Regional planning
Planning matters in a region are managed by a regional planning body. Each regional planning body has to produce a Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS), which will outline the spatial plans for the area and feed into the local plan.
This RSS sets out things such as how many homes are needed to meet the future needs of people in the region, or whether the region needs a new major shopping centre or an airport.
An RSS outlines how a strategy for region should look in 15 to 20 years time and possibly longer.
The RSS identifies the scale and distribution of new housing in the region. It also offers areas for regeneration and expansion. It also lists priorities for the environment, transport, infrastructure, economic development, agriculture, minerals and waste treatment and disposal.
The East of England Regional Assembly (EERA) is the regional planning body for the East of England and has a statutory duty to prepare and implement the Regional Spatial Strategy known in this region as the East of England Plan. A copy of the plan is available on the EERA website by selecting the link entitled East of England Plan (Regional Spatial Strategy) (on the right hand side of the screen).
EERA produce an Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) is to monitor policies in the Regional Spatial Strategy. Copies of these are available by selecting the link entitled East of England Regional Annual Monitoring Reports (on the right hand side of the screen).
This page last updated: 20-05-2008