East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy 2005/06

SECTION 2 key points and actions
INTRODUCTION
2.1 A key requirement of a regional monitoring report is to assess the progress made in the policy areas
contained within the RSS and to identify actions required to address any shortcomings.This section considers
the principal key points and actions resulting from each section of the report.
2.2 Included in this section are:
• Key points and actions for this (2005/6) monitoring report,
• Progress on actions arising from the 2004/5 monitoring report (comments made at the Joint Housing, Planning
& Transport Board and actions arising from the main report),
• Report on the conformity of plans, local development frameworks and significant development applications
with the Regional Spatial Strategy.
Key Points and Actions from the 2005/6 Annual Monitoring Report
2.3 The key points below are selected from later sections.
SECTION 3 Housing
Key Points
Housing Provision is above target everywhere
except Northamptonshire
Actions
Figures need to be considered in the context of
the draft Regional Plan and need to look at
methodology for calculating trajectories
Affordable housing provision remains
significantly below target
The RPB and its partners should support the
ongoing work on the ten Housing Market
Assessments which are reviewing the issue of
affordability and affordable housing targets
East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Annual Monitoring Report 2005/06
SECTION 4 Economy
Key Points
A study of employment land provision comparing
forecast future requirements and current supply has
been undertaken in order to propose indicative
land requirements to inform the emerging RSS.The
final report was published in December 2006;
amongst other things it recommends that local
employment land reviews should be undertaken,
perhaps by local authorities working jointly across
Housing Market Areas (HMAs), in order to develop
the overall conclusions of the study
Actions
The conclusions of the Employment Land
Provision Study, as developed through the RSS,
should be used to develop local and joint
studies to inform Local Development
Framework (LDF) preparation
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