ABSTRACT
The New Labour Government, elected in 1997, actively pursued an overall modernization and reform agenda, which had widespread implications for the direction and management of regeneration policy, and in particular the evolution of ‘community planning’ – the development of a community-owned process, led by the local authority with the aim of creating a shared vision of intervention to address priorities identified by local communities and expressed in a place-based action plan which demonstrates the commitment and support of the multiple stakeholders involved. This is an agenda which continues to evolve and refocus on both the development of creative and innovative policy, which should be community-led, as well as ensuring that adopted policies are costeffective and target driven. These aims of regeneration reform, as will be demonstrated in this chapter, are often in conflict.
