Centre for Cities

Outlook 2014 | #12DaysofOutlook Cities Outlook 2014 set out how different cities were set to fare in the year ahead. Which cities were leading the way? And were any still suffering stagnation? Read the report 👇 https://loom.ly/3vMsTIE

Cities Outlook 2013 | #12DaysofOutlook🎄 The findings of our flagship report, Cities Outlook, in 2013 reinforced the importance of skills, good transport, broadband connections and a good industry base to economically successful cities. Read the report👇 https://loom.ly/ZB4mgjo

⚒️ Starting again: Demolitions in the post-war period and lessons for today Demolition rates are less than 10 percent of what they once were. Are more demolitions required to improve housing outcomes today? Read our latest blog from Xuanru Lin 👇 https://loom.ly/3hS3W9E

BLOG | What are the “green belt” and the “grey belt”? ❔What counts as the green belt and what doesn’t? Where is the green belt? And what do recent Government changes mean? Read our latest blog from Maurice Lange 👇 https://loom.ly/YioN4Hg

PODCAST | English Devolution and Industrial Strategy with Rt Hon Greg Clark In this episode of City Talks Andrew Carter is joined by the Rt Hon Greg Clark, newly appointed member of the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council and previously Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Greg shares his reflections on the English Devolution White Paper published this week and how he sees Industrial Strategy and English Devolution fitting together. Listen now 👇 https://loom.ly/gaD-dL8

Centre for Cities Chief Executive Andrew Carter responds to today's publication of the English Devolution White Paper 👇

PODCAST | City Minutes: Restarting housebuilding 🏗️ Andrew Carter is joined by Anthony Breach and Maurice Lange to discuss the findings of our new report series ‘Restarting housebuilding’ that looks at private and public housebuilding as well as land value capture. Listen to the podcast 🎧👇 https://lnkd.in/eNzvAdzp

BLOG | Restarting housebuilding: Five key takeaways 5️⃣ In this blog, the authors of our latest report series ‘Restarting housebuilding’ Anthony Breach and Maurice Lange highlight five key takeaways from the report trilogy. Read more👇 https://lnkd.in/euJWYC-2

Deck the malls: which cities are Christmas visitor hotspots? 🎄 Christmas is a period when visitor spend in UK cities grows across the country, with an increase in 2023 of around 12 per cent on the prior two months🎁 Read our latest blog from Oscar Selby 👇 https://loom.ly/qb8fyD8

NEW REPORT | Restarting housebuilding III: New towns and land value capture 🏘️ Our latest report focuses on where best to develop New Towns and presents new modelling on the potential land value capture from these developments. The Government is talking more about expanding cities and towns than it has done in decades and underlying their new policies is the intention to build on previously undeveloped land. They intend to use ‘land value capture’ to fund a range of public benefits 🪙 The total potential land value capture is £193 billion, or £6.4bn a year assuming a 30-year development period 📈 But this potential is distributed very unevenly across the country. Nearly 80 per cent of potential land value capture is on sites around London. Land value capture depends on the difference between the cost and the market value of the development 🏷️ Land price is an important cost. Moving from paying 5x agricultural value to 40x makes one-fifth of locations unviable. 🏡 There is space for 5 million homes within commuting distance of 15 major cities. 🟢 Two-thirds of the land identified is in the green belt. Around London, it is 88 per cent. ✅Building on all the land identified would only shrink the green belt by less than 5 per cent. The Government should... 🟢Pursue development in southern England where potential land value capture is greatest. 🟢 Enable development on green belt land that has good existing or future public transport links. Read the full report👇 https://lnkd.in/e32tupQ6