UKR is about delivery: demonstrating how to transform places with purpose built private rented homes with a mix of other uses. We are in discussion with local authorities across the country. We welcome conversations about possible projects. There are very clear criteria in our “Framer”. This has 9 simple criteria covering: the right site; the right approach; the right way forward. Download our one page document “Framing the right collaboration” and contact us on projects@ukregeneration.org.uk
Centre for Cities Downsizes its Thinking
Hamburg has the hansa Having vented my irritation on government for repeated delays in the publication of the Localism Bill I found that I had wrong footed myself by being out of the country on publication day. We were wandering the snowy strasses of Hamburg on a long weekend and, as usual, I was musing [...]
Looking over the garden fence
Office rents fall in times of recession – nothing new there. But beneath the headlines there’s something else going on – rents in many of the UK’s small towns and suburban centres are falling disproportionately and a gap is opening up that is an insidious, long term symptom of decline which is easy to miss [...]
Banging on about Easy-TIFs
While we are delighted that the Government now seems to be converted to the merits of TIFs we do not propose to let go of our proposition for something better – Easy-TIFs. Remember the proposition in our Not the White Paper : essentially the idea is to combine reducing the tax burden on some development [...]
