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Regeneration often takes place in areas of need that suffer from a lack of employment and housing. The London Royal Albert Dock proves this as it has little to no activation with low levels of visitors the site. There are no homes and no promotional activities to attract people to the site. Regeneration will often address issues within the community through local input into design and what the local community think would best benefit the area, this is essential for a successful development. This involvement will often ensure there is a larger percentage of affordable homes, meeting the local community’s needs. However, regeneration projects such as Canary Wharf can sometimes try and maximise profits through high priced housing and office space without listening to the needs of the community.

 

Just like London’s Royal Albert Docks site you will often see regeneration projects tacking place on old industrial sites as there is no use for them today. This also allows a development to celebrate its history heritage in the same way this development has with reconnecting the site to the waterfront and through providing a museum for people to come and learn about the London Royal Albert Docks history. The benefits of regeneration of sites such as London's Royal Albert Dock is that the old buildings, when repurposed and refurbished can bring great character to a development and sustainably bringing old buildings back into use can vastly reduce carbon emissions compared to developing new.  Despite this, the development of an old industrial site will often bring challenges through the introduction of listed heritage buildings and how to use them within the development. This is the case for the London Royal Albert Dock Development however this design has celebrated the listed building through restoring it to its original purpose celebrating its history while also being able to provide the building with a purpose again.

 

To conclude regeneration for the most part provides the local community with many benefits and often addressing the community’s needs. Regeneration will improve the local economy and the wider city as a whole through the introduction of new services, homes and jobs. However, these benefits have a large reliance on how the regeneration is planned and delivered. The success of a regeneration development largely depends on whether it can meet the communities needs and what they think will best benefit the local area. However, it is crucial for the development to maintain a balance between this and ensuring environmental, economic and social benefits are included.

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