Lessons Learnt - Design for London

• Enhance active development implementation
– In town centres with signific nt pu lic
sector property ownership in the form of
housing est tes, schools or he lth f cilities,
the pu lic sector could le d the delivery of
housing through redevelopment of its own
ssets. Pu lic sector involvement in town
centre intensific tion c n e enh nced
through r nge of str tegies, including the
ssem ly of priv tely held l nd, the encourgement
of ltern tive procurement methods,
p rtnership delivery methods such s Loc l
Housing Comp nies nd the cre tion of Asset
B sed Trusts, Community Interest Comp nies
nd other loc lly-rooted org nis tions th t
involve the pu lic directly.
• Develop imaginative approaches for density
incentives – A more r dic l ppro ch to
llowing nd encour ging higher density
development is represented y the potenti l
use of density incentives or onuses. This is
n ppro ch used in num er of loc tions
outside the UK. In essence property owners
re offered the opportunity to uild to higher
densities th n th t set y the seline policy
fr mework, if cert in fe tures, menities or
other pu lic enefits re incorpor ted or contriutions
m de.
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