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Figure 2. Elements of the integrated regional strategy
Regional Housing Strategy for the East of England: 2005–2010
strategy
strategy
strategy
regional
regional
regional
Integrated
Integrated
Integrated
Regional housing
strategy (EERA)
Regional social
strategy (EERA)
Regional
environment strategy
(EERA and EEEF)
Regional
sustainable
development
framework
(EERA and
SDRT)
Regional health
strategy (EERA
in preparation)
Regional economic
strategy (EEDA)
Framework
for regional
employment and
skills action (EEDA)
Regional spatial
strategy (including
regional waste
management
strategy and
regional transport
strategy
Regional cultural
strategy (RCC)
4.22 Policy SS13 in the East of England Plan sets the overall target for the increase in the Region’s
dwelling stock for that period. In practice, this is a key driver in planning the release of land
for residential development. The proposals are draft at this stage and subject to testing at the
Examination in Public. There may need to be a process of review following EIP (see section 9 on
delivery). The East of England Plan aims to ensure that the spatial distribution of development
provides the most sustainable pattern with respect to employment and infrastructure.
4.23 In the East of England as a whole, strategic and operational land-use planning will need to be
undertaken to ensure the provision of a total of 478,000 dwellings over the period 2001–2021.
This indicates an annual average rate of completion of 23,900 net additional dwellings each year.
The Plan and thus the RHS acknowledges that the delivery of this scale of housing is dependent
upon the timely delivery of infrastructure and job growth, and that the housing completions,
infrastructure delivery, job creation and other economic and demographic factors will require close
monitoring. Clearly, these changes will need to be monitored throughout the implementation
period; in the meantime, the average rate offers a useful guide. As a reference point, the average
rate of addition to the Region’s stock in the first three years of the period i.e. between 2001–2004,
was about 19,300 p.a.
4.24 The East of England Plan breaks down the housing provision figures geographically into
the district council and unitary authority areas of the Region. Due to the RHS’s adoption of
sub-regions as the basis for housing investment and policies it is necessary to aggregate district
figures to each sub-regional area. The map at Figure 3 shows a provisional sub-regional
breakdown of the total new housing provision to 2021.
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