<b><b>Regeneration schemes are all the rage and opportunities for housebuilders are cropping up everywhere. Ben Roskrow reports on some of the plans</b></b><br><b>Despite the perceived view of housebuilders as despoilers of Britain's green and pleasant land, the fact is that the industry is actually at the heart of urban and brownfield regeneration projects throughout the country. The recommendations of the Rogers report and the application of PPG3 has turned the attention of most developers towards exciting, and sometimes complex, urban renaissance projects.</b><br><b> These may take the form of building new villages on derelict sites or converting Victorian institutions into residential units - but each of them is helping to bring life back into our cities and disused industrial landscape.</b><br><b><b>Quarry scheme </b></b><br> A former ironstone quarry in Northamptonshire is to be developed into a mixed use scheme of 3000 homes, a science park and two schools. <p></p><p>Civil engineering contractor and land developer Cofton has agreed the phased acquisition of the Oakley Vale development in Corby, which, being 436 acres, will be one of the largest disposals of land with planning permission in recent years. </p><p>The development requires Cofton to build the infrastructure and carry out major earthworks and ground remodelling to return …