East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy 2005/06

SECTION 4 economy
East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Annual Monitoring Report 2005/06
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
The monitoring of employment land & floorspace,
along with retail and leisure development is
improving but further progress needs to be made
A number of spatial definitions remain vague
which continues to cause difficulty for data
providers
A number of spatial economy indicators are
insufficiently targeted e.g. in relation to Regional
Spatial Strategy (RSS) Policy 2 or inappropriate or
data has proved impossible to collect over a period
of time
The Strategic Distribution Study confirmed the
importance of the distribution sector to the
economy of the East Midlands, particularly in the
south of the region and within parts of the
Northern sub-area
Leicestershire County Council is a lead partner on a
number of innovative schemes to support the rural
economy
INTRODUCTION
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
The Regional Monitoring & Review and Spatial
Economy Advisory Groups will continue to
support local authorities improve their
monitoring regimes
The Assembly will work with its local authority
partners to agree geographic boundaries
where this is appropriate
A review of indicators and targets has already
taken place as part of the RSS review but these
will be kept under constant review
The Regional Assembly, East Midlands
Development Agency (emda) and the relevant
local authorities and public sector bodies are
already developing and implementing
strategies to improve the regional offer of
employment sites to meet regional objectives.
This work should continue to be seen as a
regional priority with progress closely
monitored
This work can be rolled out to Regional county
partners as an example of good practice;
regional mechanisms need to be identified to
do this
4.1 This section provides analysis on the regional economy related policies contained within RSS8, particularly
covering employment and development and regeneration issues (see table below).
4.2 The overall framework for the economy policies in the region are provided by the Regional Economic
Strategy and the Regional Spatial Strategy.
4.3 Data was again gathered using an employment land monitoring form, similar to the form used for the
2004/05 monitoring report, which required detail on employment land and floorspace.
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