East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy 2005/06

MT. The sales information shows that in 2004 sales of rock were 28.2 (compared to 28.5MT in 2003) thus
remaining below the guideline figure. Sales information for sand and gravel in 2004 was 10.2MT (compared to
10.9MT in 2003) again below the guideline annual figure for the East Midlands.
The East Midlands Regional Waste Strategy published in January 2006 is a key element of Regional Policy,
providing a strategic framework which will allow the Region as a whole to rapidly progress to more sustainable
ways to produce and consume goods, and then recycle or recover as much value as possible from that waste
which is produced.
There continues to be an increasing proportion of household waste that is either recycled or composted in the
East Midlands. The total amount of household waste produced in the East Midlands in 2005/06 according to the
best value data was 2,180,661 tonnes of which 713,697 tonnes was recycled or composted (32.7%).
Transport
The East Midlands, along with the South West, had the highest growth in traffic with an increase of 21% on major
roads between 1995 and 2005. The number of vehicle kilometres travelled in the East Midlands in 2005 was
40,633 million compared to 38,075 million in 2001.
In 2005/06 a minimum of 874 schools in the East Midlands had travel plans in place compared with 531 in
2004/05 representing an increase of approximately 65%. In 2005/06 a minimum of 279 businesses in the East
Midlands had travel plans in place compared to 168 in 2004/05 representing an increase of approximately 66%.
Sub-Areas
• Eastern Sub Area
Employment rates in coastal local authority areas were similar to those for Lincolnshire as a whole.
There has been a slight increase in visitor spend from 2004 to 2005 in Lincolnshire, although still below that for
2003.
• Lincoln Policy Area
The Lincoln Policy Area Sub-Regional Strategy has now been prepared and is included in the Draft Regional Plan.
• Northern Sub Area
With the exception of Bolsover and Mansfield the local authority areas in the Northern Sub-area have activity
and employment rates similar to that for the East Midlands as a whole.
The Northern Sub-Regional Strategy has now been prepared and is included in the Draft Regional Plan.
• Peak Sub Area
109 new dwellings were built in 2005/06 of which 42% were on previously developed land.
28% of residential dwellings completed over the past 15 years have been tied to an occupancy restriction.The
proportion for 2005/06 was 39%.
• 3 Cities Sub Area
The number of new houses built in the Three Cities Sub-area increased from 8,077 in 2004/05 to 8,453 in
2005/06.
Although data on retail floorspace change between 2001 and 2005 shows a small decline within the Three Cities
Sub-area, major retail developments are currently underway or soon to commence in Leicester, Derby and
Nottingham.
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