The Winchester Silver Hill scheme was based on a development agreement between Winchester City Council and a developer for a mixed-use retail and residential scheme in the city centre. While the principle of regeneration for Silver Hill was widely agreed, this scheme was bitterly opposed by some residents (and local businesses and landowners), primarily on the grounds that the design and mass of the development was inappropriate for the historic setting of Winchester’s city centre.
Here we consider some of the legal issues and challenges that local authorities can face as they attempt to regenerate their localities, taking lessons from this well-documented scheme.
This article was first published in the Solicitor’s Journal Half Year Review (June 2016).
