The all-purpose urban building

Property consultant Savills, PRP Architects and cost consultant EC Harris are launching a model for mixed-use development at the MIPIM property show in France next week. The trio have created a generic urban building that can be put to a variety of uses depending on prevailing market conditions.

Innovative transport fund proposed

This month the Department for Transport will put forward its proposals for a transport innovation fund, which, as the name suggests, is aimed at backing innovative local transport initiatives. The DfT is also working on guidance on calculating the impact transport projects have on economic development.

Scottish action plans

The Scottish executive has asked councils to produce action plans setting out how they will implement their development plans. The executive is asking public bodies and Whitehall departments to release more public land for affordable housing. The executive will give registered social landlords first refusal on this land.

EP launches derelict site programme

English Partnerships and ODPM have launched a pilot programme to determine the best way to bring long-term derelict land back into use. Under the pilot, at least one suitable site will be developed for commercial or recreational use in each of 12 local authority areas. Development will be led by a local partnership. Work will begin on the schemes over the next two months, and the findings will be fed into a National Brownfield Strategy document due to be published in early 2006.

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