Land, development and design

Land, Development and Design, 2nd Edition......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Author Biography......Page 12
Preface to First Edition......Page 13
Preface to Second Edition......Page 16
Part One: Planning and Development......Page 21
1.1 Introduction......Page 23
1.2.1 Phase 1 – Project inception......Page 26
1.2.2 Phase 2 – Feasibility assessment......Page 27
1.2.3 Phase 3 – Site assessment......Page 28
1.2.4 Phase 4 – Options assessment......Page 29
1.2.5 Phase 5 – Working design of the preferred option......Page 30
1.2.6 Phase 6 – Detailed design......Page 32
1.2.7 Phase 7 – Regulatory and planning......Page 33
1.2.8 Phase 8 – Legal, property and funding......Page 34
1.2.9 Phase 9 – Financial appraisal......Page 35
1.2.10 Phase 10 – Works procurement and execution......Page 38
1.2.11 Phase 11 – Sales and marketing......Page 39
1.3 The 2008–9 ‘credit crunch’ and its impact on property markets......Page 40
1.4 Summary......Page 41
2.1 Introduction......Page 43
2.2 Planning Policy Statements and Guidance Notes......Page 44
2.3 The Urban Task Force and the Urban White Paper......Page 47
2.4 Urban land-use policies and the National Brown field Strategy for England......Page 50
2.5 The housing Green Paper and land for housing......Page 59
2.6 The London Brownfield Sites Review......Page 61
2.7 Summary......Page 63
2.8 Checklist......Page 64
3.1 Introduction......Page 65
3.2 Recession and property values......Page 66
3.3 Land for development......Page 69
3.3.1 Residential development......Page 71
3.3.2 Commercial development......Page 72
3.4 Assessing the market potential......Page 74
3.4.1 Market research......Page 76
3.4.2 Using the tools to assess market potential......Page 79
3.5 Forecasting rents and prices......Page 83
3.6 Summary......Page 84
3.7 Checklist......Page 85
Part Two: Land......Page 93
4.1 Introduction......Page 95
4.2 Site assembly......Page 98
4.3 The historical study......Page 99
4.3.1 A practical example......Page 102
4.3.2 Maps, scales and other sources of information......Page 113
4.3.3 Reporting the historical study......Page 115
4.4 Walk-over survey......Page 116
4.5 Intrusive and other forms of site investigation......Page 121
4.5.1 Sampling strategies......Page 123
4.5.2 Laboratory analysis......Page 127
4.6 The final report......Page 128
4.8 Checklist......Page 131
5.2 Natural colonisation of brownfield land......Page 132
5.3 Environmental assessment......Page 135
5.4 The importance of landscape......Page 137
5.5 Soilsand substrates: the platform for development......Page 138
5.6 Biodiversity of previously developed land......Page 141
5.7 Policy and legislative framework for biodiversity conservation......Page 143
5.8 Ecological surveys and the formation of new habitats......Page 145
5.9 Land and development in a changing climate......Page 149
5.10 The response to climate change......Page 151
5.12 Checklist......Page 155
6.2 Conservation policies and guidance......Page 157
6.3 Planning and the historic environment......Page 161
6.4 Archaeology and redevelopment......Page 163
6.6 Checklist......Page 164
7.2 Economic and visual blight......Page 166
7.3 The benefits of removing blight......Page 169
7.4 Skills......Page 178
7.6 Checklist......Page 180
8.1 Introduction......Page 182
8.2 European Directives and UK legislation......Page 183
8.3 Removal and containment......Page 187
8.4 In situ and ex situ treatments......Page 189
8.5 The costs of dealing with contamination and dereliction......Page 193
8.6 Tackling small sites......Page 195
8.7 Land with no development value......Page 197
8.9 Checklist......Page 199
Part Three: Development......Page 201
9.1 Introduction......Page 203
9.2 Valuation approaches......Page 204
9.3 ‘Stigma’ or taking account of ‘intangibles’......Page 208
9.4 Applying valuation theories in practice......Page 215
9.5 Reporting contamination and other damage to land......Page 219
9.6 Summary......Page 220
9.7 Checklist......Page 221
10.1 Introduction......Page 222
10.2 Sustainable urban extensions......Page 224
10.3 Infrastructure......Page 225
10.4 Eco-towns......Page 229
10.6 Checklist......Page 234
11.1 Introduction......Page 235
11.2 Financial appraisals......Page 236
11.2.1 Institutional leases and investment yields......Page 237
11.2.2 Viability of the project......Page 238
11.3.1 Creditworthiness......Page 239
11.3.2 Costs of finance......Page 240
11.4.1 Debt financing......Page 241
11.4.3 Mezzanine finance......Page 243
11.5 Joint ventures and Special Purpose Vehicles......Page 244
11.6 Forward sales and rental guarantees......Page 245
11.7 Public-sector finance......Page 246
11.8 Summary......Page 248
11.9 Checklist......Page 249
Part Four: Design......Page 251
12.1 Introduction......Page 253
12.2 Planning for quality public spaces......Page 254
12.2.2 Green space and green infrastructure......Page 257
12.2.3 Treatment of historic buildings and places......Page 258
12.2.4 World-class Places – Action Plan......Page 259
12.3 Urban and rural waterfronts as public spaces......Page 262
12.4 The economic value of urban design......Page 264
12.6 Checklist......Page 271
13.2 The basis for crime preventative design......Page 272
13.3 The role of the local authority in promoting design-based approaches to reducing crime......Page 273
13.4 Advice on crime preventative design: an outline of UK guidance......Page 275
13.5 Case studies in crime preventative design......Page 277
13.5.1 Wharf Close, Manchester......Page 278
13.5.2 Residential development and car park, Sale......Page 282
13.5.3 Comparisons between the case studies......Page 286
13.6 New developments and crime......Page 287
13.8 Checklist......Page 289
14.2 Urban design, smart growth and new urbanism......Page 291
14.3 Design codes......Page 295
14.4.1 Modern methods of construction......Page 300
14.4.2 Zero-carbon homes......Page 301
14.5.1 Development densities......Page 302
14.5.2 Code for Sustainable Homes......Page 304
14.5.3 Lifetime homes......Page 307
14.6.2 Design Quality Indicator (DQI)......Page 310
14.8 Checklist......Page 311
15.1 Introduction......Page 313
15.2 Planning and development......Page 315
15.3 Land......Page 316
15.4 Development......Page 317
15.5 Design......Page 319
15.6 Conclusion......Page 320
References......Page 322
Further Reading......Page 337
Web Links......Page 339
Index......Page 341