Housing Zone - Estate Regeneration Best Practice

To identify best practice and effective case studies in regenerating large estates with mixed tenure and mixed housing stock that are applicable to regeneration schemes, and which can be used by the ATLAS to aid councils adapt and refine their approach to estate regeneration.

TASK ONE: Definition of project & desktop research

1. Agreement of nature / scale of regeneration schemes to be examined & definition of ‘successful outcomes for estate regeneration’
2. Agreement of list of potential schemes to be examined
3. Desktop review by consultants to review how these schemes were devised and implemented including community engagement, governance arrangements, deciding on appropriate planning/design strategies to deliver expected outcomes, funding arrangements, implementation process, and monitoring arrangements & extraction of key learning points from these schemes.

TASK TWO: Dissemination of best practice to ATLAS

• 1.Dissemination of key learning points to ATLAS via appropriate tools that can be retained & reused by ATLAS e.g. an executive summary linked to learning & dissemination materials such as a powerpoint presentation. (Need to discuss whether presentation or workshop with team is appropriate). Dissemination to include:
• Identifying critical success factors in creating new quality designed places for people to live, work and recreate
• How can design quality be defined & secured in this context to create a place-making premium. This may include recommendations for policy making.
• What route map / process was used to secure quality outcomes (in terms of funding, management and planning)?
• Where specific design challenges such as retention of existing buildings of a multi-story nature exist, how can they be addressed and integrated into the wider regeneration scheme most effectively.
• Effective community engagement strategies and techniques that have worked in relation to estate regeneration schemes
• Effective project governance structures for developing and securing delivery of quality estate regeneration schemes including roles and responsibilities of involved parties
• Timelines for delivery of successful estate regeneration schemes.