: Integrated Management) (Grant No: GR/S148809/01). Stage 2 Report Volume 2 (of 3): Sub-regional context (Thames Gateway and Greater Manchester) September 2005 Tim Dixon, Director of Research Yasmin Pocock, Research Officer Mike Waters, Research Assistant Funded by: No part of this report may be quoted without the permission of the lead author. With support from The RICS Research Foundation Published September 2005 By the College of Estate Management No responsibility for any loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from action as a result of any material included in this publication can be accepted by the authors or the publishers. ISBN 1-904388-49-3 © College of Estate Management, Reading (except NLUD data which is Crown Copyright and reproduced with permission) The role of the UK development industry in brownfield regeneration: Stage 2, Volume 2 Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1 2 Thames Gateway................................................................................................. 2 2.1 Introduction................................................................................................... 2 2.2 Background................................................................................................... 2 2.3 Key policies and organisations ..................................................................... 5 2.3.1 Policies .................................................................................................. 5 2.3.2 Organisational framework.................................................................... 12 2.4 Delivering regeneration in the Thames Gateway........................................ 14 2.5 Thames Gateway........................................................................................ 18 2.5.1 Demographic and economic overviews............................................... 18 2.5.2 Brownfield land.................................................................................... 21 2.5.3 Housing ............................................................................................... 25 2.6 Barking and Dagenham.............................................................................. 32 2.6.1 Demographic and economic overviews............................................... 32 2.6.2 Historical land use and contaminated land.......................................... 33 2.6.3 Local development plan....................................................................... 34 2.6.4 Brownfield land.................................................................................... 36 2.6.5 Housing ............................................................................................... 40 2.7 Conclusions ................................................................................................ 42 3 The North, North West and Greater Manchester ............................................... 44 3.1 Introduction................................................................................................. 44 3.2 The regional context: The North and Northern Way ................................... 44 3.2.1 Background ......................................................................................... 44 3.2.2 Organisational framework.................................................................... 46 3.2.3 Delivering regeneration: The Northern Way ........................................ 57 3.2.4 Housing market renewal and decent homes ....................................... 58 3.2.5 Affordable housing: provisions in the North......................................... 61 3.3 The North West........................................................................................... 62 3.3.1 Introduction.......................................................................................... 62 3.3.2 The North West’s Housing Market....................................................... 64 3.3.3 Affordability in the North West’s housing market................................. 68 3.3.4 Regional Planning Guidance 13: ‘Moratorium in the North West’ ....... 68 3.3.5 Brownfield land.................................................................................... 69 3.4 Greater Manchester.................................................................................... 71 3.4.1 Demographic and economic overview................................................. 71 3.4.2 Brownfield land.................................................................................... 75 3.5 Manchester and Salford.............................................................................. 82 3.5.1 Historical development and legacy of contaminated land ................... 82 3.5.2 Brownfield land.................................................................................... 84 3.5.3 The Housing Market in Manchester and Salford ................................. 87 3.5.4 Residential development in the Manchester City Region .................... 88 3.5.5 Housing market weaknesses............................................................... 89 3.5.6 Local Development Plan (UDP)........................................................... 95 3.5.7 Regeneration in Manchester and Salford ............................................ 99 3.5.8 Manchester and Salford: Pathfinder.................................................. 103 3.6 The future and conclusions....................................................................... 106 Manchester PDL vacant and derelict 1998-2003............................................. 119 Salford PDL vacant and derelict 1998-2003 .................................................... 121 References……………………………………………………………………………….. 109 Appendices……………………………………………………………………………… ..114 4 The role of the UK development industry in brownfield regeneration: Stage 2, Volume 2 Tables Table 2.1 The Thames Gateway Partnerships (member organisations)..................... 3 Table 2.2 Policies/Guidance for Thames Gateway..................................................... 7 Table 2.3 Demographic and economic summaries of Thames Gateway.................. 20 Table 2.4 Brownfield land in Thames Gateway......................................................... 21 Table 2.5 Housing stock in Thames Gateway........................................................... 26 Table 2.6 Thames Gateway: housing opportunities from brownfield land ................ 30 Table 2.7 Thames Gateway: Housing scenario in strategic development locations . 31 Table 2.8 Proposed regeneration sites ..................................................................... 35 Table 2.9 Barking & Dagenham: PDL vacant and derelict 1998-2003...................... 39 Table 2.10 Planning applications for housing development schemes ...................... 42 Table 3.1 Challenges and ODPM policy guidance for the NW (source: summarised from (ODPM, 2003c))......................................................................................... 45 Table 3.2 Key policies............................................................................................... 48 Table 3.3 Economic productivity in the Northern regions.......................................... 56 Table 3.4 Recent changes to the UK residential property values. ............................ 68 Table 3.5 Socio-economic indicators for Greater Manchester .................................. 73 Table 3.6 Housing data (Greater Manchester).......................................................... 74 Table 3.7 Previously developed land in Greater Manchester (Source: NLUD 2004a) ........................................................................................................................... 75 Table 3.8 Recent trends (2000 – 2005) in residential market values in Manchester and Salford......................................................................................................... 88 Table 3.9 Regeneration initiatives across Manchester ............................................. 96 Table 3.10 HMR investment in Manchester and Salford (Source: HMR Progress Report, 2003/04).............................................................................................. 104 Figures Figure 2.1 Thames Gateway Partnerships – local authority boundaries..................... 4 Figure 2.2 Thames Gateway Scenario: Transport (source: ODPM, 2005c) ............... 6 Figure 2.3 Thames Gateway Scenario: Dwellings (source: ODPM, 2005g) ............... 6 Figure 2.4 Thames Gateway key stakeholders......................................................... 12 Figure 2.5 Thames Gateway stakeholders’ engagement (Source: Ross, 2004)....... 13 Figure 2.6 Government funding in Thames Gateway (Total: £6bn) .......................... 16 Figure 2.7 Thames Gateway Programme Fund (Total: £475m) ............................... 16 Figure 2.8 Thames Gateway: PDL by land type 2003 .............................................. 22 Figure 2.9 Thames Gateway: PDL by ownership 2003............................................. 23 Figure 2.10 Thames Gateway: PDL by proposed use 2003 ..................................... 23 Figure 2.11 Thames Gateway: PDL vacant and derelict 1998-2003 ........................ 24 Figure 2.12 Homes by ownership 2001 ...................................................................