Meaning of meanwhile use | Babel Free

Definitions

short-term use of a vacant site; a place subject to such a use

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“Established legal routes you can pursue to acquire land and buildings include: meanwhile use, community asset transfer, exercising your right to bid or right to reclaim land, working with your local authority to pursue compulsory purchase on the community's behalf – and, of course, straightforward purchase.”

“2016 July 13, morwenj, "Supporting regeneration and creative start-ups … what can we learn from Hackney?" The Knowledge Exchange One solution is ‘meanwhile use’ – the temporary use of vacant buildings or sites, especially for community projects.”

“We can safely say that most meanwhile uses in London are not quirky or public facing: they simply enable Londoners to live and work in parts of the city.”

“A meanwhile use in a location for a month, a year, 5-years, may draw people to consume in a new neighborhood spending money at the meanwhile use but also extending those funds into the surrounding neighborhood.”

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