Rethinking property-led regeneration
Think tank: Centre for Local Economies (CLES)
Author(s): Benedikt Stranak; Leah Millthorne; Adam Leaver
August 5, 2026
This report from UK think tank CLES challenges conventional property-led regeneration and sets out a new approach to urban development.
This publication challenges conventional property-led regeneration and sets out a new approach to urban development that delivers greater social, economic and environmental value for local communities.
Using a free downloadable viability tool, it presents a costed model for good urban development and shows how councils, practitioners and communities can test alternatives to conventional development assumptions while retaining and sharing more of the value created.
