Community planning: Scenarios
Industrial heritage re-use
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Typically, as industrial buildings cease to be used, they will be left empty and become derelict. The area where they are situated becomes increasingly run down, and other businesses and landowners suffer. Unless an initiative is taken the buildings will eventually fall down or there will be little option but to demolish them and start again from scratch.
Industrial areas often contain fine, sturdy structures which contribute to local character. Often they are ideally suited for conversion for other purposes. The difficulty is in making a sufficiently bold transformation of an area to change its image, attract new uses and persuade landowners and others to invest.
In this scenario, a partnership is established between the main parties, and an academic institution plays a key role in raising the profile of the area, assembling expertise and helping organise an action planning event to firm up a strategy agreed by all.
Photocredits
Wakefield, UK, 1997, Nick Wates.
Wakefield, UK, 1997, Nick Wates.
An academic institution helps a local authority regenerate a run-down
industrial area in a variety of ownerships.
Thanks: John Worthington
