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Analysis: Fostering town centre recovery

By Josephine Smit, 12 January 2022

Town centres face challenges on numerous fronts, but economic development and regeneration professionals are looking to strategies to strengthen their offer.

Opinion: Time to change the growth narrative

By Bev Hindle, 10 January 2022

There is a need to focus on good growth that fits with a more sustainable future, writes Bev Hindle.

Advice: Putting healthcare on the high street

By Ben Kochan, 10 January 2022

The pandemic has shown that healthcare can be provided in a range of settings and new partnerships could help develop them further in vacant space on the high street, writes Ben Kochan.

Review: Reuse of a historic building for culture

By Simon Carne, 7 December 2021

Greenwich Council has sensitively adapted some of the eighteenth century buildings in Woolwich Arsenal to create the Woolwich Works complex of performance spaces, finds Simon Carne.

Advice: Repurposing department stores for social and leisure uses

By Ben Kochan, 23 November 2021

Department stores becoming vacant as large multiples close down offer opportunities to bring social and leisure uses into urban centres, finds Ben Kochan.

Opinion: Will more regulation help or hinder developers in delivering social value?

By Lisa Webb, 22 November 2021

Further regulation on social value may look inevitable, but clear planning policy is needed to demonstrate it, writes Lisa Webb.

Opinion: Getting intelligent about later living

By Darren Clarke, 22 November 2021

An intelligent approach with holistic sets of data can help improve the delivery and operation of later living accommodation, and be better for residents, writes Darren Clarke.

Opinion: Is government's commitment to First Homes fading?

By Michelle Quan, 9 November 2021

The momentum behind the government's First Homes initiative to deliver affordable homes for first time buyers appears to be lagging, writes Michelle Quan.

Opinion: What the Budget told us about levelling up

By Nigel Wilcock, 6 November 2021

Levelling up is the government's new economic confetti, writes Nigel Wilcock, but we recently got a suggestion of what it could mean for future strategy.