Thames Gateway regeneration reviewed
Summary
The Thames Gateway stretches from Canary Wharf to the mouth
of the Thames Estuary and is the most ambitious regeneration programme in
Western Europe.
By 2016 the Government wants there to be 160,000 new
homes and 180,000 new jobs, all provided in an environmentally sustainable
fashion.
This Report
'The
Thames Gateway: Laying the Foundations (HC 526)' examines whether central
government has laid solid foundations for the scheme, if risks have been
properly identified, and whether they are being properly managed.
The
project is assessed against a framework for best practice for successful
regeneration based on both National Audit Office (NAO) research and research by
the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment.
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The NAO finds that Department for Communities
and Local Government already recognise the need to strengthen the management of
the programme and have recently appointed a Chief Executive to achieve greater
cross-government influence.
This Report contains eight key
recommendations to help the Department address the key risks, improve
management, and strengthen the coherence of the overall programme:
- Create stronger leadership of the programme across central government by
establishing a cross-government board of senior official
- Establish a
joint risk management strategy for the programme
- Establish better
performance criteria, and assign responsibility for achievement across
government
- Establish an overall programme plan to coordinate projects
and present a live picture of progress
- Emphasise central support
towards sponsorship of local delivery vehicles
- Help and encourage
other government departments’ agencies to better integrate their work into the
spatial planning of Local Authorities and Regional Assemblies
- Develop
a cross-government communication and marketing strategy for the Thames Gateway
- Make the partnership network more investment friendly.
Find our more about
the Thames Gateway regeneration
project.
Visit the Department
for Communities and Local Government website.
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more about the NAO.