Community-led housing and regeneration are reshaping rural town centres—revitalising high streets, repurposing vacant buildings, and creating lasting local assets.
This resource showcases case studies from Northumberland, where development trusts in places like Amble, Wooler, Haltwhistle, and Prudhoe have delivered affordable homes, community spaces, and business units, often reinvesting rental income back into local initiatives. These projects highlight the long-term value of community ownership and place-based leadership.
One example, Operation Regeneration in Richmond, Yorkshire, shows how community engagement helped shape future plans for The Old Grammar School. Together, these cases demonstrate how regeneration can be driven from the ground up—especially when planning systems and funding models support local initiative.
Included materials cover project summaries, evaluation findings, and reflections on the policy and funding barriers faced by rural community-led schemes.Author(s): Natalie Partridge.
Year: 2024.
