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 1 (of 3): Literature Review, National Developer Interviews, Planning Permission Analysis and NLUD Analysis
September 2005
Authors: Dr Tim Dixon, Director of Research Yasmin Pocock, Research Officer Mike Waters, Research Assistant
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With support from The RICS Research Foundation
Published September 2005 by the College of Estate Management, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AW
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ISBN 1-904388-47-7
© College of Estate Management 2005 (except NLUD data which is Crown Copyright and reproduced with permission) The role of the UK development industry in brownfield regeneration: Stage 2, Volume 1
Executive Summary
Overview This part of the report (which is Volume 1 of a three-volume, Stage 2 report) presents the literature review and conceptual framework for the research. The report also examines the results from the national UK developer interviews (carried out in 2004-2005); National Land Use Database (NLUD) analysis (1998-2003); and residential planning permission analysis for Salford/Manchester and Barking & Dagenham (2000-2004) using Estates Gazette Interactive (EGi) data and published information. Why is the research important? Government policy currently places a strong emphasis on the reuse of brownfield land as part of the sustainable development agenda. Stage 1 of this research highlighted the fact that the UK developer industry was coming to terms with brownfield development, although legislative tensions (at a national and EU level) could pose problems for the future. Stage 2 of the research investigates developer attitudes in more detail towards the barriers to brownfield redevelopment, and towards sustainability in brownfield development. The research also examines NLUD data to determine the key trends emerging nationally and sub- regionally (in Thames Gateway and Greater Manchester) as a prelude to more detailed case study work in these two areas (see Volume 2). Finally, using residential planning permission data, the research in the current volume also examines some of the key characteristics of the development industry in Thames Gateway and Greater Manchester, and at a local authority level in Salford/Manchester and Barking & Dagenham.
1 The role of the UK development industry in brownfield regeneration: Stage 2, Volume 1
Main findings from analysis (Volume 1) National developer interviews