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Local Economic Development and the Environment (LEDE) workbook

Local Economic Development and the Environment (LEDE) project researcher workbook

April 2013

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Local Economic Development and the Environment (LEDE) workbook

Organizational details

Name of LEP: New Anglia Lead responsible officer for LEP Name: Role: Address: Telephone number: Mobile telephone number: E-mail address:

Researcher Name: Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd. Organization: Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd. Role: Address: Farthing Green House, 1 Beccles Rd, Loddon, Norfolk, NR14 6LT Telephone number: 01508 528465 Mobile telephone number: E-mail address: [email protected]

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Contents

Contents..................................................................................................................................................3 1. One page initial summary ...............................................................................................................7
1.1. The geographical area of the LEP............................................................................................7 1.2. Description of the economy of the area.................................................................................7 1.3. Challenges faced by the economy ..........................................................................................8 1.4. The plausible future development pathway...........................................................................8
2. Economic development indicators and pathway..........................................................................12
2.1. Indicators for the whole LEP.................................................................................................12
2.1.1. 2.1.2. 2.1.3. 2.1.4. 2.1.5. 2.1.6. 2.1.7. 2.1.8.
Gross Value Added (GVA) data .....................................................................................12 Trend in population for LEP ..........................................................................................14 Commuting patterns.....................................................................................................15 Employment rate LEP twenty years to present ............................................................17 Productivity...................................................................................................................18 Qualifications level........................................................................................................20 Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) ..........................................................................22 Section overview...........................................................................................................24
2.2. Geographical variation within LEP ........................................................................................25
2.2.1. 2.2.2. 2.2.3. 2.2.4. 2.2.5. 2.2.6.
Central economic results ..............................................................................................25 Employment results for LEP twenty years to present ..................................................29 Productivity results for LEP twenty years to present....................................................30 Qualifications levels ......................................................................................................32 Indices for Multiple Deprivation (IMD).........................................................................33 Section overview...........................................................................................................34
2.3. Sectoral variation within LEP ................................................................................................35 2.4. Positive plausible future development pathway – (plan/vision)..........................................37

• 2.4.1.
• GVA results for the next twenty years..........................................................................37

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2.4.2. 2.4.3. 2.4.4. 2.4.5. 2.4.6.
Sectoral make-up ..........................................................................................................38 Employment rate ..........................................................................................................40 GVA Productivity...........................................................................................................41 Qualifications ................................................................................................................41 Overview .......................................................................................................................41
3. Inputs and outputs to the economy .............................................................................................42
3.1. Land use ................................................................................................................................42
3.1.1. 3.1.2.
Current land use pattern within LEP coverage .............................................................42 Changes to land use based on plan/vision/tailored baseline .......................................44
3.2. Land management ................................................................................................................44
3.2.1. 3.2.2.
Rural land management................................................................................................44 Urban land management ..............................................................................................49
3.3. Material input overview........................................................................................................52 3.4. Waste treatment...................................................................................................................57 3.5. Material output overview.....................................................................................................60
4. Provisioning services.....................................................................................................................63
4.1. Fuel........................................................................................................................................63
4.1.1. 4.1.2. 4.1.3. 4.1.4. 4.1.5. 4.1.6.
Oil and Gas ....................................................................................................................63 Coal ...............................................................................................................................66 Nuclear..........................................................................................................................67 Mineral resources .........................................................................................................68 Peat ...............................................................................................................................71 Renewable energy.........................................................................................................74
4.2. Water Supply-Surface Water and Groundwater...................................................................79 4.3. Food ......................................................................................................................................89
4.3.1. 4.3.2.
Agriculture.....................................................................................................................90 Fisheries and aquaculture...........................................................................................100

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• 4.3.3.
• Game and wild food....................................................................................................102

4.4. Fibre ....................................................................................................................................105
4.4.1. 4.4.2. 4.4.3.
Timber.........................................................................................................................105 Reed and Thatch .........................................................................................................111 Hemp...........................................................................................................................114
4.5. Ornamental Resources........................................................................................................114 4.6. Genetic resources ...............................................................................................................115
5. Regulatory services .....................................................................................................................123
5.1. Climate ................................................................................................................................123
5.1.1. 5.1.2.
Global climate change mitigation ...............................................................................123 Local climate regulation..............................................................................................127
5.2. Flood and coastal risk management ...................................................................................129
5.2.1. 5.2.2.
Non-coastal – flooding from rivers, reservoirs, surface runoff and groundwater......129 Coastal flooding ..........................................................................................................137
5.3. Water purification...............................................................................................................140 5.4. Disease and pest regulation................................................................................................144 5.5. Erosion regulation...............................................................................................................148 5.6. Land and soil quality ...........................................................................................................153 5.7. Air-quality............................................................................................................................154 5.8. Noise ...................................................................................................................................158 5.9. Pollination ...........................................................................................................................162
6. Cultural services..........................................................................................................................167
6.1.1. 6.1.2. 6.1.3.
Landscape....................................................................................................................167 Recreation...................................................................................................................170 Aesthetics....................................................................................................................177
6.2. Health..................................................................................................................................179
7. Exploring possibilities..................................................................................................................182

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7.1. Assessing the operational importance of opportunities and threats.................................182 7.2. Tactical ................................................................................................................................185
7.2.1. 7.2.2.
Opportunity:................................................................................................................186 Threat:.........................................................................................................................192
7.3. Strategic ..............................................................................................................................201
7.3.1. 7.3.2.
Opportunities and Threats requiring a strategic response.........................................201 An alternative positive plausible future development pathway for the LEP.......... Error!

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1. One page initial summary

1.1. The geographical area of the LEP

The New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) covers the Local Authority areas of Norfolk and Suffolk. It includes the districts of Norwich, South Norfolk, Great Yarmouth, Broadland,

North Norfolk, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Breckland, Ipswich, Suffolk Coastal, Waveney, Mid

Suffolk, Babergh, St Edmundsbury, and Forest Heath. New Anglia has borders with Lincolnshire and Cambridgshire to the West and Essex to the South (see Figure 1.1.a).

Figure 1.1.a: Map showing the geographical boundaries of the New Anglia Local Enterprise