Under-Served Markets: Retail and Regeneration
In late October 2007 the Business in the Community Under-Served Markets project Guide to Retail and Regeneration was launched by Local Government minister John Healey. The publication is intended as a how-to guide for practitioners, the aim being to showcase the practical guidance developed through the project to a wider audience. An appendix to the guide looks at relevant research.
The launch is being followed by a series of workshops promoted by Business in the Community in collaboration with the Regional Government Offices, which will be of particular interest to both public and private sector planning practitioners, landowners, developers, retailers and their consultants.
The three main themes of each workshop, reflecting the Guide, are:
- How retail investment in deprived areas can be encouraged.
- How the planning system can be used to plan for and facilitate such investment
- How the positive benefits of such investment – employment, business support and community regeneration – can be maximised for local stakeholders.
Presentations, transcripts and agendas from the workshops held in Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and London can be viewed and downloaded as pdf files below (some files are large).
Presentations from a September 2008 workshop in London looking at the impact of proposed changes to PPS6 can also be viewed, along with the Under-served Markets project's response to the consultation on the changes.
Update January 2009 - research commissioned by Business in the Community and BCSC examines five retail-led regeneration case studies, gauging how each has transformed the local community and highlighting good practice.
See also the All Party Urban Development Group parliamentary report 'Building Local Jobs' which looks at the benefits of using regeneration as a vehicle to deliver jobs for local people, best practice in the field and what the barriers are for such initiatives
Yorkshire & Humberside (Leeds - 22nd November 2007)
| 10.00 |
Welcome |
| 10.05 |
Introduction - Bill Boler, Director Under-served Markets, BITC Purpose of the workshop, background to the project |
| 10.20 |
National policy context - Geoff Dibb, Government Office Yorkshire Humberside Highlighting importance given to deprived areas in PPS6, links between planning and Neighbourhood Renewal Policy |
| 10.50 |
Questions and discussion – how to apply the positive messages in PPS6 at the local level and enabling dialogue between key players |
| 11.05 |
Encouraging investment - Richard Lewis, Town Centre Securities Using Leeds as a case study, a view of the challenges and opportunities of doing a major town centre regeneration scheme. |
| 11.35 |
Questions and answers |
| 11.45 |
Refreshment break |
| 12.00 |
Proactive planning - Mike Osbourne, ARUP How to ensure that the Local Development documents and the council’s regeneration strategy underpin each other for retail led regeneration. |
| 12.45 |
Questions and answers |
| 13.00 |
Lunch and networking |
| 13.45 |
Maximising the benefits - Cecilia Sheilds, Burngreave NDC Maximising regeneration benefits from retail investment: linking with community regeneration programmes. |
| 14.30 |
Questions and answers |
| 14.45 |
Wrap Up Panel discussion ‘Making retail-led regeneration happen – applying the guide’ Cross-discipline, cross-sector discussion involving a planner, developer and regeneration practitioner to encourage participants to think how they could practically apply the lessons to make retail-led regeneration happen in their areas. |
| 15.20 |
Summary and next steps |
| 15.30 |
Close and networking |
Transcript from the Leeds workshop
North West (Manchester - 29th November 2007)
| 10.00 |
Welcome and Introduction – Jo Lappin, Housing, Planning and Transport Director, Government Office North West (GONW) |
| 10.05 |
An Introduction to the Under-Served Markets Project - Bill Boler, Project Director, Business in the Community (BITC) |
| 10.20 |
Planning for Retail Development in Deprived Communities - Michael Morris, Senior Planner, GONW |
| 10.45 |
How to make the messages in PPS6 a reality at the local level Discussion Session |
| 11.00 |
Encouraging Investment – The New East Manchester Experience - Sean McGonigle, Director of Regeneration, New East Manchester |
| 11.30 |
Refreshment break |
| 11.45 |
Questions and answers |
| 12.00 |
Planning for Retail Led Regeneration – The Liverpool Experience - Nigel Lee, Planning Manager, Liverpool City Council
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| 12.30 |
Questions and answers |
| 12.45 |
Lunch and networking |
| 13.30 |
Building the Gateway to Sustainable Retail - Philip Bartram, Property Communications Manager, ASDA
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| 14.00 |
Questions and answers |
| 14.15 |
Making retail-led regeneration happen – applying the guide Workshop Session |
| 14.45 |
Next steps - Bill Boler, Business in the Community
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| 15.00 |
Close and networking |
Transcript from the Manchester workshop
North East (Newcastle - 5th December 2007)
| 09.30 |
Welcome - Sponsor: Jonathan Sykes, Partner in Charge, King Sturge LLP; host: Ron Smith, Head Local Partnerships Policy, Government Office for the North East
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| 09.45 |
Introduction - Bill Boler, Director Under-served Markets, BITC Purpose of the workshop, background to the project |
| 10.00 |
National Policy Context - Caroline Burden, Head of Planning, Government Office for the North East Highlighting importance given to deprived areas in PPS6, links between planning and Neighbourhood Renewal Policy
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| 10.30 |
Questions and discussion – how to apply the positive messages in PPS6 at the local level and enabling dialogue between key players |
| 10.45 |
Encouraging Investment & Planning - Peter Coe, Head of Regeneration & Partnerships, Easington Council A case study of stimulating retail Investment in the East Durham Coalfields - Dalton Park, Murton and Byron Place, Seaham
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| 11.30 |
Questions and answers |
| 11.45 |
Refreshment break |
| 12.00 |
Research & Planning - George Nicholson, Secretary, National Retail Planning Forum Lessons from research – how 30 years of town centre change has influenced planning and is influencing the current planning review (see also Findlay and Davis' presentations from the recent NRPF event) |
| 12.45 |
Questions and answers |
| 13.00 |
Summary - Ron Smith, GONE
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| 13.15 |
Lunch and networking |
Transcript from the Newcastle workshop
East and West Midlands (Nottingham - 3rd March 2008)
| 10.45 |
Welcome and Introduction – Melanie Alker, Deputy Regional Director & Director of Sustainable Communities, Government Office East Midlands (GOEM) |
| 10.50 |
An Introduction to the Under-Served Markets Project - Bill Boler, Project Director, Business in the Community (BITC) |
| 11.05 |
Planning for Retail Development in Deprived Communities - Mike Price, GOWM |
| 11.25 |
How to make the messages in PPS6 a reality at the local level Discussion Session |
| 11.55 |
Refreshment break |
| 12.10 |
Encouraging Retail Investment – Marshall’s Yard Development, Gainsborough - Mark Dransfield, Principal, Dransfield Properties |
| 12.30 |
Questions and answers |
| 12.40 |
Planning for Retail Led Regeneration – Brierley Hill - Tim Sunter, Chief Executive of Brierley Hill Partnership
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| 13.00 |
Questions and answers |
| 13.10 |
Lunch and networking |
| 13.55 |
The Role of the National Retail Planning Forum - George Nicholson, NRPF Secretary
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| 14.05 |
Maximising the Benefits of Retail Regeneration – Shires Shopping Centre - Leicester City Strategy Team
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| 14.25 |
Questions and answers |
| 14.35 |
Making retail-led regeneration happen – applying the guide Workshop Session |
| 15.15 |
Next steps - Bill Boler, Business in the Community
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| 15.25 |
Close and networking |
Transcript from the Nottingham workshop
London (Westminster - 28th March 2008)
| 10.30 |
Welcome - Sponsor: Mike Taylor, King Sturge LLP; host: Chris White, past Chair of the LGA Regeneration Board |
| 10.40 |
An Introduction to the Under-Served Markets Project - Bill Boler, Project Director, Business in the Community (BITC) |
| 10.50 |
Planning for Retail Development in Deprived Communities - Roger Chapman, Government Office for London |
| 11.10 |
Retailing and the London Plan - Gerard Burgess, Greater London Authority |
| 11.30 |
How to make the messages in PPS6 a reality at the local level Discussion Session |
| 11.55 |
Refreshment break |
| 12.15 |
London suburbs and deprivation - Dominic Campbell, Local Futures |
| 12.35 |
Questions and answers |
| 12.45 |
Lunch and networking |
| 13.30 |
The Role of the National Retail Planning Forum - George Nicholson, NRPF Secretary
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| 13.40 |
Planning for Retail Led Regeneration: the New Addington Tesco development - Cllr.Robert Askey, LB Croydon and Iain Sim, LB Croydon
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| 14.00 |
Questions and answers
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| 14.10 |
Maximising the Benefits of Retail Regeneration: Gipsy Hill development - Sharon Baldwin, Croydon District Centre Manager |
| 14.30 |
Questions and answers |
| 14.40 |
Making retail-led regeneration happen – applying the guide Discussion Session |
| 15.10 |
Next steps - Bill Boler, Business in the Community
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| 15.20 |
Close and networking |
Transcript from the London workshop
Proposed changes to PPS 6 (Westminster - 19th September 2008)
| 10.00 |
Welcome and Introduction from the Chair - George Nicholson, NRPF
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| 10.05 |
Retailing and deprived areas – lessons from the regional workshops - Bill Boler, Project Director, Business in the Community (BITC) |
| 10.25 |
Revisions to PPS6 – retailing and deprived areas – the key messages -
Tony Rich, NRPF/Rich Regeneration
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| 11.45 |
Questions/discussion |
| 11.10 |
Refreshment break |
| 11.25 |
Resources available on the NRPF site - Miles Davis, UCL/NRPF
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| 11.35 |
Panel Discussion: “Opportunities & Challenges – Does the revised PPS6 make it easier to undertake retail-led regeneration? Bill Boler, BitC, Dave Wood, Planning Officers Society/Sandwell MBC, Ian Anderson, CBRE |
| 12.50 |
Summary and way forward - Bill Boler/ George Nicholson
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| 13.00 |
Lunch and networking |
Transcript from the PPS6 changes workshop
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