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Future of London arranged a visit to Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea on 29 November for our members. We began with an introduction to the area by Keith Trotter from the Nine Elms Delivery Team, set up to support the complex partnership involved in regenerating the area. Identified as an Opportunity Area in the 2003 London Plan, a number of significant … [Read more...]
Andrew Screen, Head of GVA Financial Consulting spoke at our Development and Renewal event on 20 January, about financing infrastructure, including an overview of tax increment financing and a charge over land mechanism that local authorities might want to consider to secure upfront investment in project infrastructure. After the event we asked … [Read more...]
The second instalment of our Development and Renewal series took us to Battersea Power Station on 20 January, looking at financing mechanisms to pump prime infrastructure delivery. Clive Dutton, Executive Director for Regeneration, Planning and Property at LB Newham spoke about the different approaches the borough is taking to secure investment, in … [Read more...]
I was in Enfield earlier this week talking about the impact that spending cuts were having on local regeneration and economic development projects, and it is clear that with critical central government grants being cut back - from LABGI to Growth Point monies - greater local revenue raising powers are going to be needed to fill the gap and deliver … [Read more...]
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