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| 25 July 2008 | South East Plan | Key Issues | Consultation | Publications | Links | News | Help | Contacts |
What is the South East Plan?The South East Plan is a document that sets out changes needed to improve the quality of life in the South East England region over the next 20 years. The South East Plan is the name we have given to our Regional Spatial Strategy. We have been asked by the Deputy Prime Minister to produce this new document to replace current planning guidance issued by Government, called Regional Planning Guidance 9 (RPG9). Key topics covered in the Plan are housing, transport, employment and the environment. In early 2005 the draft Plan went out for public consultation. Part 1 of the Plan covering regional policies was approved by the Assembly and handed to Government in July 2005. The region's county and unitary councils then consulted locally on sub-regional details for Part 2 of the Plan in autumn 2005. The full Plan was approved by the Assembly on 1 March 2006 and was submitted to Government on 31 March 2006. Further public consultation ran from 31 March - 23 June 2006, and was followed by an examination in public looking at our proposals. Government then published an independent inspectors' report in August 2007. It is expected that the final Plan will receive Government approval in 2008. All nine regions in England are producing similar documents for their areas. Once approved by Government, they will become statutory documents that local authorities and other agencies will have to follow. In the following audio clips taken from a radio interview in January 2005, Paul Bevan, the Regional Assembly's Chief Executive, speaks about some of the issues addressed in the Plan.
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