Making Regeneration Sustainable Euan Hall Chief Executive The Land Restoration Trust
Dec 29, 2015
Making Regeneration Sustainable
Euan Hall
Chief Executive
The Land Restoration Trust
Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration
• Is complex
• Needs a wide range of technical skills
• Must involve the community – business or residential
• Needs to take a broader view than just the site.
Starting point:
“An opportunity plan”
• Puts the site in a geographical context
• Identifies opportunities / problems
• Identifies links with and the needs of the community
e.g. Shirebook, East Midlands
A classic post-industrial landscape
• Town dependent on one industry - Coal mining
• In top 10% of deprived towns in England
• One area/ward in top 2% of deprivation.
• Population 9000
• Site area 120 hectares
“Project” started life as 2 independent projects driven by technical needs
• To the west of the town – 800 new houses on a greenfield site.
• To the east – industrial development on former colliery land(brownfield) to create 2100 new jobs
• Seen principally as an engineering/construction project, but…
Getting the Team Right
Review of the project allowed a new project manager to stand back from technical issues to:
• Put sites into context with the surrounding area
• Assess community needs• Improve links between new and old.• Provide better integration• And above all build a consensus with the
business and residential community
This required a new team to be built
Comprising of :• Engineers• Planners• Environmentalist• Architects• Community Engagement Specialists• And others!
Model Village
Distributor road
New industry
New housing
Sustainable Regeneration is about
• Creating lasting benefits ……
Not…A wonderful award winning piece of architecture.
Completely detested by those forced to live there
Or…A fantastically landscaped site
Completely disconnected from the community
Its about a sustainable future for them….