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Understanding the Planning Challenges of Brownfield Development in Coastal Urban Areas of England

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  • Craig Leger
  • Christopher Balch
  • Stephen Essex

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Coastal settlements, whether rooted in port, defence or tourism economies, have experienced considerable economic, social and environmental change over the last 30–40 years, which has often resulted in building obsolescence and vacant land. Brownfield sites, especially on the waterfront, are strategically valuable, but can be constrained by costs of treatment, the fragmentation of available plots, complex landownership and declining property values. This paper addresses the need for a better understanding of the characteristics of brownfield land in English coastal communities and the challenges faced by planning in the regeneration of these sites through an analysis of the National Land Use Database and a survey of Heads of Planning Service. There is a plentiful supply of brownfield sites on the coast, but one-fifth requires remedial treatment and over half is concentrated in the ‘coastal challenges’ cluster. Economic circumstances and frequent policy shifts have impeded the redevelopment of brownfield land on the coast and forced greater pressure onto greenfield sites.

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  • Craig Leger & Christopher Balch & Stephen Essex, 2016. "Understanding the Planning Challenges of Brownfield Development in Coastal Urban Areas of England," Planning Practice & Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(2), pages 119-131, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cpprxx:v:31:y:2016:i:2:p:119-131
    DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2016.1146428
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    1. Brita Hermelin & Robert Jonsson, 2021. "Governance of Waterfront Regeneration Projects: Experiences from Two Second‐tier Cities in Sweden," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(2), pages 266-281, March.
    2. Thorning, Daniel & Balch, Christopher & Essex, Stephen, 2019. "The delivery of mixed communities in the regeneration of urban waterfronts: An investigation of the comparative experience of Plymouth and Bristol," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 238-251.

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