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Delivering change: public assets
By
Louise McGough
,
Hugo Bessis
| 26 November 2015
Delivering change: public assets
By
Louise McGough
,
Hugo Bessis
| 26 November 2015
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Executive Summary
Introduction
Figure Box 1: Who owns what? The challenge of mapping the public estate
Figure Figure 1: Surplus government land and property assets
Asset management in UK cities
Figure The public sector asset base looks different across the country
Figure The recession and budgets cuts have been a catalyst for change
Figure Understanding public land and property as financial assets
Figure Box 2: Sources of revenue for local authorities
How are cities making use of public sector assets to support economic growth?
Figure Figure 3: Approaches to asset management and investment in UK cities
Figure 1. Leading development
Figure Case study 1: Swansea – Investing in assets to support a weak private sector market
Figure Box 3: Local Asset Backed Vehicles – partnering with the private sector to lever in investment
Figure Case study 2: Sunderland – Packaging sites to deliver viable development
Figure 2. Shaping development
Figure Case study 3: Bournemouth – Partnering with the private sector to lever in investment and boost development
Figure Case study 4: Birmingham – Using public assets to shape the fabric of the city and capitalise on growth opportunities
Figure Case study 5: Camden, London – Using public sector to deliver more affordable housing
Figure Case study 6: Bath – Using public sector assets to deliver office developments in a constrained commercial market
Figure 3. Unlocking development
Figure Case study 7: Cambridge and Cambridgeshire – Developing cross-boundary and agency public asset strategies
Figure Case study 8: Bristol – Formal collaboration with other public sector partners
Figure Box 4: The Land Commission model
Common challenges across all cities
The key elements that enabled partners to maximise their assets
Figure 1. Economic growth strategy focused on core growth areas
Figure 2. Good data on all local public sector assets
Figure 3. Relationships across places and between organisations
Figure Box 5: The role of Government programmes as a catalyst
Figure 4. Commercial culture underpinned by leadership buy-in and support
Conclusions and policy recommendations
Figure Recommendations
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2: Asset management approaches and local government funding
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