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 alister.scott@bcu.ac.uk@bcualisterscott