Growth & renewal
Bringing about sustainable growth and renewal are intrinsically linked to successful economic development which relies on a good balance between the creation of jobs, leisure facilities and affordable new homes.
The ambition of the Homes and Communities Agency is to deliver high-quality attractive and affordable places for people to live, work and enjoy – whether creating new communities from scratch, or transforming existing ones. Our work doesn’t just apply to declining urban areas and inner-city housing estates, but also to rural and coastal areas, along with former mining communities, throughout the country.
Key to achieving this ambition is our ability to respond to the varying needs of the local community by forging strong collaborative working methods, adopting a strategic approach, and targeting areas of greatest need.
Work has started on revitalising Park Hill; a 13 hectare Sheffield-City-Council-owned housing estate.
In this section, you can find out more about some of the ways in which the Homes and Communities Agency is impacting upon local economic development. This includes:
- Specific regional growth initiatives: the Milton Keynes Partnership and the Thames Gateway;
- Our national programmes that deliver locally: Growth Points, Pathfinder Areas, Urban Regeneration Companies (URCs), the National Coalfields Programme, and Surplus Public Sector Land/Land Acquisition.
Last updated: 3 September 2009