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Making Regeneration Sustainable

Learn how a project in Shirebrook, a deprived town in England, transformed through sustainable regeneration. Discover the importance of a holistic approach involving technical experts, community engagement, and long-term benefits for the residents.

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Making Regeneration Sustainable

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  1. Making Regeneration Sustainable Euan Hall Chief Executive The Land Restoration Trust

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. “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…

  6. 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

  7. This required a new team to be built Comprising of : • Engineers • Planners • Environmentalist • Architects • Community Engagement Specialists • And others!

  8. New housing Model Village Distributor road New industry

  9. Sustainable Regeneration is about • Creating lasting benefits ……

  10. Not…A wonderful award winning piece of architecture. Completely detested by those forced to live there

  11. Or…A fantastically landscaped site Completely disconnected from the community

  12. Its about a sustainable future for them….

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