Why heritage preservation can be a catalyst for urban regeneration

By Mike Cook and Martin Saunders 2024-07-29T06:00:00

Sensitive appreciation and preservation of an area’s history is vital to ensure the longevity and resilience of its regeneration, say Mike Cook and Martyn Saunders at Avison Young UK

The regeneration of our urban spaces is increasingly concentrated on utilising buildings, places and infrastructure to improve people’s lives, through the creation of genuine economic, social and cultural value. Too often this process has focused on wholesale change, at times disregarding an area’s history to create a new vision for the future.

This approach can leave communities feeling disconnected from the places they call home, increasing dissatisfaction and objection to regeneration proposals, and has created homogenised places that lack identity and, as a result, meant places are more vulnerable to economic challenges as residents have little “ownership”.

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