RSS East Of England Plan - Broads Authority

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Section 13 Sub-Areas and Key Centres for Development and Change
POLICY HG2: Employment Generating Development
Local Development Documents should provide an enabling context for not less than 50,000 additional jobs in
Haven Gateway distributed as in Policy E1.
The local authorities, supported by regional and local partners, should facilitate this increase in jobs by promoting a
competitive sub-regional business environment through:
• supporting the maintenance and appropriate expansion of the ports, maritime and related activities, recognising
the role they play in making the sub-region a major economic growth point and approved proposals for
container handling capacity at Bathside Bay and Felixstowe South;
• promoting the urban areas of Colchester and Ipswich as major centres of employment;
• providing appropriate sites, premises and infrastructure to attract a diverse range of employment to Ipswich,
Colchester, Harwich, Felixstowe and Clacton;
• regeneration initiatives in Colchester (St Botolphs, North Station, East and North Colchester and the Garrison),
Ipswich Waterfront and Village, Felixstowe (including measures to address its falling status as a resort), Harwich,
Clacton, Jaywick and smaller scale projects elsewhere, with a focus on employment diversification and other
social aims as well as physical renewal.
13.30 The economic structure of the area is diverse, principally based on:
• a concentration of transport and logistics industries related to the internationally important Haven Ports;
• expanding cultural, tourism and marine leisure industries;
• the diverse economies of Ipswich and Colchester with a substantial service sector based on administration,
insurance, financial and professional services;
• academic institutions, including Essex University, the proposed Essex University Science Park, and the new University
Campus Suffolk on Ipswich Waterfront;
• established and expanding ICT clusters, including Adastral Park at Martlesham and its proposed Innovation Centre,
the Cambridge to Ipswich corridor and Colchester Science Park.
13.31 Further employment is expected in these sectors reflecting the maturing of the sub-region’s economy and expanding
population base. A significant amount of growth will be at Colchester and Ipswich, reflecting their roles as sub-regional
centres.
POLICY HG3: Transport Infrastructure
Priorities for transport in the sub-region should focus on the urban centres of Colchester and Ipswich and on the
strategic infrastructure and services to facilitate access to and from the Haven Ports.
13.32 Freight movement to and from the Haven Ports imposes major demands on the sub-region’s transport infrastructure and
minimising their impacts is important to allowing these networks to serve the needs from locally focussed developments,
particularly in the main urban areas.