Alison Byrne

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Alison Byrne Scottish Executive Scottish Urban
Regeneration Forum New Delivery Vehicles 28
September 2006
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• Outline
• Background
• Why a URC?
• Key issues / activities
• The URC Board
• What makes a successful URC?
• Next steps

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• Background
• Consultation on URCs launched in 2003
• 3 Pathfinder URCs announced in 2004
• Raploch, Stirling
• Craigmillar, Edinburgh
• Clydebank
• Regeneration Policy Statement - 2 new Pathfinder
  URCs announced 2006
• Working to establish a 6th URC in the Clyde
  Gateway

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• Why a URC?
• Form follows function
• Complexity of project
• Vision strategic focus
• Attract private sector investment
• Guide investment towards agreed outcomes and
  objectives physical, social and economic
• Maximise the use of public sector assets
• Strategic approach to infrastructure
• Speed the pace of delivery

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• Key issues / activities
• Land
• Finance
• Procurement
• Planning
• The Board
• Delivery
• Other community engagement etc

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• Key issues / activities
• Land
• Assembly, CPO
• Packaging
• Remediation infrastructure
• Finance
• Private investment (equity or debt)
• Public investment (EIB, partner funding, assets)
• Financial Investment Framework

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• Key issues / activities
• Procurement
• Master developer / contractual developer
• site by site
• Technical expertise
• Planning
• streamlined planning process
• Coordination of section 75
• masterplan and design framework

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• Key issues / activities
• The Board
• Chair
• Partner organisations community
• Private sector
• Delivery
• Oversee development activity JVs
• SLAs / agreements with public sector bodies
• Project management

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• Key issues / activities
• Other
• Community engagement
• Marketing and PR
• Exit strategy

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• The Board
• ODPM Guidance
• Scottish context
• Founder members
• Size and membership of Board

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• Role of partners
• Local Authority
• Scottish Enterprise
• Communities Scotland
• Private sector
• Community

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• Success factors
• Clarity of intent outcomes, objectives,
  masterplan
• Leadership
• Focus on delivery organisational structure
• Flexible, responsive planning system
• Opportunity for healthy level of return

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• Next steps
• Support for existing 3 Pathfinders
• Riverside Inverclyde Irvine Bay business plans
• Establish Gateway URC
• Evaluation of URC Programme
• Early lessons / best practice
• Monitoring Evaluation Framework
• Elections in May 2007

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• Contact
• Alison Byrne
• Scottish Executive - Regeneration Unit
• alison.byrne_at_scotland.gsi.gov.uk
• 0131 244 1537