RSS East Of England Plan - Broads Authority

East of England Plan
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INTER-REGIONAL LINKAGES
East Midlands
London
• Net migration from East of
England into East Midlands
• Substantial net migration from London into East of England, placing
demands on housing market
• Strategic transport links
along Midland Mainline,
East Coast Mainline, M1
and A14
• The A14 provides a
strategic east/west route
between
Felixstowe/Harwich ports
and the Midlands
• Role of the Felixstowe-
Nuneaton Route in
accommodating rail freight
• Role of Peterborough as a
services and employment
centre serving parts of
Lincolnshire,
Northamptonshire and
Rutland
• The Wash as a shared
environmental asset and
World Heritage Site
• Shared issues of flood risk
management in coastal and
low lying areas
• Shared importance of
agricultural & food industries
• Substantial net commuting from East of England into London,
particularly from London Arc districts
• Key economic sectors and clusters in East of England are dependant
on proximity to the buoyant London economy.
• M25 orbital and national radial routes from London pass through the
East of England
• Shared transport planning issues, including better integration of
public transport, demand management options in congested
corridors, need for consistent parking standards and need for rail
freight interchanges
• London’s airports serve demand arising in East of England – shared
interest in coordinated planning of airport expansion
• Thames Gateway a regeneration and growth area of national
importance extending from inner East London to Southend.
• London / Stansted / Cambridge / Peterborough Growth Area begins
in the lower Lee Valley in East London, with priority areas for
regeneration extending into the East of England along the Lee Valley
• Major town centre and out of centre shopping centres have
overlapping catchments that cross the Greater London boundary.
• London will continue to need to export waste for
management/disposal in East of England, albeit a diminishing
quantity and comprising a progressively higher proportion of treated
residues
• Outdoor recreation resources of inter-regional importance on the
edge of London, including the Lee Valley Regional Park
South East
Similar interest to East of
England in relationship to
London regarding
migration, commuting,
transport and inter-regional
waste planning
Direct linkages with East of
England are:
• Role of Milton Keynes /
South Midlands Growth
area in meeting wider needs
as part of the Sustainable
Communities Plan
• Cross Thames linkages
between Essex Thames
Gateway and Kent Thames
Gateway, which share
similar regeneration and
infrastructure issues
• Shared interest in the
Chilterns AONB and
Thames Estuary, the latter
an ecosystem of
international importance
• Shared concerns about
stewardship of water
resources
Continental Europe
• Ports of Felixstowe,
Harwich, and Great
Yarmouth together with Port
of London facilities in Essex
provide major gateways for
UK foreign trade
• A14 and A120 are part of
Trans European Road
Network
• Passenger links to
Continental Europe via
Stansted Airport, Harwich
and the Channel Tunnel Rail
Link from London,
accessed at Stratford in the
Lower Lee Valley
• EU Regional Programmes
provide support for parts of
East of England including
extensive rural areas.
• Shared issues regarding
impacts of climate change
along low lying and
vulnerable North Sea
coastline
• Shared interest in North Sea
resources including
renewable energy