Key Issues

Key Themes in the Plan
Sustainability
Climate Change
Infrastructure
Research Topics
Sub Regional Strategies
Resource Pack
Project Plan
Other Assembly Work

Sub-Regional Strategies

The Plenary session of the Regional Assembly held on 21 July 2004 agreed that the South East Plan will contain nine sub-regional strategy areas.

The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 places considerable emphasis on a sub-regional approach to addressing strategic cross boundary issues both within the region and with other regions. Where necessary and clearly justified, the South East Plan will set out sub-regional policies and proposals to address issues that cannot be dealt with either by individual or joint development plan documents or by other policies in the Plan.

The Plan will include sub-regional policies and proposals to provide the framework for the preparation of local development documents, local transport plans, community plans and other relevant programmes.

The Regional Planning Committee on 28 July 2004 agreed a brief for the preparation of each of the sub-regional strategies.

In accordance with the requirements of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the work set out in the brief for each study will be undertaken by a principal authority, or where there is more than one authority, by those authorities working together.

Click on the map for documents relating to each strategy area:

The draft Sub-Regional Strategies, interim reports and study briefs are available to download from the pages below:

Central Oxfordshire
East Kent and Ashford
Gatwick Area
Isle of Wight
Kent Thames Gateway
London Fringe
Milton Keynes / Aylesbury Vale
South Hampshire
Sussex Coast
Western Corridor

Initial sub regional studies (Autumn 2003)