RDAs - are to benefit from flexible funding arrangements more than any other publicly funded bodies. The Heritage Lottery Fund is supporting several urban parks in its latest tranche of grants.
Government announces a new sequential test for housing schemes to give priority to brownfield sites.
New regulations will enable regeneration organisations to benefit from charitable status. Major revamp of a 1960s shopping centre in Croydon is being proposed. New financial products are needed to cater for the 1.5m households who are financially excluded. English Heritage is to clamp down on schemes which safeguard historic buildings but compromise their settings. The quality of public space is even more important than securing well-designed buildings, according to a UET feature.