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The South East Plan will look forward to 2026 and set out strategies for
improving life in the region during that period. For example:
- it will highlight investment priorities for improving transport
- it will review the number of new houses needed in the region each year
- it will set new targets for recycling waste to reduce the need for landfill
- it will recommend ways to improve health and the environment.
The South East England Regional Assembly is responsible for researching
and delivering the South East Plan in consultation with stakeholders throughout the region.
Current planning guidance only covers the period to 2016, and it is recognised that some
major changes will take longer to deliver – for example road or rail improvements,
which take many years to plan and build. Some aspects of the existing guidance also need updating or correcting.
For example, there is a need to update the research that some of the current planning guidance
is based on – taking account of issues such as new technological advances and changes in the way people live
and work.
Government is also keen to decentralise planning from central government to regional level.
It sees regional planning as vital to deliver a clear strategy for major issues that cross individual
local authority boundaries and affect the whole region, providing a bridge between national policy
and local planning.
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