Decision details

(1)      The town centre living and regeneration policy principles and typology of interventions set out within the report were endorsed.

(2)      It was noted that, as this board had previously discussed, the town centre living and regeneration policy paper was informing the region’s Comprehensive Spending Review submission to the Government, future business cases to the Government for town centre and brownfield regeneration investment by the WMCA and local authorities, and was informing decisions by the WMCA over devolved housing and land funds through its Single Commissioning Framework.

(3)      It was noted that the report had been co-developed with officers from across the region on the Housing & Land Delivery Steering Group, as well as private sector partners and industry representatives on the Commercial Property Forum and Town Centre Taskforce.