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Developers Call on Government to Focus on Urban Renaissance

LONDON-Developers and investors have called on the government to prioritize urban renaissance and address barriers to regeneration.

By Anita Howarth | Updated on December 04, 2002

LONDON-Developers and investors have used a government-sponsored workshop to call on ministers to move regeneration up the political agenda.

More than 90% of the attendants at a series of workshops around the country felt that urban renaissance needed to be one of the government’s main priorities. The workshops formed part of the government’s year long study into progress on regeneration since the publication of the Urban White paper two years ago.

Unveiling the findings at the annual Bristol Planning Law and Policy Conference, Gordon Hood, head of regeneration at King Sturge, said: “The private sector were generally upbeat about the way England’s towns and cities were regenerating themselves: almost two thirds of the participants felt that they were becoming more attractive as places to live and over 50% considered that they were becoming more attractive as places to invest within. However overwhelmingly they felt that much work needed to be done with only 18% believing that their community was living up to its potential.”

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