East of England Implementation Plan

EEDA Implementation plan cover PRINT FILE FEB 2010:Implementation plan cover artwork 26/2/10 15:49 Page 1 East of England Implementation Plan The East of England Implementation Plan has been developed by EEDA, EERA and GO-East in partnership with stakeholders in the region. If you have any questions about the implementation plan or the plan development process, please email [email protected] If you know anyone who needs this document in another format or language, please contact the East of England Development Agency and we will do our best to help. East of England East of England Development Agency Victory House Vision Park Chivers Way Histon Implementation Plan Cambridge CB24 9ZR Telephone: 01223 713900 Fax: 01223 713940 How the region will deliver Web: www.eeda.org.uk East of England Regional Assembly the East of England Plan and Flempton House Flempton Bury St Edmunds Regional Economic Strategy Suffolk IP28 6EG Telephone: 01284 728151 Fax: 01284 729429 Web: www.eera.gov.uk February 2010 February 2010 February Foreword East of England Implementation Plan 1 Foreword Foreword The East of England set out its long-term vision for the future in its regional economic and spatial strategies published in 2008. These set ambitious targets for economic growth, housing and affordable homes, employment, skills, the environment and more efficient use of resources. The East of England Implementation Plan sets out how the region will deliver that vision. It creates a common framework for the alignment of national, regional and local investment and sets out compelling evidence to accelerate the funding and delivery of key schemes. This is critical at a time when there are growing pressures on public spending and the East of England already receives one of the lowest levels of public spending per head of any region of the UK. The need to align the funding and activities of partners against commonly shared priorities is greater than ever. The East of England is the first region to integrate the delivery of its economic and spatial strategies in one Implementation Plan – and on the basis of a shared evidence base. It has been led by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) and the East of England Regional Assembly (EERA) and developed through consultation with a wide range of stakeholders in the public, private and third sectors. It demonstrates how we are working together to drive forward sustainable economic growth in a challenging environment and to improve the quality of life for everyone who lives and works in the region. The region will need to overcome many challenges in the future, from improving our transport infrastructure to building the skills level of our workforce, to addressing the supply and affordability of housing and tackling climate change. As this Implementation Plan is taken forward, it will need to be updated to take account of new priorities, legislative developments and constraints on public spending that affect how the objectives of the economic and spatial strategies are delivered. Under the guidance of the new Regional Strategy Board, it is anticipated that this Implementation Plan will assist in the process of future prioritisation and form the basis of a new Single Regional Strategy. Richard Ellis Chair, East of England Development Agency John Reynolds Chairman, East of England Regional Assembly 2 East of England Implementation Plan Foreword East of England Implementation Plan 3 Contents Implementation Plan 1 Introduction 2 1.1 Purpose of East of England Implementation Plan 2 1.2 Context 3 1.3 Our approach 5 2 Our ambitions 10 2.1 Our vision 10 2.2 Ambitions and performance 10 3 Themes and cross-cutting issues 14 3.1 Introduction 14 3.2 Key challenges 16 3.3 Cross-cutting issues 19 4 Housing 25 4.1 Ambitions 25 4.2 Status 25 4.3 Programmes 26 4.4 Key milestones and phasing 40 4.5 Synergies 41 4.6 Delivery and capacity 41 5 Transport 43 5.1 Ambitions 43 5.2 Status 44 5.3 Programmes 44 5.4 Key milestones and phasing 59 5.5 Synergies 60 5.6 Delivery and capacity 60 6 Utilities 63 6.1 Ambitions 63 6.2 Status 64 East of England Implementation Plan Contents 6.3 Programmes 64 6.4 Key milestones and phasing 80 6.5 Synergies 81 6.6 Delivery and capacity 81 7 Enterprise, innovation and business support 84 7.1 Ambitions 84 7.2 Status 85 7.3 Programmes 85 7.4 Key milestones and phasing 104 7.5 Synergies 105 7.6 Delivery and capacity 106 8 Skills and employability 108 8.1 Ambitions 108 8.2 Status 109 8.3 Programmes 110 8.4 Key milestones and phasing 124 8.5 Synergies 125 8.6 Delivery and capacity 126 9 Culture, creativity and the visitor economy 130 9.1 Ambitions 130 9.2 Status 130 9.3 Programmes 131 9.4 Key milestones and phasing 144 9.5 Synergies 145 9.6 Delivery and capacity 145 10 Green infrastructure, landscape, heritage, flood and erosion risk management and the coast 148 10.1 Ambitions 148 10.2 Status 149 10.3 Programmes 149 10.4 Key milestones and phasing 160 East of England Implementation Plan Contents 10.5 Synergies 161 10.6 Delivery and capacity 162 11 Places - our sub-regional priorities 164 11.1 Geography and definition 164 11.2 Common cross-cutting priorities 165 11.3 Introduction to sub-regional priorities 167 11.4 Bedford/Northern Marston Vale 167 11.5 Greater Cambridge 169 11.6 Greater Norwich 172 11.7 Greater Peterborough 174 11.8 Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft 177 11.9 Haven Gateway 181 11.10 Heart of Essex 184 11.11 London Arc West - Hertfordshire 186 11.12 London Arc East - Harlow/Stansted corridor 188 11.13 Luton and Southern Bedfordshire 191 11.14 North/West Norfolk and West Suffolk 194 11.15 Thames Gateway South Essex 198 12 Delivery and monitoring 202 12.1 Leadership and capacity 202 12.2 Regional governance structures 203 12.3 Sub-regional delivery 204 12.4 Regional intelligence 205 12.5 Monitoring 206 Appendices Glossary 2 Acronyms 9 East of England Implementation Plan Introduction 1 East of England Implementation Plan 1 1 Introduction 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose of East of England Implementation Plan The East of England Plan, the regional spatial strategy (RSS) and Inventing our Future, the regional economic strategy (RES) set out a long-term vision for the region’s economic and housing growth. The strategies are owned by the region and can only be delivered through the collaborative work of political, business and community leaders and institutions. This East of England Implementation Plan sets out how the region is working together to deliver the vision and priorities set out in these two strategies. The East of England is the first region to undertake implementation planning jointly for the RES and the RSS. The publication of these two regional strategies within months of each other and the move towards a Single Regional Strategy under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act made a compelling case for developing a joint implementation plan. This approach has been achievable due to the unique degree of alignment between the targets of the two strategies. The main objectives of this plan are to: enable a greater co-ordination of delivery and alignment of major investment decisions across organisations to deliver the long-term vision and objectives of the RES and the RSS assist in the process of future prioritisation by setting out robust and compelling evidence to underpin cases for support in the region create a common framework which partners and stakeholders are invited to use to align business and investment plans provide a platform for the development of the proposed Single Regional Strategy that will combine the region’s spatial and economic strategies. As this Implementation Plan is delivered, the region will need to adapt to a reduction of public resources. This brings into focus the importance of aligning what is available against agreed priorities, and to bring forward new and innovative means of maximising resources. Much work is already taking place at a regional and sub-regional level to support delivery of the vision of the RES and RSS, and this Implementation Plan does not attempt to cover the full breadth of such activities. The focus is on those developments that bring added value in the area of collaborative working either at a regional or sub-regional level. This Implementation Plan is the product of a highly collaborative process involving a range of partners from across the region. Partners have been integral in developing the programmes contained in this plan and a draft plan was subject to a formal written consultation. The East of England Development Agency (EEDA), the East of England Regional Assembly (EERA) and the Government Office for the East of England (GO-East), have led on its development with support and endorsement from a range of regional and sub-regional partners. These partners include the Association of Universities for the East of England (AUEE), the Arts Council East, English Heritage, the Environment Agency, the East of England Skills and Competitiveness Partnership (EESCP), the Highways Agency, the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), Natural England, the East of England Strategic Health Authority, and business representative groups such as the East of England Business Group. This Implementation Plan has been subjected to, and informed by, an independent appraisal process that combined strategic environmental assessment, sustainability appraisal, equality impact assessment, urban and rural proofing and an assessment of health impacts (ISA), together with a Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA).

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