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2 Section 1 Introduction 1.8 Preparation was informed by Sustainability Appraisal at both the draft submission and Proposed Changes stages incorporating Strategic Environmental Appraisal. The Secretary of State’s Proposed Changes were assessed against the requirements of the European Habitats Directive (East of England Regional Spatial Strategy Habitats Directive Assessment, ERM, December 2006). In response to representations on that assessment by the Regional Assembly, Natural England and others, the assessment was revisited (Draft Regional Spatial Strategy for the East of England: Appropriate Assessment under the Habitats Regulations, RPS, September 2007) and a number of additional changes made to ensure the Regional Spatial Strategy is fully compliant with the Directive (Secretary of State’s Further Proposed Changes, October 2007). Taking account of the Assessment and the Further Proposed Changes we conclude that the policies of this Plan will not give rise to any adverse effects on the integrity of sites of European or international importance for nature conservation. Sites of European importance for wildlife comprise Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, together with Offshore Marine Sites when designated. Sites of international importance for wildlife refers to those designated under the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. They are not subject to the requirements of the Habitats Directive but, as a matter of Government policy, receive the same protection. 1.9 This RSS covers the period to 2021 but sets a vision, objectives and core strategy for the longer term. In particular it seeks to reduce the region’s impact on, and exposure to, the effects of climate change and to put in place a development strategy with the potential to support continued sustainable growth beyond 2021. It incorporates the Regional Transport Strategy. 1.10 The RSS is accompanied by a Monitoring Framework and Implementation Plan produced by EERA and its partners and by EERA’s Annual RSS Monitoring Report (see Section 14, Implementation, Monitoring and Review). Key Drivers of Policy in the East of England 1.11 This RSS responds to a number of regional policy drivers by: • Fostering and developing European and inter-regional links. The region has global, European, and inter-regional links, e.g. via inward-investment, transport and communications, trading links and key employment clusters. It is also a conduit between the rest of the UK and Europe; • Recognising London’s role as a world city and national economic powerhouse, directly or indirectly employing a significant proportion of the region’s population and contributing to regional prosperity, whilst exerting pressures on the region – for example in terms of migration, impact on transport networks and waste management; • Putting in place a framework that promotes sustainable development, especially to address housing shortages, support the continued growth of the economy and enable all areas to share in prosperity, whilst driving up energy efficiency and carbon performance, improving water efficiency and recycling an increasing percentage of waste; • Reconciling growth with protection of the environment and avoiding adverse effect on sites of European or international importance for nature conservation; • Concentrating growth at the key centres for development and change, which include all the region’s main urban areas and have potential to accommodate substantial development in sustainable ways to 2021 and beyond, whilst maintaining the general extent of the green belt; • Recognising the importance of a number of priority areas for regeneration, which include many of the key centres for development and change, whilst not overlooking pockets of deprivation in otherwise relatively buoyant towns and rural areas;
East of England Plan 3 • Setting in motion a dynamic growth strategy that will endure well beyond 2021, involving an early review of this RSS (see Policy IMP3); • Integrating region-wide policy for the East of England with the Milton Keynes and South Midlands Sub-Regional Strategy published in 2005; and • Taking account of the 2003 Aviation White Paper, notably the implications of continuing expansion at Stansted and Luton airports. 1.12 Policies in this RSS are illustrated by a Key Diagram which is folded into the back cover. Figure 1 illustrates the location of the East of England relative to other English regions and North West Europe. Figure 2 shows the local authorities in the region. Inter-Regional Linkages 1.13 The RSS has been informed by and responds to the relationships between the East of England, adjacent regions and the rest of Europe. Key inter-regional linkages are identified in the table overleaf. Figure 1: The East of England: Regional and European Context
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