Partner with us
Media centre
Sign up to our newsletter
Research
City by city
Data
Blog
Podcasts
Events
About
Current issues
Industrial strategy
Metro mayors
Levelling up
Housing
Productivity
Net zero
City Space Race
By
Rebecca McDonald
| 21 March 2018
City Space Race
By
Rebecca McDonald
| 21 March 2018
Select Chapter
Executive Summary
Introduction
The geography of demand for residential and commercial space
Case study The most productive businesses favour a city centre location
Case study Figure 1: Median rateable value per m2 of commercial property, 2015
Case study Figure 2: Median commercial prices by degree of urbanisation, 2015
Case study Residents are attracted to both city centre and suburban locations
Case study Figure 3: Median residential price per m2, 2017
Case study Figure 4: Median residential prices by degree of urbanisation, 2016-2017
Case study Competing demands for city centre space threaten cities’ roles as places of production
Case study Box 1: Measuring commercial and residential property prices
Case study High-skilled city centres have the most intense competition for space
Case study Figure 5: Residential and commercial property prices by city centre
Case study Figure 6: Share of city centre workers with a degree compared to property prices
Case study Figure 7: Share of city centre residents with a degree compared to property prices
Case study Figure 8: Property prices compared to resident and job growth in city centres
The role of policy in intensifying competition for space
Case study Permitted Development Rights (PDR)
Case study Figure 9: Permitted office to residential conversions as a share of office stock, 2014-2017W
Case study Case study 2: PDR in Manchester is focused on its city centre
Case study Figure 10: Office to residential conversions through PDR in Manchester city centre, 2015–2017
Case study Restrictive planning policies
Case study Figure 11: Net additional houses built, by local authority
Case study Figure 12: Office to residential PDR conversions as a share of net additional houses built, by local authority
Case study Case study 3: Slough is under pressure to accommodate growth
Case study Figure 13: Office to residential conversions through PDR in Slough, 2013–2017
Case study Case study 4: London’s approach to protecting commercial space
How policy can better manage competition for space
Case study Recommendations for national government
Case study Recommendations for cities
Conclusion
00
1: PDR is putting Crawley’s economy at risk
Next chapter
