UR16b. BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (BIDS)
(updated: May 8, 2006 )

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• Emplt. plg. / Retail plg. in the Strategic Planning bibliography
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  Transp. & economic dev., Transp. demand management & travel plans in the Sustainable Urban Travel bibliography
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  the Effectiveness of Planning etc. bib'y
• N.B. also the RTPI library catalogue on the web - go to http://www.rtpi.org.uk/library/lib_search.html
  
  and these websites, etc.:-
• Association of Town Centre Managers national BIDS pilot scheme: http://www.ukbids.org
• London Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) site: http://www.londonbids.info
• National Retail Planning Forum (NRPF): http://www.nrpf.org
• National Retail Planning Forum's Bibliography of retail planning compiled by Professor Leigh Sparks of
  Stirling University, launched by the NRPF and the RTPI in October 1999, available from the NRPF, London,
  tel. (020) 7633 0903 or from the Institute for Retail Studies, tel. (01786) 467278, email: Leigh.Sparks@stirling.ac.uk
• The Circle Initiative (London's pilot BIDS programme): http://www.londonbids.info/
• URBED (The Urban and Economic Development Group): http://urbed.co.uk/

OFL = Ordered for Library - please check University Library catalogue for latest on availability:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/
* indicates most useful and/or up to date references

Ashworth, Stephen, 1996, 'Betting on BIDS' (US Business Improvement Districts experience), Planning Week 4 (16), 18.4.96.

Association of London Government, (ALG), London
- website: http://www.alg.gov.uk/
'Guide to BIDs for London Boroughs', 2005, http://www.alg.gov.uk/doc.asp?doc=15496&cat=979
'Local Authority guide top Business Improvement Districts', 2005, http://www.alg.gov.ukj/upload/public/attachments/579/1800_ALG_BIDsAW.pdf

Blackwell, Martin, 2005, 'A consideration of the UK Government's proposals for business improvement districts in England: Issues and uncertainties', Property Management 23 (3), pp194-203

Bond, Robert, 2005, 'Back the bids' (soaring interest in Bids), Surveyor, 31.3.05, pp16-18

Bourne, Caroline, 2003, 'Business and government tackle Broadway malady', New Urban Futures 9, 20.2.03, p7

Brooks, Josh, 2004, 'Pivotal vote on town centres' (Business Improement Districts), Planning 1563, 2.4.04, pp16-17

Central London Partnership (CLP), tel. (020) 7665 1550
'Action Plan for Central London 2003', February 2003, and at http://www.planning.haynet.com

City of San Diego, ?, 'Business Improvement Districts', City of San Diego, California, http://www.sannet.gov/economic-development/business-assistance/small-business/bids.shtml

Cooke, Philip, 2005, 'The BID Apple', (New York experience of BIDs), Regeneration & Renewal, 21.1.05, p23

Early, Catherine, 2005, 'Trade collaboration deliver clean gain', (Business improvement Districts), Planning 1619, 13.5.05, pp14-15

Gibson, Peter, 2005, 'A view from the street' (Kingston upon Thames BID), Surveyor, 8.9.05, p13

Guy, Clifford, 2001, 'Trading Places: BIDs for success?', Town and Country Planning 70 (9), September, p230.

House of Commons Environment Committee:
'The Select Committee Report on the Draft Local Government Bill' (including comments on proposed Business Improvement Districts; BIDs), TSO, tel. (0870) 600 5522, August 2002.

Houston, L, 1997, 'Business Improvement Districts', Urban Land Institute, USA (OFL on 1.4.99) and at http://www.personal.umich.edu/~smithbr/UP538webproject.html

Hoyt, L, 2002, 'The Global Emergence of the Business Improvement District', http://gis.mit.edu/classes/11.204/webportfolio/INQUIRY/Hoyt_2002.doc

Jones, Peter' Hillier, David & Comfort, Daphne, 2003, 'Business Improvement Districts - another piece in the UK regeneration jigsaw?', Town and Country Planning 72 (5), June, pp158-161

Kingston First, 2003, Business Improvement Districts: the views of local businesses', Kingston First, July.

Kochan, Ben, 2001, 'Gearing up in readiness for the BIDs legislation', Urban Environment Today, 25.10.01, pp10-11.

Lloyd, M; McCarthy, John; McGreal, Stanley; Berry, Jim, 2003, 'Business Improvement Districts, Planning and Urban Regeneration', International Planning Studies, 8 (4), November, p295,
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=RAKNCVP3K1E8NBHM

Ludmon, Mark, 2003, 'BIDS prove a capital idea for changing the face of urban centres', (BIDS in central London), New Urban Futures 10, 6.3.03, p7

MacDonald, H, 1996, 'Why Business Improvment Districts work', Civic Bulletin, Center for Civic Innovation, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, New York, NY, http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/ch_4.htm

Morris, Huw, 2004, 'Business zones pilot', Planning 1580, 1.10.04, p13

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (took over responsibility for local government, planning, housing and regeneration from the DTLR in May 2002)
- replaced in May 2006 by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
- website: http://www.odpm.gov.uk
'Working Draft of Guidance on Business Improvement Districts', January 2003, http://www.local-regions.odpm.gov.uk/bids/index.htm
'Business Rates Information Letter: Working draft of guidance on Business Improvement Districts', February 2003,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=14342&heading=e-mail+alert
'Consultation Paper on the Guidance on Business Improvement Districts: A working draft', August 2003, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=16370&heading=e-mail+alert
'Consultation on the Business Improvement Districts (England) Regulations 2004', March 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=19181&heading=e-mail+alert

Peel, D; Lloyd, M.G, 2005, 'A case for business improvement districts in Scotland: Policy transfer in practice?', Planning Practice and Research 20 (1), January,
p89, http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=UJ85567HV13N1132

Quin, Simon, 2004, 'BIDS and city centre management', Paper presented at the 2004 Planning Summer School, Reading, September, http://www.planningsummerschool.org/papers/year2004/

Ratcliffe, John; Flanagan, Sheila, 2004, 'Enhancing the vitality and viability of town and city centres: The concept of the business improvement district in the context of tourism enterprise', Property Management 22 (5), pp377-395

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), London, tel. (020) 7695 1568,
- publications from tel. (0870) 333 1600:
- website: http://www.rics.org.uk
‘What Kind of World are we Building?, March 2006, available from http://www.rics.org.uk

Ross, Matt, 2003, 'Leading the BID for better services', Regeneration & Renewal, 20.6.03, p17

UK Government:
'The Local Government Bill', November 2002, http://www.publications.parliament.uk

Vickers, Tony, 2001, 'The land tax solution to renewal' (implementing US-style Business Improvement Districts in the UK), Regeneration & Renewal, 6.7.01, p12.

Walker, Ben, 2003, 'A relaxed BID for business benefit', Regeneration & Renewal, 24.1.03, p15
Walker, Ben, 2003, 'BID pilots fear a crash landing', Regeneration & Renewal, 27.6.03, p17

Warner, M; Quazi, J; More, B; Cattan, E; Bellen, S & Odekon, K, 2002, 'Improvement Districts: Issues in Alternative Local Public Service Preovision', Cornall Cooperative Extension, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, June, http://www.cce.cornell.edu/restructuring/doc/reports/econdev/bids.htm

Winkley, Rob, 2001, 'Districts with an American twist' (relevance of US experience with business improvement districts in Britain), Planning 1417, 4.5.01, p10.

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