Annex 7: Completed workbook trial for New Anglia RPA | Annexes Local Economic Development and the Environment (LEDE) workbook Local Economic Development and the Environment (LEDE) project researcher workbook April 2013 1 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] 2 Local Economic Development and the Environment (LEDE) workbook 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. Gross Value Added (GVA) data ..................................................................................... 12 2.1.2. Trend in population for LEP .......................................................................................... 14 2.1.3. Commuting patterns ..................................................................................................... 15 2.1.4. Employment rate LEP twenty years to present ............................................................ 17 2.1.5. Productivity ................................................................................................................... 18 2.1.6. Qualifications level ........................................................................................................ 20 2.1.7. Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) .......................................................................... 22 2.1.8. Section overview ........................................................................................................... 24 2.2. Geographical variation within LEP ........................................................................................ 25 2.2.1. Central economic results .............................................................................................. 25 2.2.2. Employment results for LEP twenty years to present .................................................. 29 2.2.3. Productivity results for LEP twenty years to present .................................................... 30 2.2.4. Qualifications levels ...................................................................................................... 32 2.2.5. Indices for Multiple Deprivation (IMD) ......................................................................... 33 2.2.6. 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 3 Local Economic Development and the Environment (LEDE) workbook 2.4.2. Sectoral make-up .......................................................................................................... 38 2.4.3. Employment rate .......................................................................................................... 40 2.4.4. GVA Productivity ........................................................................................................... 41 2.4.5. Qualifications ................................................................................................................ 41 2.4.6. Overview ....................................................................................................................... 41 3. Inputs and outputs to the economy ............................................................................................. 42 3.1. Land use ................................................................................................................................ 42 3.1.1. Current land use pattern within LEP coverage ............................................................. 42 3.1.2. Changes to land use based on plan/vision/tailored baseline ....................................... 44 3.2. Land management ................................................................................................................ 44 3.2.1. Rural land management ................................................................................................ 44 3.2.2. 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. Oil and Gas .................................................................................................................... 63 4.1.2. Coal ............................................................................................................................... 66 4.1.3. Nuclear .......................................................................................................................... 67 4.1.4. Mineral resources ......................................................................................................... 68 4.1.5. Peat ............................................................................................................................... 71 4.1.6. Renewable energy......................................................................................................... 74 4.2. Water Supply-Surface Water and Groundwater................................................................... 79 4.3. Food ...................................................................................................................................... 89 4.3.1. Agriculture..................................................................................................................... 90 4.3.2. Fisheries and aquaculture ........................................................................................... 100 4 Local Economic Development and the Environment (LEDE) workbook 4.3.3. Game and wild food .................................................................................................... 102 4.4. Fibre .................................................................................................................................... 105 4.4.1. Timber ......................................................................................................................... 105 4.4.2. Reed and Thatch ......................................................................................................... 111 4.4.3. Hemp ........................................................................................................................... 114 4.5. Ornamental Resources ........................................................................................................ 114 4.6. Genetic resources ............................................................................................................... 115 5. Regulatory services ..................................................................................................................... 123 5.1. Climate ................................................................................................................................ 123 5.1.1. Global climate change mitigation ............................................................................... 123 5.1.2. Local climate regulation .............................................................................................. 127 5.2. Flood and coastal risk management ................................................................................... 129 5.2.1. Non-coastal – flooding from rivers, reservoirs,