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Promoting Growth and LEPs
Alister Scott MRTPIProfessor in Environment and Spatial
Planning
Outline
• GBSLEP unpacked • Spatial Strategy for
Recovery and Growth • Lessons for Planning
and Decision- Makers
My Role (s)
• RTPI Member and spatial planning champion
• Academic researcher• Member of GBSLEP
spatial planning group • Joint lead of Quality of
Life and Environment theme (spatial plan))
Introducing The GBSLEP
Mission• To create Jobs • To grow the economy And in so doing • Raise quality of life for
all the LEP population
Delivering Growth Priorities
LEP Strategy Jigsaw
Why a Spatial Plan?
• Tradition of regional planning in West Midlands • Loss of regional planning layer created strategic planning
vacuum • Need to embed other planning priorities into the LEP
agenda to complement ‘Delivering Growth’ • Voluntary partnership of private, public and
environmental planners ‘to boldly go’ • Duty to Co-operate function • Leadership and vision (Dave Carter/Craig Jordan)
Distinguishing Features
• Spatial expression of GBSLEP Strategy for Growth• Short, 12 pp + illustrations• Informal status and prepared collaboratively• Provide context to inform individual local plans• Long term, 20+ years looking at the scale and spatial
distribution of growth• Provide a focus for relationships with adjoining LEPs• Subject to continuous review and update• Feed into delivery and funding plans
Evolution
• Launch of planning charter (February 2012)• Visioning events cross LEP (September 2012) *
including Rufopoly- (led to themed groups ) • Scenario Building and Testing (Nov-Dec 2012) • Conference (April 2013)• Spatial Strategy Draft LEP Board (June 2013)• Public Consultation (Oct-Dec 2013)• Document Revision • Launch (Spring 2014)
1. 11Conceptual Framework
• Economy • (Jobs ; GVA)• Community • (Education; well being;
healthy living) • Environment (Biodiversity,
CO2, Enrich environment• 2 cross cutting themes
Sustainability Connectivity
Strategic Objectives & Policies
• Homes and Communities
• Shaping the Economy • Sustainable Living and
the Environment • Connectivity
Focus of workshop this afternoon
Spatial Diagram
Second version
Work in progress
GBSLEPSpatial Plan for Recovery & Growth
GBSLEPSpatial Plan for Recovery & Growth
GBSLEPSpatial Plan for Recovery & Growth
GBSLEPSpatial Plan for Recovery & Growth
GBSLEPSpatial Plan for Recovery & Growth
GBSLEPSpatial Plan for Recovery & Growth
GBSLEPSpatial Plan for Recovery & Growth
Scale & Distribution of Growth
Work in progress
Further research required, on both housing* and employment and sustainability assessment
Major LEP issues on housing growth
Housing GrowthGBSLEP: Committed and potential supply of land for housing (000's)
Commitments (plan allocations, permissions)
Potential other sources (SHLAA sites, windfalls)[1]
Total
31.4 62.7 94.1
GBSLEP: Potential housing demand (000’s)[2]
How many homes (CLG) 2011 - 33
How many homes annual average
Provision in plans adopted / emerging[
3]
Annual provision in plans adopted / emerging
153.6 7.0 110 5.0
Notes1. SHLAA’s vary in assumptions and timeframe so indicative only2. CLG figures estimate households, plans set out dwelling requirements so they are not strictly comparable3. Plan timeframes differ so annual requirement multiplied by 22 for comparison
Key Issues for the Long Term
• Addressing housing shortfall • Making Duty to Cooperate work • Engaging with community and environment
stakeholders • Realising rural development opportunity
space• HS2
Take Home Messages
• Its better to light a candle than curse the darkness
• Process of plan formation matters as much as the plan outcome
• Spatial plan is boldly going…….. into regional planning void
• Beware of sectoral fetishes
Finally
• Please provide feedback via the web consultation and survey questionnaire.
• http://centreofenterprise.com/sprgcon/
Contact [email protected]@bcualisterscott
