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How to Build an Opportunity Area - with the RTPI Urban Design Network

When & Where: 2nd February 2010 at RTPI Offices, London, EC3R 8DL, 12pm - 2pm.

Cost: Free

London Bridge Bankside in the London Borough of Southwark is bucking the recession trend. Whilst many projects across the country remain on hold, an opportunity area in the heart of London is set to transform itself over the next five years.

Cranes and concrete lorries are busy erecting more than 15 development schemes at London Bridge Bankside, which represents £4billion of investment, generating 4,500 construction jobs and 15,000 permanent jobs. The variety of these exciting developments can be measured in superlatives – Europe’s tallest building, the first railway station spanning a river, an extension to the city’s most iconic art gallery, new education facilities for the nation’s most historic theatre - as well as dramatic new homes, offices, shops and hotels designed by leading international architects.

London Bridge and Bankside Development Team Manager, Dan Taylor will give an overview of the scale of developments and present an innovative approach to development management through the recently developed cross-council team of public protection, planning, building control, and traffic officers is working with local business districts and forge close relationships with the constructors.

The presentation will be useful for planners working on major regeneration projects or large mixed use sites. Dan will discuss how best to use councils powers (planning, S106, noise and pollutions controls) to get the best development on site, and how to forge close working relationships with developers.

For more information about the regeneration of Bankside London Bridge, please visit the website

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Author:

Nicola Gough

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

08-Jan-10

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