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\n<\/strong>Turning tiny terraces into larger homes, rather than knocking them down and building one bed flats, could be one of the ways to respond to the re-think of the Government\u2019s approach to physical regeneration in England\u2019s ex-industrial cities, a report by the Centre for Cities has argued.
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\nThe report pointed out that over the past decade the blueprint for city regeneration has been to build houses, offices, apartment blocks and science parks on the assumption that this could spark economic growth in any urban area or neighbourhood. \u00a0Some \u00a35bn has been spent on physical regeneration by regional development agencies outside London, the report noted. It also pointed out that many regeneration projects have not \u2018turned around\u2019 local economies or the lives of local residents in the way that had been hoped.<\/p>\n

According to the report an average underperforming regeneration project in England generated 40 per cent fewer jobs than anticipated when originally planned. Vacant housing in these areas has often remained and office space is often difficult to let. \u00a0The Centre has urged city leaders and Government to adopt a new approach, focused on addressing the scars of industrial decline directly and learning from pioneering initiatives used in US and Germany.<\/p>\n

Its report argued that local and national politicians should accept that using regeneration plans to \u2018go for growth\u2019 hasn\u2019t worked in every urban neighbourhood and can have negative as well as positive consequences on a city\u2019s economy and residents. \u00a0\u201cA new way forward might mean building a park rather than a science park, or turning tiny terraces into larger homes, rather than knocking them down and building one bed flats. Communities should be given the power to decide on plans, testing out the neighbourhood planning approach in the Localism Bill,\u201d the report stressed. \u00a0It also said that the Coalition should find new money for the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder areas. \u201cThe programme needs reviewing. Frequently its sound principles were poorly implemented. But the Coalition\u2019s decision to leave the scheme unfinished means the communities concerned will bear an unfair cost.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alexandra Jones, chief executive of the Centre for Cities, said: \u201cIn the past, city leaders and national government have championed the replacement of out-of-use steel works and empty terraces with office and apartment blocks. These projects did not improve opportunities for local residents in the way they had hoped, and public and developer finance is now limited. Shifting plans from building a science park to creating a public park in these places is not about giving up on growth \u2013 it\u2019s about improving the area for local residents, who should be at the heart of the decision-making process. This is an approach that has worked for US and German cities. Ambition and innovation from city leadership are the key ingredients.\u201d<\/p>\n

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