Arguably the simplest elements of regeneration are physical: roads, junctions, utilities, drainage, cycle routes and the public realm. They can be drawn up into a masterplan and are fundamental to change.

But the best regeneration projects are not regarded as such because of a road layout; they excel because people can live there with ease: finding a school place, seeing a GP, taking a child to a park, meeting a friend locally, using a library or feeling that a familiar pub, hall, green space or parade of shops still has a future.