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SPATIAL PLAN FOR THE

INTRODUCTION The Humber has powered the UK economy for decades, bringing everything from food to freight, coal to cars, passengers to petroleum. The Humber is one of the UK's most important assets. Today, businesses continue to invest and thrive in the Humber because of our strategic UK coastal location and global connectivity – from marine engineering and logistics companies, to chemicals and food manufacturers and it provides the biggest opportunity for growth through renewable energy.

The focus of the Humber Local Economic Partnership and its constituent members is firmly on realising the potential of the Humber to power both our regional and UK economies. Our biggest opportunities for growth lie in ports & logistics, renewable energy and chemicals. The Humber is the “UK’s Energy Estuary”. We are also supporting growth in existing businesses, including healthcare, food, digital and engineering & manufacturing.

To make sure that we grasp these great opportunities, we need to put in place the right conditions for growth. This partly involves clearly setting out our offer along with our priorities for growth and the spatial solutions to deliver them. The purpose of the Humber Spatial Plan is to draw together the key spatial priorities across the Humber which will facilitate this ambition alongside other strategically significant forms of development such as new housing and key environmental assets and challenges.

The Plan reflects wider growth ambitions as set out in the recently published 'One North: A proposition for an interconnected North' document. This highlights the tremendous economic opportunities which could be achieved in the north of through a series of transformational transport investment projects including improvements to both road and rail and involving both passenger and freight movement. The ambition is to promote the North as 'a destination of choice and a dynamic counterweight and complement to the and south east economy'. The Humber has a key role to play in this ambition and the investment and development priorities set out in this Plan will go a long way to ensuring that this becomes a reality.

THE HUMBER The Humber occupies a key position on UK’s east coast, halfway between London and Edinburgh. Made up of the East Diagram 1: The Humber’s Strategic Location Riding of , Hull, North East and , it covers a total of 351,926 hectares (or 1,359 sq miles) and is home to 921,190 people1.

The area has a unique setting, dominated by the Humber Estuary and it is river systems and framed by a Heritage Coastline to the east, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (the ) to the south, the and North Moors to the north, as well as the major population centres of South and West Yorkshire to the west.

The city of is our largest urban area, with a population of 257,200 which rises to over 300,000 when combined with the adjoining settlements in the East Riding. Our other major towns include the ports of and , the “Industrial Garden Town” of , – the UK’s most inland port, and the resort towns of and . Our rural areas are well served by a range of attractive and historic market towns like , Barton upon Humber, , and . A large number of smaller towns, villages and hamlets are scattered across the area.

The Humber is an outward looking region. We are only 200 miles and 12 hours sailing time from mainland Europe, and are part of one of Europe’s major transport corridors linking the west coast of Ireland, , Scandinavia, the Baltic and Russia.

1 2012 Mid Year Population Estimates, Office for National Statistics As well as having close links with Europe and the rest of UK, the Humber also enjoys strong ties with our neighbours. Three of the four local authorities are members of other Local Enterprise Partnerships ( is part of the York, North Yorkshire & East Riding LEP whilst and North Lincolnshire are members of the Greater Lincolnshire LEP).

THE AMBITION & THE VISION The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership’s key focus is to realise the potential of the Humber Estuary to power the regional and national economies, and in particular promote the Humber Estuary as the UK’s Energy Estuary. The Humber Strategy Economic Plan states that:

The ambition is to maximise the potential offered by the Humber Estuary, leading the Humber to become a renowned national and international centre for renewable energy and an area whose economy is resilient and competitive. We will continue to develop our strengths in key sectors, supporting our businesses to grow and helping our residents to access the opportunities they need to lead prosperous and rewarding lives.

The vision for 2020 Economy Economy By 2020, the Humber will have a thriving renewables sector, with ambitious capital schemes well underway and a growing reputation for excellence and expertise. Many thousands of jobs will have been created, driven by this major growth in renewables alongside the further strengthening of our other key sectors.

Skills By 2020, we will have a skills system that is better aligned with the current and future needs of our economy. The proportion of our working age population with no qualifications will have decreased significantly and we will have observed another period of above average growth in higher level skills. Place Place By 2020, our visitor economy will be stronger than ever, civic pride will have risen and a stronger sense of ambition and self-confidence will be evident across the LEP area. The area will be benefiting from the legacy impacts of Hull: UK City of Culture 2017, our infrastructure and housing offer will have progressed considerably and we will be adequately resourced to deal effectively with issues of flooding and coastal erosion. Strategic development sites, including Enterprise Zones, will be thriving locations for economic growth.

THE PLAN The Hull & Humber City Deal agreed in 2013 commits the Humber LEP and the four local authorities to produce a 25 year spatial plan that will optimise the Humber Estuary, its immediate hinterland and its connective infrastructure. The plan will have a strong focus on helping to deliver major sites to capitalise on the few remaining deep-water locations, identifying the best locations for jetties to maximise such opportunities and supporting the re-use of underused dockland locations and decayed urban docklands to meet new industry demands (in particular, offshore wind and urban regeneration on waterside locations).

It builds on the priorities set out the Humber’s Strategic Economic Plan and Infrastructure Delivery Plan and provides a single point of reference for potential investors and developers as to the overall strategic planning framework in the Humber i.e. the focus and scale of development proposed having regard to environmental considerations such as flood risk and nature conservation designations. It also usefully flags up the major infrastructure and other investment priorities which are intended to overcome identified barriers with a view to facilitating growth.

This means we set out details of the major development sites, while an accompanying mitigation/compensation plan will outline up front environmental constraints to provide better information and time savings for developers. The Plan is not a statutory document, but serves to bring together the key spatial priorities that will help to realise LEP ambition for the area. It is important that potential developers / investors refer to the existing and emerging Local Plans for each of the respective Local Authorities (contact details provided below)

OUR OFFER The Humber offers the best opportunity in the country to take advantage of the growing off-shore renewables industry. The largest Enterprise Zone in the UK is geared towards expanding this key sector. In addition to this, the area already has a thriving economy and business base across a range of different sectors. These sectors are continuing to invest in the area and create jobs. Another key element of the Humber’s offer is our quality of life and living environment.

THE HUMBER ECONOMY The Humber is home to 32,500 businesses. Our GVA is £14 billion per annum. The business base is characterised by small companies. Just over 80% of the Humber’s businesses have fewer than 10 employees (the vast majority of which have fewer than 5) and 96% have fewer than 50. This is similar to the profile across England as a whole. Alongside this micro- economy are some major multi-national enterprises such as Smith and Nephew, Associated British Ports (ABP), BP Chemicals, Reckitt Benckiser (which has made Hull the home for its largest R&D facility) and Tata Steel.

Business start-up rates in the Humber – a measure of entrepreneurial activity – is relatively high and survival rates are broadly in line with the national average. At a local authority level, however, the picture varies considerably, with survival rates (and especially 4-5 year survival rates) notably lower in Hull and North Lincolnshire

In the last year alone, investments as diverse as Japanese chemicals company Nippon Gohsei making its second big investment, Crown Paints opening a logistics hub to deliver paint to clients around the world and Morrison’s investing in new operations for seafood products have taken place in the area.

The Humber stands on the brink of an unprecedented level of investment in offshore wind capacity. Over the period to 2030, up to 20GW of additional capacity will be installed in the southern across the major Round 3 development sites at Dogger Bank, and East Anglia.

The Humber provides the best location to access all three of the UK’s largest wind farms. 80% of all Diagram 2: The Humber & Off-shore Wind Farm Sites North Sea offshore wind farms and 60% of the & Areas entire European market (2020) are within 12 hours steaming. The , closest to the mouth of the Humber, is already established as an operations and maintenance (O&M) base and is servicing Rounds 1 and 2 offshore wind farms through Centrica, DONG Energy, RES and Siemens who have chosen to locate major O&M facilities here. Much of this investment has been targeted at the Port of Grimsby East Enterprise Zone, which extends to 11 hectares and includes sites with quayside access. In the long-term, as Round 3 windfarm sites come on-stream, there is the potential to create up to 1,500 jobs in O&M activity.

Major investment is still to come with the development of the ABLE Marine Energy Park on the South Humber Gateway – a £450 million, 251ha purpose-built marine energy manufacturing and installation base with a new 1,279m quay. It will create 1,700 direct jobs (with potential for a further 4,000 to 10,000 jobs). It forms a major part of the Humber Renewables Super Cluster Enterprise Zone. On the north bank of the Humber, Siemens’ working in partnership with ABP will deliver the Greenport Hull wind turbine production and installation facility, representing a £310 million private sector investment with up to 1,000 jobs directly created and significant additional construction and supply chain employment opportunities. Again it forms a major part of the Enterprise Zone.

The Humber has the country’s largest Enterprise Zone (EZ) covering 484ha, an area equivalent to 780 football pitches. It includes some of the UK’s last remaining large undeveloped sites that front or are close to an estuary to take advantage of its deep water ports. The EZ offers Original Equipment Manufacturers and their supply chains the opportunity to co-locate to make cost reductions on a major scale. It benefits from a simplified planning process, which speeds up the construction of sites for new tenants. Some land assembly and infrastructure works are already underway to allow fast development of sites.

The Humber offers companies locating in its Enterprise Zones enhanced first year allowances on plant and machinery. Depending on the size of the investment, up to £50m is available. Businesses across several sites in the EZ can also benefit from Discounted Business Rates. These are available up to De Minimis levels – potentially up to 400,000 Euros over 5 years. The location of each Enterprise Zone and Discounted Business Rates are set out in Diagram 3 below.

Diagram 3: The Humber Enterprise Zones

Enhanced Capital Allowances Discounted Business Rates 5) Environmental 9) Rix & Kingston 1) Green Port Hull 1) Brough Technology Park International Business Park 2) Keystore 2) Queen Elizabeth Dock South 6) Elba Street 10) Staithes Road

3) Former Road 11) Able Marine Energy 3) 7) Valletta Street Maternity Hospital Park 4) Able Marine Energy Park 4) Burma Drive 8) Wyke Works 12) Port of Grimsby

The Humber has strengths in several key sectors that are major economic contributors. These will continue to be so regardless of the development of new specialisms. These include:

 Engineering and manufacturing - advanced engineering alone employs 25,000 people in the Humber area. Many of the international companies operating in this sector use cutting-edge techniques and are taking a global lead in advancing the technology required to keep the area’s businesses ahead of their competitors. Development and use of advanced materials is commonplace here. The presence of advanced engineering companies throughout the Humber has created an abundance of skills in the sector. This is supported by access to nine world-class Universities within the wider Yorkshire and Humber region, including the with its Knowledge Exchange, all of which support innovation in the sector.

 Ports and logistics – the Humber Ports are the largest port complex by tonnage in the UK and fifth biggest in Europe. Almost a quarter of all England’s cargo passes through the Humber Ports. At UK level they handle 15% of the country’s entire seaborne trade. These deep-water port locations with connectivity to Europe and beyond combined with prime development land around them provide the ideal opportunity for port-related manufacturing and logistics hubs. ABP have ambitious plans to maximise the use of port related assets with investment in the Humber ports complex set to reach around £0.5bn over the next 5 years. This includes a £140m investment in biomass handling infrastructure at the . Improved connectivity between the Humber ports and surrounding hinterland is critical in maximising the opportunities arising from the ports and logistics sector. A detailed Ports Strategy is being produced by the Humber LEP in partnership with ABP and other related organisations which will provide further detail on these investment proposals.

 Chemicals - the Humber has the second largest chemicals sector in the UK and is home to 27% of the country’s refinery capacity as well as £3bn of planned investment on the South Humber Gateway alone.

 Agribusiness/food – the Humber has one of the largest concentrations of food manufacturing, research, storage and distribution in Europe and is at the centre of the UK's seafood industry. The area’s strong agricultural base and fishing heritage has led to the evolution of a sophisticated food manufacturing and processing sector in recent years. Grimsby is known as Europe’s “Food Town”. This sector represents excellent opportunities for joint working with our overlapping LEPs to the north and south.

Healthcare manufacturing and other niche healthcare technologies offer commercial advantage, and there is a growing creative and digital services sector which will see further substantial investment following Hull’s successful UK City of Culture 2017 bid, through the creation of digital innovation and incubation space and through the ongoing development of the visitor economy and advancements in superfast broadband across the area.

We are also home to a thriving higher and further education sector which supports local skills development and Research & Development needs. The University of Hull continues to be highly rated in national student surveys, and we have a number of Further Education colleges with strong links to industry. Further investment is taking place with the creation of the Humber University Technical College that will be built in Scunthorpe with a focus on renewables and engineering. The Humber is well located to take advantage of the skills and knowledge base of a number of world class universities within the wider Yorkshire and Humber region. Funding has been secured through the Growth Deal to support further training opportunities relating to key employment sectors at Grimsby and Goole.

LIVING IN THE HUMBER Not only is the Humber a thriving, growing and bustling economy, its unique setting provides an attractive backdrop that gives current and new residents real freedom to live. It combines the best of rural and coastal tranquillity with the busy feel of urban life. Our quality of life is high and the cost of living low.

One of our major appeals is the choice of places to live. These range from city centre and urban living in Hull, Grimsby and Scunthorpe through attractive suburbs to historic market towns and coastal communities like Beverley, Brigg, Epworth and Bridlington, as well as smaller towns, rural villages and hamlets. This gives a wide choice of housing to meet all needs. Commuting distances to work are also short.

The Humber offers a good work-life balance. Our countryside and coastline allow easy access for all sorts of leisure, recreation and tourism activities, whilst our town and city centres offer high quality retail and entertainment opportunities. Developing the region’s visitor economy is seen as an opportunity that can be better exploited, including stronger marketing of the Estuary and coast, the development of International Airport and nature tourism (working in partnership with neighbouring LEPs) and activities linked to the Hull: UK City of Culture 2017, North Lincolnshire Heritage Trail (South Humber Collection), the Wolds Way and the Wesleyan links.

TRANSPORT IN THE HUMBER The Humber’s transport network and the connections it provides to the rest of the UK and beyond is one of its vital assets. These connections form part of major national and international transport routes.

The Humber’s uncongested major road and motorway network (the M62/A63 and M180/A180/A160) means that businesses in our area are connected to 40 million people and 75% of UK manufacturing within a four hour drive, something no other region can do. It also gives good access to many of the region’s major economic opportunities around the Humber Estuary and ports.

Two major “bottlenecks” have been identified. The A160 that runs between the A180 and the main entrance to the South Humber Gateway, and A63 Castle Street through Hull city centre need to be upgraded in order to provide better access to the Enterprise Zone and the ports. The LEP and its partners are working closely with Government to make sure that both schemes are delivered quickly. Both are viewed as key priorities for Government.

East Coast & First Hull Trains operate 9 daily return services to London from Hull, Brough & . Other direct services link the area with the major centres of , , Manchester, & York. These provide easy to access frequent north/south and cross country intercity services. Local services connect several of our key towns and villages with each other and further afield to important centres like Lincoln, Newark and Scarborough.

This area is the busiest in the UK for rail freight with a choice of specialist terminals handling various cargos serving destinations across the country. Major investment has taken place to improve access to the area’s ports in recent years with improvements to the Hull Docks Branch Line, Wrawby Junction and Brigg to Gainsborough line to accommodate increases in rail freight traffic. Despite this, there is still one key constraint – the railway lines to the Humber Ports, and in particular to the South Humber ports are not able to be used to transport high cube containers, as the existing infrastructure only supports standard containers. This will be addressed through the Rail Gauge Enhancement project funded through the LEP’s transport allocation.

The Humber is the UK’s busiest port complex by tonnage and the fifth busiest in Europe – after Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp and Marseille. Goole is rapidly expanding to become the country’s leading in-land port whilst the wharves of the are growing in importance. The ports play a key part in providing a bypass to the congested South East road and rail routes which lead to the Channel Tunnel and ports. Grimsby and Immingham Ports bring in 25% of the UK’s rail freight and handle 28% of the UK’s crude oil through the extensive pipeline network straight into the two main oil refineries – Total and Phillips 66. The crucial role of the Humber ports is recognised in the 'Northern Powerhouse' initiative through reference to them providing a 'front door' to the north.

Humber-based logistics companies ship directly to more than 50 countries, with over 170 shipping lines operating regularly. Being just 200 miles (324km) from Rotterdam, many logistics operators use the Humber Port for ‘short sea’ transhipment. This brings 320 million customers across mainland Europe within easy reach of Humber businesses. P&O Ferries operate daily passenger services between Hull and Rotterdam and Zeebrugge, handling around 1 million passengers every year - almost half of all sea passenger movements on the East Coast of the UK. The Port of Immingham is also the main UK base for the Danish shipping firm DFDS which is one of Europe's largest unit load / RORO lines. Increasingly trade links are being forged with companies from further afield with cargoes and commodities such as coal and biomass from Australia and Columbia and consumer goods such as cars from South Korea.

Around 400,000 passengers a year pass through taking advantage of the links provided. Our key route is the four daily returns flights operated by KLM to and from Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport. These flights put the Humber within just over 1 hour of one of Europe’s major international hubs, giving access to over 800 destinations worldwide. Another key link is the regular Eastern Airways flights to and from Aberdeen, reflecting the importance of the off-shore oil and gas industries to the Humber area. Other charter flights operate to a range of holiday destinations. Humberside Airport is the UK’s second largest heliport, reflecting its proximity to the off-shore gas fields of the southern North Sea, and is the home of Eastern Airways, the UK’s second largest regional airline.

The Humber is also within easy reach of Doncaster Sheffield and Leeds Bradford Airports, and within 2 hours of Manchester Airport, the busiest in the north of England.

THE HUMBER ENVIRONMENT The Humber’s world class environment adds greatly to its offer for investors, visitors and residents. The Estuary itself is internationally and nationally recognised for its environmental qualities. It is designated as a Ramsar site, a Special Protection Area, and a Special Area of Conservation. The surrounding landscape includes an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Much of the East is a heritage coast, and contains unique features such as Head. These important natural assets not only make the area attractive as a place to live and invest, they also provide part of the basis of our economy, such as the provision of water, flood management and tourism.

The Humber hosts some high value assets and critical infrastructure including power stations and refineries and the UK’s largest port complex and a petro chemicals industry worth £6bn per year as well as an SME base upon which the prosperity of the economy depends. Much of this infrastructure exists because of the estuary but inevitably many such businesses are intrinsically at risk of flooding. The Humber Estuary is one of the largest river in England and the rivers draining into it drain about one-fifth of the entire area of the country.

The Humber has some 230km of flood defences protecting the area to various standards and is home to 921,000 people of whom nearly 400,000 are at risk of flooding. This also includes 32,500 businesses and a significant agricultural sector - with approximately 115,000 hectares of land at risk across the North and South banks. In Hull alone, more than 90% of Hull is below the high tide level and more than 100,000 properties are at risk of flooding. Recent tidal flooding in 2013 saw several feet of standing water and significant disruption at the Port of Immingham. However, one of our key strengths is that flood risk experience has been developed and partners are being proactive in reducing the risk of future floods through strategies such as the Integrated Strategy and the Humber Flood Risk Management Strategy. The LEP is committed to tackling the threat posed by flooding and will continue to work with other bodies to secure the required funding to ensure that existing and future development is protected to a high standard.

It's not just our natural environment that provides a high quality backdrop to the area, our built environment is also central to the area’s appeal. From cityscapes and townscapes to historic market towns, coastal resorts and country villages, the Humber has a varied and attractive built environment. Our major landmarks include Beverley Minister, Thornton Abbey and Hull Old Town. The area boasts over 160 conservation areas and over 4,000 listed buildings.

OUR PRIORITIES FOR GROWTH The Humber is on the brink of an exciting and transformational period of economic activity, driven by major investment in and around the Estuary and offshore. The general location and land resources on both banks offer very competitive opportunities for renewables, and offshore wind in particular, and the intention is to capitalise on these to create a cluster of activity through the development of this new and growing UK industrial sector.

The Humber LEP sees planning as being central to enabling and delivering growth across the Humber through the allocation of land and as required through the simplification of the planning process. The area’s local authorities recognise this and have adopted a pro-active, positive approach to support growth and development.

The spatial priorities set out in this plan are drawn from existing and emerging statutory Local Plans of the four authorities. It should be noted that these plans are at different stages in their evolution, and that some of the strategic growth areas are still proposals which will need to be 'tested' through public examinations. The priorities also reflect investment and development proposals established in the LEP's Strategic Economic Plan. Each of the spatial priorities listed below are further highlighted on the map at the end of this document.

ECONOMY/EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

Our major focus is to support the “Energy Estuary” and to ensure that we grasp the opportunities that it presents. Therefore, the Humber’s growth zones and corridors are not surprisingly formed to a large extent by the path of the estuary and encompass the major ports of Hull, Grimsby, Goole, and Immingham, as well as the area’s extensive wharves. Port and port-related developments which add value to the area’s economy constitute the most significant economic development opportunity in the Humber, particularly in relation to the development of manufacturing and servicing facilities for the offshore wind industry.

In addition to these ports estates, the two broad economic corridors in the Humber comprise:

 The A63/M62/Hedon Road Corridor; and  The A180/M180 South Humber Bank Corridor

Proposals for development need to take full advantage of the area’s assets, in particular the opportunities provided by the existing port estates and deep water access. It is vital that more effective use is made of this existing industrial infrastructure, especially the full utilisation of the various port estates across the area. Reference is made above to the ambitious port investment plans being promoted by ABP and others and further detail on this will be included in a separate Ports Strategy which is in development. Key spatial priorities flowing from this work will be included in future iterations of this strategy.

Hull City Centre also has an important role to play as part of the Humber's 'economic infrastructure' but also a far wider role in terms of housing growth potential and the cultural/leisure/visitor offer. This is particularly so given that Hull has been named as UK City of Culture 2017.

Likewise, there is a need to ensure that our existing larger urban areas continue to evolve to capture and nurture new employment opportunities. Critical to this is the need to ensure that local people are trained to take advantage of such opportunities.

The following represents the list of key employment investment priorities and growth sites in the Humber.

North Bank

 Eastern Corridor (Hull) – covering 128ha, this corridor runs along the A1033 Hedon Road, and includes the . It offers significant potential for the renewable and low carbon technologies sector, particularly through Green Port Hull, the offshore wind turbine manufacturing facility being developed by Siemens on the Alexandra Dock site. The sites in this area benefits from Enterprise Zone status and a simplified planning regime established by an adopted Local Development Order (LDO).

(East Riding) – covering 205ha, located east of Saltend. 80ha of this land forms part of the Humber Green Port Corridor Enterprise Zone which is also covered by a simplified planning regime established by an adopted LDO. There is a focus on port-related renewable and low carbon industries including the off-shore wind energy sector. The Humber Growth Deal has allocated £3m of funding to improve flood defences around the site.

 Hull City Centre (Hull) – the city centre is undergoing significant investment to cement its role as a world class visitor centre. Such investment includes physical improvements across the city centre and the development of new commercial, residential and leisure facilities. A particular focus will be directed to the promotion of the ‘Old Town’ as a key heritage asset which has been supported and advocated by English Heritage’s urban panel. The urban fabric and uses across the city centre will be reviewed to maximise the city centre's economic role as a key driver for growth.

 River Hull Corridor (Hull) – covering 18ha, this corridor is made up of a number of sites along the River Hull including the Heartlands/Clough Road area which has a number of traditional heavy industries and presents several challenges in terms of infrastructure and bringing forward some large underused or disused areas. The Sutton Fields area is a purpose build industrial estate that has a few opportunities for significant new development left.

 Kingswood (Hull) – covering 31ha, this area is located between the expanding Kingswood residential area and the River Hull. This represents an important source of land for future economic growth in Hull.

 Western Corridor (Hull) – covering 15ha, this corridor runs west along the A63 and is made up of sites lying between the A63 and Road including Priory Park. This area provides large-scale, readily available development opportunities that are highly accessible and remain attractive to the market.

 Humber Bridgehead (East Riding) – covering 19ha, this site is delivering high quality business park development located in a parkland setting close to Hessle (a key location for housing growth) and the northern end of the . The initial phase of this scheme has already been completed with further offices, research and development facilities and light industrial units planned. It is a highly accessible location, being close to the A63/M62 and A15 Humber Bridge, Hull and the Haltemprice Settlements

 Melton (East Riding) – covering a total of 66ha, it is made up of two large allocations along with several smaller related sites. This area is identified as a key employment site with the majority of the site benefiting from outline planning approval. This site has benefited from significant access improvements in recent years. It is strategically located on the A63, nine miles west of Hull City Centre, with easy access to the M62. It is well placed to access the opportunities offered by the expanding Humber ports and proximity to the main Hull-Selby-Leeds railway line offers potential for future multi-modal access.

 Brough (East Riding) – covering 35ha at the BAE Systems site. It is part of the Enterprise Zone associated with the wider renewable energy cluster. Four businesses are already on site. A new bridge over the Hull-Selby-Leeds railway line will be provided to improve access. This site benefits from discounted business rates.

 Capitol Park, Goole (East Riding) – covering 62ha, this site is located adjacent to the M62 (junction 36). It has planning permission for employment and related uses, and is already home to major companies such as Guardian Glass and a Tesco regional distribution centre. It has unparalleled access to a range of multi-modal transport links including direct access to the national motorway network, whilst two international airports (Doncaster/Sheffield and Humberside) are within 30 minutes travel time. The site is rail-served and is adjacent to the country’s premier in-land port. ERDF funding has been secured for completion of the link road with work expected to be completed by January 2016.

South Bank

 Lincolnshire Lakes (N LIncs) – covering over 2,000ha, this major transformational, regeneration scheme is one the North of England’s most significant and exciting mixed use investment and development opportunities. The employment element of this scheme takes the form a high quality business park adjacent to the M181, covering 100,000m2. It will have direct access to the national motorway network via the M181 and M180, bringing it within easy reach of the major employment opportunities provided by the South Humber Gateway and Humberside Airport.

 South Humber Gateway (N and NE Lincs) – covering 900ha, this area provides one of the last significant areas of undeveloped land, adjacent to a deep water estuary. Alongside opportunities in the north bank, it has been identified by the off-shore wind energy sector as a premier site for renewables development due to its proximity to the proposed off-shore wind turbine zones. It is also one of the key centres of the UK’s chemicals and energy generation industries.

This area will be home to the Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP), a 320ha off-shore wind energy manufacturing park and the Able Logistics Park (ALP), a 454ha port and logistics development that will include opportunities for business park, hotel, transport depots, storage, distribution and manufacturing. ALP will create 5,300 new jobs. AMEP is part of the UK’s largest Enterprise Zone and is eligible for 100% capital tax allowances on plant and machinery for incoming companies, in addition to business rate relief. The A160 improvements are critical to the future growth and development of this area.

(North Lincs) – covering 138ha, this former airfield is well placed as a location for businesses and facilities that support the estuary/port and manufacturing industries being developed on the nearby South Humber Gateway strategic employment area. The country’s busiest port is five minutes drive from the site. It has good access to the area’s strategic road network via the A160, A180 and M180. Its accessibility will improve with the A160 upgrade is complete. It is a long term allocation, and has considerable scope for specialised employment provision as well as further storage and distribution uses.

 Humberside Airport (North Lincs) – this key international gateway to the Humber covers 139ha including large site areas to support operational ‘air side’ developments together with a 17ha Business Park which is allocated for a range of uses. The Airport is a developing freight hub and is the home of the Humberside Perishables Hub – a bespoke facility for handling chilled and frozen freight. It is the 2nd largest Heliport facility in the UK and is fast growing into the premier aviation centre serving the southern North Sea energy and renewable energy’s offshore sectors.

 Sandtoft Business Park (North Lincs) – covering 59ha, this former airfield in the Isle of Axholme has been identified as a key location for business and industrial development. It is well located in terms of proximity to the strategic road network giving access to the M180 and M18 and onwards to the A1, M1 and M62, and is within 30 minutes drive time of the South Humber Gateway and the Humber Ports. It is also within easy reach of two international airports – Humberside and Doncaster/Sheffield. The site provides an ideal opportunity to be developed as a logistics/business park.

 South Humber Bank (North East Lincs) - The extensive area of land between the Ports of Grimsby and Immingham offers substantial opportunity for economic growth in the renewable energy, food and ports and related logistics sectors over the next 15 years and beyond. Overall it can deliver 200,000 m2 of industrial floorspace creating 4,500 jobs. However this potential is dependent upon creating the right environment for investment which includes provision of key infrastructure (highways and utilities) and delivering a strategic site for ecological mitigation - for which a plan supported by Natural England is already in place.

The key sites are:

Industrial Park – Planning consent is currently being sought for 100,000 m2 of industrial floorspace off Moody Lane. This project will redevelop brownfield sites along the Estuary and within a wider and successful industrial estate that includes Humber Energy and Technical Absorbents Ltd. This site will be attractive to a wide range of industrial uses but needs access improvements.  Eastgate - The Eastgate project will provide 80ha of land with many of the benefits of port operational land and would bring to the market a unique project with freehold development opportunities. Recently, Brocklesby Estates have received planning consent for 20ha of land. New access roads and improvements to Queens Road are required to facilitate this development.  Port Logistics Park - A proposal for a new ports logistics park is being developed which will take advantage of the improvements provided by the A180/A18 link road. It will provide opportunities for businesses importing raw materials through Immingham to process these close to the port before onward delivery throughout the UK.  Food Park - Europarc is a successful and established food cluster that now includes Morrisons. It is proposed to offer serviced land opportunities through a further phase of Europarc. This will require key infrastructure including a new primary substation.

 Europarc (North East Lincs) North East Lincolnshire’s premier business and industrial park, Europarc is home to over 2,000 jobs in key sectors including food manufacturing and engineering; further extension of the site to facilitate development of up to an additional 140ha is under consideration through the Council’s evolving Local Plan.

HOUSING GROWTH/PLACE MAKING

The Humber offers much as a place to live and it is vital that this continues to be the case through the provision of high quality housing. We need to make sure that we have an appropriate supply and mix of housing to meet local employment needs – a Humber housing offer with both aspirational and affordable housing with good access to employment opportunities. Existing and emerging local authority plans have identified land for just under 64,000 new homes in the Humber (see below). This plan identifies those sites/locations which are considered to be strategically significant2.

 East Riding of Yorkshire – 23,800 new homes (2012 to 2029) Major housing growth is planned in the East Riding in a number of areas. There will a strong focus on areas of land to the south of the market town of Beverley with 2,500 homes being proposed as part of a wider mixed used urban extension. It will include new employment opportunities, a park and ride facility and open space. The thriving in-land port of Goole will see over 1,000 new homes built on one site to the west of the town, whilst a further 1,000 new homes are proposed for two sites in Hessle near to the developing Humber Bridgehead Business Park.

There are proposals for 750 new homes to the east and south of Brough, forming part of a major mixed use development alongside retail, leisure, employment and education opportunities. Just over £8.5m of loan funding

2 Strategically significant is considered to be housing development over 500 new homes. through the Growth Deal has been secured (subject to due diligence) to accelerate this scheme. The market towns of Howden and Market Weighton will see 800 and 900 new homes respectively.

 Hull – 14,400 new homes (2011 to 2030) Major housing development in Hull is planned for at Kingswood where a further 3,400 new homes will be built as part of a major urban extension, whilst 3,500 new homes will be focussed in the city’s two major regeneration areas – Newington & St. Andrews and Road. Hull City Centre will see 3,200 new homes delivered over the plan period with a particular focus of this activity around the River Hull corridor and former Fruit Market area..

 North Lincolnshire – 12,063 new homes (2010 to 2026) Most new housing development in North Lincolnshire will be focussed in and around Scunthorpe. The Lincolnshire Lakes scheme will deliver 6,000 homes in a number of sustainable village communities, alongside high quality business space (in particular B1 uses), leisure and recreation facilities and associated transport, blue, green and community infrastructure within a lakeside setting. It is situated on land between the western edge of Scunthorpe and the River Trent. A further 2,000 houses are planned on the town's western edge including 1,200 houses on land north of Doncaster Road which already has planning permission.

The Market Town of Brigg is identified for over 840 new homes, the majority of which will be accommodated on a site known as Brigg North whilst Barton upon Humber will see over 700 new homes.

 North East Lincolnshire – 13,500 new homes (2014 to 2032) Economic growth forecasts show that almost 9,000 jobs will be created in North East Lincolnshire in the period to 2032. Along with demographic change, this will generate the need for 13,500 homes over the same period. The majority of this growth will be accommodated through sites in and adjoining Grimsby, including one or more sustainable urban extensions. Particular focus will be given to aligning housing and employment growth areas.

Delivering this scale of new development will require a strong place making agenda, including creating an urban living offer. An application for Housing Zone status has been supported by the independently chaired Housing and Development Group. The role of Immingham will also be promoted as a suitable location for new housing growth linked to the creation of employment.

In addition to delivering new homes it is recognised that wider regeneration and improvement works are required to support economic growth and to improve the area’s offer. In some neighbourhoods, there is a legacy of poor quality or outdated housing and other built assets. Activity will continue to transform these areas to make sure they remain fit for the future, building on a strong track record of delivery. Interventions such as these not only improve the perception of the Humber, but also provide significant economic impact in their own right, attracting substantial private sector investment. Funding has been secured through the Humber Growth Deal to refurbish 4,500 homes in Hull alongside a new build programme which will deliver 1,500 new homes. £9.8m has been secured from the Regional Growth Fund to enable new housing to be brought forward within Newington and St Andrews which is transforming this part of the city.

As part of providing a quality place to live and invest, the cultural, leisure and visitor offer is crucial in framing the wider perception of the Humber as an attractive place to live and do business. This is important in growing the economy and will involve making the most of the opportunities for growth and regeneration presented by Hull: City of Culture 2017, reviving our coastal resorts and making improvements to the public realm in our town centres. A number of transformational “place” projects are support by the Humber LEP and are included in its Investment & Delivery Plan:

 Regeneration programmes in Westcliff and Cleethorpes;  Town Centre Improvements in Grimsby;  Town centre premises improvements in Goole;  Hull City Centre: Quality of Place Investment – Accessing the Waterfront and Fruit Market;  Hull City Centre: Fruit Market & Waterfront – Gallery, Conference & Exhibition Centre;  Substantial improvements to Scunthorpe Town Centre; and  Humber Bridge Experience.

TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

The Humber’s strategic transport network is a major asset and is essential in supporting the area’s offer to investors, developers and visitors. Further improvements and enhancements will boost the competitiveness and attractiveness of the area. Also they will help to make sure that local people have the chance to access jobs. We have identified a number of vital improvements to the region’s transport network that are in the pipeline or needed to open up key growth locations.

 A63 Castle Street Improvements – the A63 Castle Street runs through Hull City Centre and is one of the busiest sections of road in the Humber area. It provides a key link to and from the Port of Hull and its opportunities for employment growth. The aims of the proposed improvements are to improve access to the Port of Hull, relieve congestion and improve safety.

In addition, the improvements seek to reduce the impact of the barrier caused by Castle Street between the city centre to the north and developments, tourist and recreational facilities to the south around and the Fruit Market area. The improvements involve lowering the level of the road into cutting at the Mytongate Junction, creating a split level junction, providing new pedestrian footbridges between and Hull Marina, and at Market Place. It is expected that this scheme will be delivered after 2015, subject to completing all statutory processes and securing funding. Map Reference: T1

 Beverley Integrated Transport Plan – this involves the construction of a new southern bypass for the historic market town of Beverley linking the A164 and A1174. The Plan will make a significant contribution to reducing congestion and improving traffic flows in and around Beverley. This will be complemented by the development of a Park and Ride Facility. Department for Transport funding was secured in 2011 and the project is due to be completed in 2015. Map Reference: T2

 Humberside Airport Surface Access Improvement – it is vital for the continued expansion of this key international gateway and employment location that surface access is improved. Proposals are being developed to improve the A18 between its junction with the M180 at Barnetby Top and the airport entrance. This will involve the construction of an improved junction at Barnetby and a new roundabout at the airport’s main entrance. Map Reference: T3

 A160/A180 South Humber Gateway Improvements – the A160 is the main access to the South Humber Gateway and the Port of Immingham. The aim of this project is to provide better access to the Port of Immingham and the surrounding area, stimulating growth and unlocking the economic benefits offered by the area. It will involve major improvement to the Brocklesby Interchange (where the A160 and A180 meet), upgrading the existing single carriageway section of the A160 to dual carriageway, relocated the Haborough roundabout, providing a new road bridge to connect both sections of village, and a new gyratory system between the Manby Road roundabout, Rosper Road junction and the Port of Immingham.

This improvement was selected by the Government in 2012 as one of four in England for accelerated delivery with the aim of cutting 18 months off the completion date. Construction is expected to begin in summer 2015 with completion by autumn 2016. It is currently being considered through the planning for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project process. Map Reference: T4

 Hull to Selby Rail Electrification – the rail network in the Humber is vital for moving passengers and freight to and from the area, and will be crucial in providing access to many of the area’s economic growth opportunities. One of our key priorities is to see the line between Hull, Selby and the East Coast Main Line electrified. This will complete planned electrification of the Transpennine route and will help ensure key rail services to London, Leeds and Manchester continue. It will add capacity to the network and allow for faster journey times. The LEP has agreed with Government to co-invest in this priority with a conditional allocation included in the Humber Growth deal Map Reference: T5

 A18 to A180 Link Road – This new road will improve travel to and from the south to the port of Immingham. The new road will take HGV traffic from the port away from the town centre and residential areas. Map Reference: T6

 Park and Ride Facilities North and East Hull - Two separate proposals to support the growth in employment opportunities along the Hedon Road corridor (and helping to ease potential congestion along Castle Street) and to support proposed growth within East Riding and at Kingswood. Map Reference: T7

FLOOD RISK & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE

It is recognised that flood risk could present a barrier to economic growth in the Humber and impact adversely on maximising the opportunities provided by the Estuary. A number of flood risk and environmental management proposals have been developed to ensure that the area is more resilient to flooding and allow for continued economic growth. These were identified through the Strategic Economic Plan and Investment Plan and are summarised below:

 Hull and Holderness Flood Alleviation Scheme (Hull and East Riding) – to greatly improve flood defences around the Paull Enterprise Zone site, Paull village, Bilton, East Hull, Hedon and providing tidal defences for both Hull and the East Riding that have a considerably longer lifespan than the 25-30 years that would be achieved through a non-LGF funded option. The work will include construction (and/or remediation) of a new bank between the Hedon Haven Outer Clough and the Paull Shipyard, options for improving defences through Paull village as well as a suite of inland schemes to deal with fluvial and surface water risks. .

 Flood Alleviation Schemes (Hull & East Riding) – there are three specific projects that will seeks to remove homes from risk in areas where the drainage network can be overwhelmed, and to alleviate flood risk in the River Hull catchment. These projects are:

and Flood Alleviation – will take approximately 4,000 homes out of flood risk to the target design standard. It will cover an area of 1,200ha with an option to include tidal flood defences at Hessle.

 Cottingham and Orchard Park Flood Alleviation - will also take approximately 4,000 properties out of flood risk in an area where the drainage system can become quickly overwhelmed. It covers an area of 1,500ha of land.

 River Hull Integrated Catchment Strategy – with a volume of 43m tonnes of storm water discharging from agricultural land through the city in a single rain fall event and with serious capacity issues a series of interventions are urgently needed to reduce flood risk in the whole river Hull valley including the city of Hull. It is expected to include (one or more of) the construction of large flood storage areas; new engineered flow delivery and exceedance systems; improvements to channel and flow conveyance; installation of new control systems and improvements to pumping stations with opportunities for environmental enhancement.

 River Hull + (Hull) - scheme will be centred on the section of the River Hull that passes through the centre of Hull, between the Hull tidal barrier and North Bridge. It represents a unique opportunity to maximise the benefit that Hull generates from the Environment Agency’s planned investment in flood defences (£50m along the River Hull over the next 30 years). This proposal is for additional funding which would allow the EA and to work in partnership and use the flood defence scheme as a catalyst to promote city centre regeneration. The EA contribution will be through the provision of the flood defences, but early engagement with partners will ensure that the final design incorporates open space and improved public access, as opposed to a scheme where these benefits are retrofitted, which often results in a compromised design.

 Lincolnshire Lakes Flood Risk Strategy (North Lincolnshire) – a transformational, regeneration project on the western fringe of Scunthorpe. The project seeks to bring forward 6,000 homes, a high tech business park, education/community/health facilities, green infrastructure and recreational and functional lakes. This project will allow for the development of sustainable areas that are flood resilient and adaptable for the future with exemplar flood risk defence and drainage infrastructure, to enable the achievement of major social and environmental benefits, including overall reduction of flood risk to nearby communities.

 Albert Dock Tidal Defences (Hull) - The standards of protection afforded by the existing defences at the Albert Dock in Hull are known to be lower than the rest of the city’s Humber frontage. This was brought into stark reality by the impacts of the December 2013 tidal surge event, the direct and indirect costs of which are likely to exceed £50m, with some of the commercial interests in the area unlikely to regain their previous levels of trading. This project will greatly improve the flood defences at the Albert Dock and will ensure that businesses and investors can have confidence in their continued future trading in this location.

 Cleethorpes North Prom Terminal Groyne (North East Lincolnshire) - The Terminal Groyne is the main structure maintaining beach levels along the North Promenade of Cleethorpes. These are vital to maintaining the defence standards of the Promenade sea walls. Exposure to the elements and tidal action has caused gradual deterioration to the groyne over the years. This scheme therefore involves replacing the timber groyne with a rock groyne.. A significant reduction in beach levels would lead to the failure of the sea wall and the loss of the North Promenade and associated building infrastructure, exposing a large area of Grimsby and Cleethorpes to flooding from the sea.

The Humber Growth Deal highlights the significance of flood protection and the positive contribution that this can have on stimulating economic development. Specific reference is made to protecting new and existing properties on both sides of the Humber. For the growth ambitions of the LEP to be delivered both homes and businesses need enhanced standards of flood protection to ensure the major settlement and business areas are protected against any increase in the severity of rainfall events or increased tide levels stemming from climate change. It is an ambition to remove up to 90% of the properties adversely affected by flooding in the 2007 event from the threat of flooding in the future.

The Humber authorities working closely with the LEP have recently submitted to Government (through local parliamentarians) a special case for investment in the Humber. The report 'An economic case for the Humber and UK' clearly sets out the need for £888m3 investment to save £32bn of damages and lost investment.

3 Flood Defences Cost Money, No Flood Defences Cost More - An economic case for the Humber and , July 2014. This figure represents the lower figure from a range of estimates to address the need for improved flood defences in the Humber. The higher range figure is £1.2bn. The Humber Estuary is an internationally important habitat, as well as a unique economic asset. It is acknowledged that developing around the Estuary can be complicated, but the experience of local authorities and the freedoms and flexibilities secured through the Hull & Humber City Deal will help to accelerate sustainable development including building on the Single Conversation pilot and the implementation of Local Development Orders on key Enterprise Zone sites.

In addition to this Plan, partners have agreed to develop a mitigation/compensation plan which will estimate habitat mitigation and compensation requirements arising from development on key sites and the delivery of flood management schemes. The plan will give greater certainty for developers and local authorities in determining what mitigation/compensation requirements need to be provided for specific development projects. This will accelerate significantly consenting timeframes from those experienced with Greenport Hull and Able Marine Energy Park. Statutory agencies have committed to supporting the development of both plans, and will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Humber LEP and local authorities. The compensation and mitigation plan will be led by the Humber Nature Partnership who have already completed a similar exercise for the South Humber Gateway and whose membership includes all the Humber Local Authorities, a number of Environmental consultees (including the statutory agencies), developers and port operators.

Government will work to ensure that public sector land owners (including the Crown Estate) agree to release land at standard commercial rates as identified in the mitigation/compensation plan. Local authorities and statutory agencies will provide key account managers for major developments, including a joint account manager across the three DEFRA agencies. The Government has also committed to work with the Humber LEP to develop plans for the Humber Environmental Data Observatory including options for funding this project from 2014/15

In supporting the energy estuary, it is important that any proposals for onshore renewable energy schemes that come forward are not detrimental to areas of high ecological or landscape value and to our communities. The plan will assist in working positively with the onshore renewables sector to ensure this is achieved.

The potential of the Humber Estuary, coastal and rural landscapes should also be more effectively harnessed alongside urban based attractions to capitalise on tourism and recreational activity - as a means of improving the image of the area and generating further employment opportunities. Working at the Humber LEP level provides a valuable opportunity to develop a more sophisticated approach to protecting and expanding the areas 'Green Infrastructure'. The Local Nature Partnership has a key role to play in this and opportunities should be taken to improve intrinsic environmental quality and to see this as a real benefit in terms of attracting investment to the area.

DELIVERY The Humber LEP and its key partners – both public and private sector – have in recent years established a strong track record of leading, inspiring and facilitating economic growth. Achievements of note include:

 Attracting over £103m of investment through the Local Growth Fund in programmes including major package of flood alleviation projects on the north bank of the Humber; electrification of the Hull-Selby-Leeds railway line; town centre infrastructure works in Grimsby; and housing growth projects in Hull and North Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire Lakes).

 Securing £65m through two rounds of the Regional Growth Fund. The £30m ‘Growing the Humber’ programme, which is unlocking projects that have the potential for growth, has already leveraged £75m of private sector investment and created over 1,000 jobs.

 Securing £14.9m from the Enterprise Zone Capital Grant Fund, which will bring forward the creation of around 350 FTE construction jobs as part of the Able Marine Energy Park development.

 Delivering the Business Loan Fund, which provides loans to businesses to help get stalled projects off the ground.

 Working with partners to develop the Humber LEP’s 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Strategy, feedback on which from Government has commended the inclusive, consultative approach taken by the LEP during its development. The Strategy will result in 1,300 new jobs, 2,500 businesses being assisted and will leverage £26m of private sector match funding.

 Implementing the Humber Skills Pledge campaign to boost investment in training and skills.

 Working with partners to secure additional funding and flexibilities to support growth through the Hull and Humber City Deal.

Progress in delivering the priorities established in the Humber Strategic Economic Plan as reflected in this spatial plan will be reported back to the Humber Investment and Regulation Board as required. The plan itself is seen as a 'live' document and changes flowing from the development of the respective Local Plans and other key investment / development decisions will be incorporated as required.

CONTACTS

Richard Kendall LEP Manager

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