The

Nor

th W

est o

f Eng

land

Pla

n R

egio

nal S

patia

l Str

ateg

y to

202

1

Sum

mar

y of

Rep

rese

ntat

ions

Sta

tem

ent o

f Rea

sons

for

Fur

ther

Cha

nges

The

Nor

th W

est o

f Eng

land

Pla

n R

egio

nal S

patia

l Str

ateg

y to

202

1

Sum

mar

y of

Rep

rese

ntat

ions

Sta

tem

ent o

f Rea

sons

for

Fur

ther

Cha

nges

Sum

mar

y of

Rep

rese

ntat

ions

Rec

eive

d N

umbe

r, T

ype

and

Ori

gin

of R

epre

sent

atio

ns R

ecei

ved

Bac

kgro

und

The

Sec

reta

ry o

f Sta

te’s

pro

pose

d ch

ange

s w

ere

publ

ishe

d fo

r co

nsul

tatio

n on

20

Mar

ch 2

008,

with

com

men

ts in

vite

d by

23

May

20

08.

Eve

ry o

rgan

isat

ion

and

pers

on in

volv

ed in

ear

lier

stag

es o

f RS

S p

repa

ratio

n w

ere

cons

ulte

d on

the

Pro

pose

d C

hang

es a

nd

asso

ciat

ed d

ocum

ents

, whi

ch w

ere

plac

ed o

n de

posi

t at L

ibra

ries

and

Cou

ncil

offic

es th

roug

hout

the

regi

on a

nd a

lso

mad

e av

aila

ble

on th

e G

ON

W a

nd R

egio

nal A

ssem

bly’

s w

ebsi

tes.

A p

ress

rel

ease

was

als

o is

sued

. In

res

pons

e to

the

cons

ulta

tion

exer

cise

a to

tal o

f 183

6 re

pres

enta

tions

wer

e re

ceiv

ed fr

om 1

49 p

eopl

e an

d or

gani

satio

ns.

Mor

e de

tails

abo

ut th

e or

igin

and

nat

ure

of th

ese

repr

esen

tatio

ns a

re s

et o

ut in

the

two

tabl

es b

elow

. A

ll re

pres

enta

tions

mad

e ar

e av

aila

ble

to v

iew

alo

ng w

ith th

e co

nsul

tatio

n do

cum

ents

on

the

GO

NW

con

sulta

tion

port

al w

ebsi

te.

Typ

e o

f R

esp

on

den

t N

um

ber

of

Res

po

nd

ents

N

um

ber

of

Res

po

nse

s C

ampa

ign

Gro

up

3 6

Gov

ernm

ent A

genc

y 10

51

1 Lo

cal A

utho

rity

35

579

Par

ish

Cou

ncil

7 12

O

ther

Com

pany

/Bus

ines

s 35

20

1 O

ther

Pub

lic S

ecto

r B

ody

9 17

4 P

rivat

e In

divi

dual

26

78

B

usin

ess/

Tra

de A

ssoc

iatio

n 4

28

Vol

unta

ry/C

omm

unity

/Cha

rity

Gro

up

20

247

To

tal

149

1836

Rep

rese

ntat

ions

by

Cha

pter

Pro

po

sed

Ch

ang

es C

hap

ter

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pp

ort

O

bje

ct

Co

mm

ent

To

tal

Gen

eral

Co

mm

ent

5 1

0 6

Ou

r V

isio

n

2 5

3 10

1

Rol

e &

Pur

pose

11

0

2 13

2

Our

Reg

ion

41

12

3 56

3

Pol

icy

Con

text

14

4

0 18

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tial P

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78

11

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21

5 5

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iona

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ram

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k 83

10

0 29

21

2 6

Wor

king

in th

e N

orth

Wes

t 76

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21

19

0 7

Livi

ng in

the

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th W

est

94

140

4 23

8 8

Tra

nspo

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the

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59

145

5 20

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ironm

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& E

nerg

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28

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ter

City

Reg

ion

21

32

4 57

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Sou

th C

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0 12

12

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erpo

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ity R

egio

n 49

36

5

90

13 C

entr

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Reg

ion

29

26

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14

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& N

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cash

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25

22

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and

Rev

iew

12

14

0

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16 A

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and

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n P

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aps

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53

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l 73

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5 14

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36

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cent

age

of R

epre

sent

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ns b

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nviro

nmen

t, M

iner

als,

W

aste

& E

nerg

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.5%

8 T

rans

port

in th

e N

orth

Wes

t11

.4%

7 Li

ving

in th

e N

orth

Wes

t13

.0%

6 W

orki

ng in

the

Nor

th W

est

10.3

%

5 R

egio

nal S

patia

l Fra

mew

ork

11.5

%

4 S

patia

l Prin

cipl

es11

.7%

3 P

olic

y C

onte

xt1.

0%

2 O

ur R

egio

n3.

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ole

& P

urpo

se0.

7%

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ion

0.5%

Gen

eral

Com

men

t0.

3%

10 M

anch

este

r C

ity R

egio

n3.

1%

11 S

outh

Che

shire

0.7%

12 L

iver

pool

City

Reg

ion

4.9%

13 C

entr

al L

anca

shire

City

R

egio

n3.

5%

16 A

sses

smen

t of R

epla

ced

and

Pot

entia

lly S

aved

Str

uctu

re P

lan

Pol

icie

s1.

0%

14 C

umbr

ia &

Nor

th L

anca

shire

2.9%

15 Im

plem

enta

tion,

Mon

itorin

g an

d R

evie

w1.

4%

App

endi

x R

T0.

3%

Map

s &

Dia

gram

s3.

2%

5

SU

MM

AR

Y O

F R

EP

RE

SE

NT

AT

ION

S

R

SS

Ch

apte

r / P

olic

y / M

aps

&

Dia

gra

ms

Su

mm

ary

of

Rep

rese

nta

tio

ns

(No

. of

Res

po

nd

ents

/Res

po

nse

s)

Gen

eral

Co

mm

ent

(6

/6)

Ou

r V

isio

n

Most

comm

ents

relat

e to t

he pr

opos

ed de

letion

of th

e wor

ding "

live w

ithin

its m

eans

", eit

her w

antin

g its

reten

tion o

r rep

lacem

ent b

y alte

rnati

ve

word

ing. S

ome s

uppo

rt for

the r

edra

fted V

ision

.

(10/1

0)

1 R

ole

& P

urp

ose

Th

e majo

rity of

resp

onde

nts su

ppor

ted th

e cha

nges

mad

e at th

e Pro

pose

d Cha

nges

stag

e.

(4

/13)

2 O

ur

Reg

ion

Th

e majo

rity of

the c

omme

nts ar

e in f

avou

r of th

e cha

nges

. Con

cern

s exp

ress

ed th

at the

tran

spor

t netw

ork n

eede

d imp

rove

ments

, that

the

diagr

ams s

hould

be ba

sed o

n Sup

er O

utput

level

data,

that

deve

lopme

nt wo

uld be

dire

cted t

o Sou

th Ma

nche

ster a

nd W

est C

hesh

ire, w

hich w

as

not c

onsid

ered

susta

inable

, inste

ad of

area

s whic

h req

uired

urba

n ren

aissa

nce.

Some

conc

ern w

as ra

ised a

bout

the th

ree a

uthor

ities t

hat w

ill be

come

Che

shire

Eas

t in tw

o sep

arate

area

s, tra

nspo

rt lin

ks be

twee

n Dee

side a

nd ec

onom

ically

depr

ived c

ommu

nities

of W

irral

and M

erse

yside

.

(14/5

6)

3 P

olic

y C

on

text

Co

mmen

ts re

ceive

d tha

t indic

ate th

at it w

ould

be he

lpful

to se

e how

AfS

fits i

n with

othe

r Stra

tegies

and t

he R

SS, a

nd th

at the

Nor

th W

est G

reen

Inf

rastr

uctur

e Guid

e, pu

blish

ed by

Nor

th W

est G

reen

Infra

struc

ture T

hink T

ank P

artne

rs, sh

ould

be ad

ded t

o the

list o

f Reg

ional

Stra

tegies

.

(8/18

)

4 S

pat

ial P

rin

cip

les

Gene

ral s

uppo

rt. D

P1-D

P9 pa

rticula

rly. D

P6 su

bject

to mi

nor c

hang

es.

(2

/2)

DP

1 S

patia

l Prin

cipl

es

The r

espo

nses

rece

ived h

ighlig

hted g

ener

al su

ppor

t for t

he po

licy b

ut co

nside

red m

ore d

etail s

hould

be ad

ded r

elatin

g to e

ngag

emen

t, ac

cess

ibility

and r

egen

erati

on th

roug

h cult

ural

identi

ty. C

onsu

ltees

howe

ver r

aised

conc

ern a

t the l

oss o

f bull

et po

ints o

n safe

guar

ding r

ural

comm

unitie

s. Iss

ues o

f acc

ess t

o pub

lic tr

ansp

ort in

rura

l are

as -

if this

appli

ed in

flexib

ly thi

s cou

ld sti

fle de

velop

ment

in ru

ral a

reas

and b

e a

barri

er to

deve

lopme

nt. C

once

rn ab

out th

e cha

nge f

rom

“dev

elopm

ent c

ontro

l” to “

deve

lopme

nt ma

nage

ment

“. Th

e prin

ciples

of th

is po

licy s

hould

be

follo

wed i

n the

RSS

and n

ot de

legate

d to o

ther t

iers a

nd pl

ans a

nd st

rateg

ies.

(2

2/25)

6

RS

S C

hap

ter

/ Po

licy

/ Map

s &

D

iag

ram

s S

um

mar

y o

f R

epre

sen

tati

on

s (N

o. o

f R

esp

on

den

ts/R

esp

on

ses)

DP

2 P

rom

ote

Sus

tain

able

C

omm

uniti

es

A mi

x of r

espo

nses

was

rece

ived f

rom

cons

ultee

s. Su

ppor

t was

rece

ived i

n the

form

of th

e emp

hasis

plac

e on s

ustai

nable

comm

unitie

s, an

d the

lin

ks to

polic

y EM3

and t

he H

ousin

g Mar

ket R

enew

al sc

heme

s. Co

nsult

ees h

owev

er ob

jected

to th

e rem

oval

of “m

eans

of tr

avel”

. Fur

ther c

larity

is

requ

ired a

bout

the H

ousin

g Mar

ket R

enew

al Ar

eas a

nd C

umbr

ia Lo

cal A

uthor

ities i

nclus

ion in

thes

e are

as, if

exclu

ded b

oth F

urne

ss an

d Wes

t Cu

mbria

need

to be

listed

. Con

sulte

es ra

ised i

ssue

s abo

ut ma

nagin

g tra

vel a

nd re

ducin

g nee

d to t

rave

l as t

his do

es no

t alig

n with

the n

ation

al an

d Cum

bria

polic

y. T

he po

licy s

hould

inclu

de a

more

proa

ctive

phra

se on

cons

ervin

g reg

ions h

erita

ge. F

lood r

isk to

exist

ing po

pulat

ion ne

eds t

o be

addr

esse

d in b

ullet

point

5.

(1

6/19)

D

P3

Sus

tain

able

Eco

nom

ic

Dev

elop

men

t

A nu

mber

of co

nsult

ees s

uppo

rt thi

s poli

cy an

d the

prop

osed

chan

ges.

Howe

ver c

onsu

ltees

requ

ested

clar

ificati

on of

the m

eanin

g of

susta

inable

. It w

as hi

ghlig

hted t

hat e

cono

mic g

rowt

h may

not r

educ

e ine

quali

ties a

nd sh

ould

say “

susta

inable

econ

omic

deve

lopme

nt”. C

onsu

ltees

also

su

gges

ted an

amen

dmen

t to G

VA re

feren

ce to

Che

shire

.

(12/1

4)

DP

4 M

ake

the

best

use

of E

xist

ing

Res

ourc

es &

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Cons

ultee

s rais

ed is

sues

relat

ing to

the i

ssue

of ac

cess

to ru

ral a

reas

by pu

blic t

rans

port.

A m

ismatc

h was

iden

tified

betw

een w

ater r

esou

rces

and d

evelo

pmen

t, as h

ousin

g dev

elopm

ent s

hould

be at

a sc

ale w

hich c

an be

supp

orted

by kn

own a

nd pr

edict

ed w

ater r

esou

rces.

Cons

ultee

s hig

hligh

ted co

ncer

n abo

ut the

remo

val o

f reu

se of

build

ings f

rom

the 1st p

riority

. The

infra

struc

ture r

equir

emen

ts we

re co

nside

red t

o be t

oo

restr

ictive

. A m

ismatc

h exis

ts be

twee

n the

polic

y whic

h dra

ws he

avily

on th

e PPG

3 app

roac

h and

PPS

3 app

roac

h. Th

ere a

re is

sues

relat

ing to

the

phra

se “n

orma

lly on

the f

ringe

s”. F

urthe

r con

sider

ation

shou

ld be

give

n to u

rban

exten

sions

and n

ew to

wns.

An em

phas

is sh

ould

be pl

aced

on

non c

oasta

l Eur

opea

n site

s in N

orth

Wale

s and

partn

ersh

ip wo

rking

cros

s bor

der t

o mini

mise

impa

cts.

(2

1/23)

DP

5 M

anag

e T

rave

l Dem

and

A nu

mber

of co

nsult

ees s

uppo

rt the

polic

y it p

rovid

es un

derp

inning

princ

iples

for t

he re

st of

the R

SS. H

owev

er, is

sues

wer

e rais

ed re

lating

to

acce

ss fo

r pub

lic tr

ansp

ort in

rura

l are

as. L

ocal

Servi

ce C

entre

s sho

uld be

inclu

ded i

n the

polic

y. Th

ere i

s a ne

ed to

inclu

de a

cons

idera

tion o

f the

mana

geme

nt of

freigh

t. The

re is

a ne

ed to

inclu

de th

e sus

taina

ble tr

ansp

ort h

ierar

chy a

s rec

omme

nded

in S

A.

(2

2/28)

DP

6 M

arry

Opp

ortu

nity

& N

eed

Cons

ultee

s rais

e iss

ues a

bout

the lin

ks be

twee

n are

as of

oppo

rtunit

y and

need

and t

he ch

allen

ges t

hat th

is wi

ll brin

g. Co

ncer

n wa

s rias

ed ab

out

the po

licy a

s it d

oes n

ot ad

dres

s the

rege

nera

tion a

nd em

ploym

ent is

sues

of th

e are

as of

need

and j

ust u

ses t

hem

as fe

eder

area

s for

area

s of

oppo

rtunit

y, Co

nsult

ees w

ere c

once

rned

that

depe

nding

upon

the s

cale

at wh

ich th

is op

erate

s this

will

lead t

o uns

ustai

nable

deve

lopme

nt an

d co

mmuti

ng. T

his po

licy s

hould

unde

rpin

RDF1

and p

rioriti

se C

ity R

egion

s. Th

e poli

cy sh

ould

be lin

ked t

o poli

cy D

P5. C

once

rn th

at ac

cess

may

be

seen

as m

ore i

mpor

tant th

at su

staina

bility

and t

hat a

cces

s by c

yclin

g and

walk

ing sh

ould

be in

clude

d.

(1

7/21)

DP

7 P

rom

ote

Env

ironm

enta

l Q

ualit

y

Supp

ort fo

r the

polic

y rela

ting t

o gre

en in

frastr

uctur

e and

the t

ranq

uillity

of th

e cou

ntrys

ide, a

nd th

e rec

ognit

ion of

the c

ommi

tmen

t to E

urop

ean

sites

. How

ever

cons

ultee

s hav

e ind

icated

that

in or

der t

o alig

n with

Nati

onal

Biod

iversi

ty tar

gets

there

need

s to b

e a pr

esum

ption

to “m

aintai

n and

en

hanc

e Biod

iversi

ty an

d ass

essm

ents”

of al

l des

ignate

d site

s not

just E

urop

ean s

ites w

here

deve

lopme

nt is

likely

to ha

ve an

impa

ct. T

he po

licy

shou

ld re

flect

the hi

storic

envir

onme

nt in

grea

ter de

tail. C

once

rn ab

out p

hras

e “as

sess

ing tr

affic

grow

th”. C

once

rn th

at it r

epea

ts na

tiona

l guid

ance

an

d iss

ues r

egar

ding H

abita

ts Re

gulat

ion A

sses

smen

t and

air a

nd w

ater q

uality

could

be de

alt w

ith m

ore s

uccin

ctly.

Text

could

be a

dded

relat

ing

to cu

lture

and a

voidi

ng ur

banis

ation

of hi

gh va

lue ru

ral a

reas

. Tex

t sho

uld be

adde

d rela

ting t

o the

comb

inatio

n of e

ffects

and m

ore e

mpha

sis

shou

ld be

plac

ed on

non c

oasta

l Wels

h site

s and

cros

s bou

ndar

y wor

king.

The p

olicy

shou

ld re

fer to

inlan

d and

coas

tal w

aters

and t

he ne

ed fo

r

7

RS

S C

hap

ter

/ Po

licy

/ Map

s &

D

iag

ram

s S

um

mar

y o

f R

epre

sen

tati

on

s (N

o. o

f R

esp

on

den

ts/R

esp

on

ses)

impr

ovem

ent o

f coa

stal w

aters.

(26/4

0)

DP

8 M

ains

trea

m R

ural

Issu

es

Cons

ultee

s lar

gely

supp

ort th

e poli

cy ho

weve

r the

y ind

icate

that it

shou

ld co

nside

r the

mea

ning a

nd ne

cess

ity fo

r the

wor

d main

strea

m. In

ad

dition

the p

olicy

shou

ld pr

ovide

guida

nce f

or ar

eas o

utside

Loca

l Ser

vice C

entre

s and

Key

Ser

vice C

entre

s.

(1

0/12)

D

P9

Red

uce

Em

issi

ons

& A

dapt

to

Clim

ate

Cha

nge

The m

ajority

of co

nsult

ees o

bject

to the

polic

y and

are c

once

rned

abou

t the l

oss o

f targ

ets w

hich m

any t

hink s

hould

be re

instat

ed or

incre

ased

in

line w

ith IP

CC ta

rgets

. Wor

ding s

hould

be ad

ded t

o the

polic

y rela

ting t

o pea

t bog

s as c

arbo

n stor

es. A

dditio

nal w

ordin

g sho

uld be

adde

d abo

ut fra

gmen

tation

and h

abita

t cre

ation

to ad

dres

s the

need

for s

pecie

s mov

emen

t as a

resu

lt of C

limate

chan

ge. C

once

rns h

ave b

een r

aised

abou

t the

requ

ireme

nt re

lating

the N

orth

Wes

t integ

rated

Too

l kit t

o be t

he de

velop

ment

of loc

al too

lkits,

requ

ireme

nts fo

r Sus

taina

bility

App

raisa

l and

iss

ues a

bout

the ch

eckli

st ap

proa

ches

not b

eing a

pplic

able

to all

type

s of d

evelo

pmen

t. Sus

taina

ble U

rban

Dra

inage

syste

ms ar

e not

appr

opria

te as

part

of mi

tigati

on bu

t wou

ld be

bette

r inclu

ded a

s par

t of th

e ada

ptatio

n alon

g with

wate

r effic

iency

and b

uildin

g des

ign is

sues

.

(30/3

1)

5 R

egio

nal

Sp

atia

l Fra

mew

ork

(2

/2)

RD

F 1

Spa

tial P

riorit

ies

A mi

x of r

espo

nses

wer

e rec

eived

from

cons

ultee

s, inc

luding

some

sign

ifican

t obje

ction

s rela

ting t

o the

Pro

pose

d Cha

nges

wor

ding.

Some

co

nsult

ees,

includ

ing th

ose L

ocal

Autho

rities

high

lighte

d in t

he po

licy a

nd al

so fr

om pr

ivate

deve

loper

s sup

porte

d the

focu

s on r

egion

al ce

ntres

an

d the

elev

ation

of C

heste

r. So

me co

nsult

ees a

lso in

dicate

d tha

t the p

olicy

was

bette

r alig

ned w

ith th

e Reg

ional

Econ

omic

Stra

tegy.

Cons

ultee

s we

re ho

weve

r con

cern

ed as

to ho

w the

polic

y wor

ks an

d the

appr

oach

take

n. Fu

rther

infor

matio

n was

requ

ested

as to

how

chan

ges h

ave b

een

evide

nced

and t

ested

. The

prop

osed

chan

ges g

o aga

inst P

anel

Reco

mmen

datio

ns, p

artic

ularly

on C

heste

r and

tier 4

with

out a

ny ev

idenc

e for

re

ason

ing. T

here

is no

clea

r poli

cy on

City

Reg

ion ar

eas o

utside

listed

centr

es an

d som

e City

Reg

ion lo

catio

ns se

emed

to ha

ve be

en do

wngr

aded

be

low hi

ghlig

hted n

on-C

ity R

egion

centr

es. T

here

is a

need

to ad

dres

s iss

ues o

f dep

rived

subu

rban

area

s. It i

s unc

lear w

hat th

e sta

tus of

the

highli

ghted

town

s mea

n as t

his cr

eates

a tie

r 3a a

nd 3b

. Con

sulte

es w

ere c

once

rned

abou

t loss

of a

spec

ific K

ey S

ervic

e Cen

tre po

licy.

Birke

nhea

d has

been

alloc

ated i

n the

wro

ng tie

r. Co

nsult

ees w

ere c

once

rned

that

the po

licy w

ould

step u

p gro

wth i

n rem

ote lo

catio

ns, r

esult

ing in

un

susta

inable

deve

lopme

nt. T

he po

licy h

as a

lack o

f diffe

renti

ation

betw

een r

egen

erati

on an

d gro

wth.

(53/8

2)

RD

F 2

Rur

al A

reas

, KS

Cs,

LS

Cs

A mi

x of r

espo

nses

from

cons

ultee

s rec

eived

. Som

e sup

port

for de

letion

of ta

ble 7.

1 and

KSC

being

defin

ed lo

cally

, but

there

was

also

conc

ern

abou

t dela

ys in

defin

ition,

incon

sisten

cy of

crite

ria to

be us

ed an

d the

lack

of de

tail o

f crite

ria. C

once

rns w

ere a

lso ra

ised a

bout

the la

ck of

crite

ria

for K

ey S

ervic

e Cen

tres i

n urb

an an

d sub

urba

n are

as. T

here

was

some

conc

ern t

hat R

SS m

ay no

t clea

rly id

entify

a se

ttleme

nt hie

rarch

y. Re

gard

ing th

e Ope

n Cou

ntrys

ide so

me co

ncer

ns w

ere r

aised

from

the p

rivate

secto

r tha

t the p

olicy

is m

ore r

estric

tive t

han n

ation

al po

licy a

nd th

at it a

pplie

s exc

eptio

nal te

sts to

deve

lopme

nt wh

ich ha

s bee

n acc

eptab

le.

The p

olicy

need

s a cl

ear d

efinit

ion of

wha

t “ru

ral a

reas

” are

and t

here

are c

once

rns t

hat m

any a

reas

wou

ld no

t be c

over

ed. A

lso co

ncer

ns ab

out

confl

icts w

ith po

licy D

P8. C

onsu

ltees

cons

idere

d tha

t inno

vatio

n and

flexib

le ap

proa

ches

shou

ld be

appli

cable

acro

ss al

l the c

ountr

yside

, not

just

spec

ific ar

eas o

f it. C

once

rn th

at las

t sec

tion o

f the p

olicy

shou

ld re

late t

o all o

pen c

ountr

yside

not ju

st sp

arse

area

s. Ne

ed fu

rther

clar

ificati

on of

8

RS

S C

hap

ter

/ Po

licy

/ Map

s &

D

iag

ram

s S

um

mar

y o

f R

epre

sen

tati

on

s (N

o. o

f R

esp

on

den

ts/R

esp

on

ses)

terms

such

as “m

axim

ise” in

relat

ion to

econ

omy,

“rura

l env

ironm

ental

inhe

ritanc

e” an

d “op

en co

untry

side”

. Role

of M

arke

t town

s nee

ds to

be

includ

ed. N

eed t

o reta

in po

int ab

out e

mpow

erme

nt of

local

comm

unitie

s. Ne

ed cl

arific

ation

of th

e app

roac

h for

small

er se

ttleme

nts ou

tside

Key

Se

rvice

Cen

tres a

nd Lo

cal S

ervic

e Cen

tres a

s con

sider

ed th

at ov

er co

ncen

tratio

n in t

hese

area

s not

susta

inable

for t

hese

area

s.

(4

8/67)

R

DF

3 T

he C

oast

Co

nsult

ees i

ndica

ted th

at the

re w

as in

cons

isten

t con

sider

ation

of th

e Hab

itats

Regu

lation

s Ass

essm

ent in

this

polic

y and

issu

es w

ith th

e ter

mino

logy a

nd re

feren

cing o

f SPA

s and

SAC

s and

cand

idate

and p

otenti

al sit

es. C

onsu

ltees

cons

idere

d the

wor

ding “

all bu

t exc

eptio

nal “t

o be

too lo

ose a

nd op

en to

subje

ctive

inter

preta

tion.

Conc

erns

wer

e rais

ed ab

out th

e dele

tion o

f var

ious e

lemen

ts of

text a

nd fo

otnote

s suc

h as

refer

ence

s to c

limate

chan

ge, IC

ZM, C

oasta

l For

um, a

nd th

e foo

tnotes

on w

ildfow

l and

imag

e of c

oasta

l reso

rts. A

dditio

nal te

xt wa

s pro

pose

d for

IC

ZM.

(1

0/27)

R

DF

4 G

reen

Bel

ts

Cons

ultati

on re

spon

ses r

elatin

g to G

reen

Belt

s ind

icated

that

the w

ordin

g use

d is t

oo lo

ose r

e “ma

intain

ing ge

nera

l exte

nt” of

the g

reen

belt a

nd

clarifi

catio

n is r

equir

ed, o

r a ch

ange

need

ed re

lating

to “e

xcep

tiona

l sub

stanti

al str

ategic

chan

ge”.

Cons

ultee

s obje

ct to

the re

feren

ce to

New

ton le

W

illows

and s

hould

be va

guer

i.e. in

the g

ener

al vic

inity

of to

align

with

polic

y DP7

. The

re is

a ne

ed fo

r rev

iews/s

tudies

to be

set o

ut mo

re cl

early

an

d this

need

s to b

e set

withi

n a co

ntext

of wh

at is

an ap

prop

riate

urba

n for

m. S

tudies

shou

ld on

ly be

done

whe

n clea

r evid

ence

for t

heir n

eed

and p

resu

mptio

n aga

inst th

is sh

ould

includ

e a ne

ed fo

r stud

ies. A

spec

ific re

ques

t for m

ore d

etaile

d guid

ance

on gr

een b

elt re

view

in re

quire

d in

relat

ion to

the n

eed f

or re

view

in E.

Lanc

s to a

ccom

moda

te em

ploym

ent u

se po

st 20

11. C

onsu

ltatio

n res

pons

es in

dicate

d tha

t ther

e wer

e both

ob

jectio

ns to

and s

uppo

rt for

the r

emov

al of

Ches

ter si

te fro

m po

licy.

(27/3

4)

6 W

ork

ing

in t

he

No

rth

Wes

t

(5

/9)

W1

Str

engt

heni

ng th

e R

egio

nal

Eco

nom

y Re

feren

ces t

o Car

lisle,

the F

urne

ss P

enins

ula in

Bar

row,

Wor

kingto

n and

Whit

ehav

en an

d Cre

we ar

e lar

gely

supp

orted

. A nu

mber

of co

nsult

ees

rema

rked t

hat C

heste

r and

Wes

t Che

shire

are w

ithin

the Li

verp

ool C

ity R

egion

and,

as a

resu

lt, sh

ould

not b

e the

subje

ct of

a sep

arate

bulle

t po

int in

the p

olicy

. The

mor

e pro

mine

nt po

sition

give

n to C

heste

r was

supp

orted

by so

me re

spon

dents

but o

bjecte

d to b

y othe

rs. C

once

rns w

ere

raise

d tha

t the r

efere

nce t

o Blac

kpoo

l and

Eas

t Lan

cash

ire ha

d bee

n omi

tted f

rom

the po

licy,

which

is co

ntrar

y to w

hat is

state

d in S

ched

ule 1

(R5.2

) of th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

docu

ment.

The

re is

also

conc

ern t

hat th

e poli

cy do

es no

t pro

vide s

uppo

rt for

the S

ME se

ctor a

nd th

at the

role

of Ma

nche

ster A

irpor

t as a

key i

ntern

ation

al ga

teway

and e

cono

mic d

river

of th

e Nor

th of

Engla

nd ha

d not

been

adeq

uatel

y rec

ognis

ed. T

hrou

ghou

t RS

S, in

sert

“susta

inable

” befo

re “e

cono

mic d

evelo

pmen

t”.

(32/3

6)

W2

Loca

tions

for

Reg

iona

lly

Sig

nific

ant E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t Th

e ide

ntific

ation

of C

rewe

, Car

lisle,

Whit

ehav

en an

d Wor

kingto

n as l

ocati

ons f

or re

giona

lly si

gnific

ant e

cono

mic d

evelo

pmen

t was

supp

orted

by

cons

ultee

s. Ho

weve

r, the

crite

ria w

ere c

onsid

ered

to be

too b

road

, insu

fficien

tly ro

bust

and c

apab

le of

being

appli

ed to

o wide

ly, w

hich c

ould

lead

to sit

es be

ing id

entifi

ed in

an un

coor

dinate

d man

ner.

It is s

ugge

sted t

hat g

uidan

ce sh

ould

be pr

ovide

d on t

he ov

erall

numb

er of

sites

that

may b

e ide

ntifie

d. Th

e fail

ure t

o set

out h

ow re

sour

ces s

hould

be di

recte

d pro

portio

nally

could

resu

lt in a

grea

ter pr

opor

tion o

f res

ource

s bein

g dire

cted t

o the

indiv

iduall

y nam

ed to

wns a

s to t

he to

tality

of th

e thr

ee ci

ty re

gions

. A nu

mber

of re

spon

dents

cons

idere

d tha

t the c

riteria

shou

ld re

cogn

ise th

at the

re m

ay be

a ne

ed to

loca

te re

giona

lly si

gnific

ant d

evelo

pmen

ts in

out o

f town

loca

tions

. Con

cern

was

also

expr

esse

d tha

t prio

ritisin

g site

s tha

t on

ly re

flect

a nee

d for

rege

nera

tion w

ill co

mpro

mise

the a

bility

of th

e reg

ion to

be gl

oball

y com

petiti

ve. A

numb

er of

cons

ultee

s obje

ct to

the

delet

ion of

the r

efere

nce t

o Prio

rity R

egen

erati

on A

reas

for B

arro

w-in-

Furn

ess a

nd W

est C

umbr

ia.

9

RS

S C

hap

ter

/ Po

licy

/ Map

s &

D

iag

ram

s S

um

mar

y o

f R

epre

sen

tati

on

s (N

o. o

f R

esp

on

den

ts/R

esp

on

ses)

(30/3

7)

W3

Sup

ply

of E

mpl

oym

ent L

and

Ther

e is s

uppo

rt for

the i

ncor

pora

tion o

f the c

ross

-refer

ence

to th

e spa

tial p

rincip

le po

licies

DP1

-9 an

d refe

renc

e to e

nviro

nmen

tal su

staina

bility

. Ho

weve

r, sig

nifica

nt co

ncer

n has

been

expr

esse

d abo

ut the

decis

ion no

t to pr

ovide

emplo

ymen

t land

requ

ireme

nts di

sagg

rega

ted be

twee

n LPA

ar

eas,

which

could

lead

to a

serio

us ov

er or

unde

r sup

ply in

some

area

s. Co

nsult

ees a

lso hi

ghlig

hted t

hat th

e ide

ntific

ation

of an

over

-pro

vision

of

emplo

ymen

t land

in C

umbr

ia fai

ls to

reco

gnise

that

much

of th

e exis

ting s

upply

is of

the w

rong

type

and i

n the

wro

ng lo

catio

n. In

addit

ion,

conc

erns

wer

e rais

ed ab

out th

e acc

urac

y of th

e figu

res a

nd th

e meth

odolo

gy us

ed to

deriv

e the

m. It

was a

lso in

dicate

d tha

t the

requ

ireme

nt to

upda

te em

ploym

ent la

nd po

rtfoli

os ev

ery t

hree

year

s is m

ore s

tringe

nt tha

n the

Gov

ernm

ent’s

own g

uidan

ce.

(32/3

7)

W4

Rel

ease

of A

lloca

ted

Em

ploy

men

t Lan

d Th

e com

ments

rece

ived o

n the

prop

osed

chan

ges w

ere g

ener

ally s

uppo

rtive o

f Poli

cy W

4. In

partic

ular,

the em

phas

is on

prov

iding

alter

nativ

e re

place

ment

sites

whe

n emp

loyme

nt lan

d is r

eleas

ed fo

r othe

r use

s was

welc

omed

as w

as th

e rec

ognit

ion th

at ho

using

could

repr

esen

t a su

itable

alt

erna

tive u

se. H

owev

er co

nsult

ees r

eque

sted t

hat th

e poli

cy in

corp

orate

refer

ence

s to t

he G

reen

Infra

struc

ture G

uide a

nd to

para

22 of

the d

raft

PPS4

. A nu

mber

of m

inor t

extua

l ame

ndme

nts w

ere a

lso su

gges

ted.

(8

/9)

W5

Ret

ail D

evel

opm

ent

Many

aspe

cts of

the p

olicy

wer

e sup

porte

d, in

partic

ular t

he de

cision

to ke

ep B

lackp

ool a

t the s

ame l

evel

in the

retai

l hier

arch

y as P

resto

n, the

pr

omoti

on of

retai

l inve

stmen

t whe

re it

assis

ts in

the re

gene

ratio

n and

econ

omic

grow

th of

town a

nd ci

ty ce

ntres

, the p

resu

mptio

n aga

inst n

ew ou

t of

centr

e com

paris

on re

tailin

g fac

ilities

and t

he in

clusio

n of W

orkin

gton a

nd W

hiteh

aven

in th

e list

of ce

ntres

whe

re co

mpar

ison r

etailin

g fac

ilities

sh

ould

be en

hanc

ed an

d enc

oura

ged.

Howe

ver a

numb

er of

cons

ultee

s obje

cted t

o the

omiss

ion of

partic

ular c

entre

s fro

m the

list, i

nclud

ing K

irby,

Skelm

ersd

ale an

d Pen

rith. C

onsu

ltees

also

indic

ated t

hat it

shou

ld be

mad

e clea

r tha

t reta

il dev

elopm

ent w

hich u

nder

mine

s the

vital

ity an

d via

bility

of re

giona

l sho

pping

centr

es w

ill no

t be p

ermi

tted.

The p

olicy

was

cons

idere

d to b

e inc

onsis

tent w

ith po

licy C

LCR2

of th

e Plan

. Due

to th

e su

bstitu

tion o

f the t

erm

‘prim

ary r

etail c

entre

’ for ‘r

egion

al ce

ntre’

it was

cons

idere

d tha

t this

may n

ot be

appr

opria

te to

incor

pora

te the

refer

ence

to

Salfo

rd. S

ever

al co

nsult

ees i

ndica

ted th

at the

term

“Reg

ional

shop

ping c

entre

” sho

uld be

used

rathe

r tha

n “pr

imar

y reta

il cen

tre”,

whils

t othe

rs re

ques

ted th

at the

polic

y sho

uld re

cogn

ise th

at wh

ere n

ew ev

idenc

e eme

rges

, it m

ay be

nece

ssar

y to r

eview

the l

ist ce

ntres

iden

tified

for r

etail

deve

lopme

nt (2

4/26)

W

6 T

ouris

m a

nd th

e V

isito

r E

cono

my

The r

efere

nces

to K

enda

l, Live

rpoo

l as t

he E

urop

ean C

apita

l of C

ultur

e and

inter

natio

nal s

ites o

f natu

re co

nser

vatio

n imp

ortan

ce ar

e sup

porte

d. Ho

weve

r, it i

s rec

omme

nded

that

the fin

al bu

llet p

oint s

hould

be sp

lit int

o two

bulle

ts be

caus

e of th

e diffe

rent

natur

e and

scale

of to

urism

activ

ity

and f

acilit

ies th

at ma

y be e

xpec

ted in

Reg

ional

Parks

and W

old H

erita

ge S

ites.

Cons

ultee

s also

high

lighte

d the

requ

ireme

nt for

a mo

re ex

tensiv

e int

erna

tiona

l netw

ork f

rom

Manc

heste

r Airp

ort.

(18/1

8)

W7

Prin

cipl

es fo

r T

ouris

m

Dev

elop

men

t Th

e poli

cy is

wide

ly su

ppor

ted an

d the

inco

rpor

ation

of th

e tex

t to ad

dres

s iss

ues r

aised

in th

e HRA

was

welc

omed

. How

ever

, othe

r res

pond

ents

had s

ome c

once

rns w

ith th

e app

roac

h tak

en in

the H

RA. C

onsu

ltees

requ

ested

that

cross

-refer

ence

s to D

P1-9

and R

DF po

licies

wer

e mad

e.

(1

0/10)

W

8 R

egio

nal C

asin

os

All re

spon

dents

objec

ted to

Poli

cy W

8 in i

ts cu

rrent

form.

Con

sulte

es su

gges

ted th

at the

polic

y and

supp

ortin

g tex

t sho

uld be

delet

ed co

mplet

ely

due t

o the

gove

rnme

nt an

noun

ceme

nt no

t to pu

rsue r

egion

al ca

sinos

. Othe

r res

pond

ents

requ

ested

that

polic

y is u

pdate

d in l

ine w

ith in

depe

nden

t re

sear

ch to

repla

ce B

lackp

ool w

ith M

anch

ester

as th

e prio

rity lo

catio

n for

a re

giona

l cas

ino.

(4

/8)

7 L

ivin

g in

th

e N

ort

h W

est

(5/5)

10

RS

S C

hap

ter

/ Po

licy

/ Map

s &

D

iag

ram

s S

um

mar

y o

f R

epre

sen

tati

on

s (N

o. o

f R

esp

on

den

ts/R

esp

on

ses)

L1 H

ealth

, Spo

rt, R

ecre

atio

n,

Cul

tura

l and

Edu

catio

n S

ervi

ces

Pro

visi

on

The r

epre

senta

tions

rece

ived r

aised

no m

ajor is

sues

, and

wer

e gen

erall

y sup

portiv

e of th

e poli

cy. D

espit

e this

, som

e con

sulte

es in

dicate

d tha

t the

polic

y sho

uld id

entify

Sus

taina

ble C

ommu

nity S

trateg

ies an

d Loc

al Ar

ea A

gree

ments

; mak

e spe

cific

menti

on to

youn

g peo

ple, a

nd pl

ace a

grea

ter

emph

asis

on ac

hievin

g sus

taina

ble ne

ighbo

urho

ods t

hat in

corp

orate

a mi

x of u

ses.

(1

1/13)

L2

Und

erst

andi

ng H

ousi

ng

Mar

kets

A

high p

ropo

rtion o

f con

sulte

es ag

ree w

ith th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

espe

cially

the r

efere

nce m

ade t

o LA’

s car

rying

out S

HMA

as re

quire

d by P

PS3.

Howe

ver,

it was

cons

idere

d tha

t a gr

eater

emph

asis

shou

ld be

plac

ed on

carry

ing ou

t loca

l sur

vey w

ork t

o und

ersta

nd th

e loc

al co

ntext,

espe

cially

in

rura

l are

as. In

addit

ion, fu

rther

clar

ificati

on w

as re

ques

ted on

the r

easo

n for

, and

the d

esire

d outc

ome o

f, exe

rting i

nflue

nce o

n hou

sing s

upply

inc

luding

all ty

pes,

sizes

, tenu

res a

nd va

lues.

(10/1

1)

L3 E

xist

ing

Hou

sing

Sto

ck a

nd

Hou

sing

Ren

ewal

Th

e con

sulta

tion r

espo

nses

rece

ived w

ere r

elativ

ely m

ixed,

altho

ugh a

numb

er of

cons

ultee

s sup

porte

d the

amen

dmen

ts ma

de at

the P

ropo

sed

Chan

ges s

tage.

Howe

ver,

the co

nsult

ation

resp

onse

s rec

eived

indic

ated t

hat th

e poli

cy sh

ould

prior

itise i

denti

fied a

reas

of ho

using

rene

wal a

nd

prov

ide gr

eater

clar

ity re

lating

to th

e HMR

/Path

finde

rs ar

eas.

The r

espo

nses

also

indic

ated t

hat c

onsid

erati

on sh

ould

be gi

ven t

o inc

lude a

prior

ev

aluati

on of

the e

nviro

nmen

tal, e

cono

mic,

socia

l and

cultu

ral im

pacts

of an

y pro

pose

d clea

ranc

e and

after

uses

, inclu

ding t

he w

ay it

will a

ffect

the su

rroun

ding a

reas

and t

he lo

cal c

ommu

nity.

The p

olicy

shou

ld pla

ce gr

eater

emph

asis

on im

prov

ing su

staina

bility

and r

esou

rce ef

ficien

cy of

the

hous

ing st

ock t

o refl

ect is

sues

asso

ciated

with

wate

r sho

rtage

s, an

d tha

t new

hous

ing de

velop

ment

shou

ld inc

orpo

rate

susta

inable

drain

age

syste

ms an

d wate

r con

serva

tion a

nd ef

ficien

cy m

easu

res t

o mee

t or e

xcee

d lev

el 3 f

or th

e cod

e for

susta

inable

home

s for

potab

le wa

ter an

d re

trofitt

ing. It

was

furth

er hi

ghlig

hted t

hat p

resu

mptio

n sho

uld be

again

st bu

ilding

new

hous

ing de

velop

ment

in flo

odpla

ins.

(17/2

0)

L4 R

egio

nal H

ousi

ng P

rovi

sion

A

signif

icant

numb

er of

cons

ultee

s sup

porte

d the

remo

val o

f the t

erm

‘max

imum

’, alth

ough

grea

ter cl

arific

ation

was

requ

ested

to re

flect

the

requ

ireme

nt to

cons

ider p

olicie

s DP1

-9. In

addit

ion co

nsult

ees s

uppo

rted t

he fa

ct tha

t new

deve

lopme

nts m

ust b

e ser

ved b

y ade

quate

wate

r su

pply

and s

ewer

age m

anag

emen

t facil

ities;

and t

hat th

e sup

portin

g tex

t clar

ifies t

hat n

ew de

velop

ment

shou

ld no

t hav

e an a

dver

se cu

mulat

ive

impa

ct on

the e

xistin

g stoc

k and

hous

ing m

arke

t.

In ter

ms of

area

s of d

isagr

eeme

nt, th

ere w

ere r

eque

sts fo

r clar

ificati

on on

how

the ho

using

targ

et wi

ll be m

anag

ed on

an an

nual

and p

lan pe

riod

basis

, and

the i

mpac

t that

remo

ving m

axim

ums w

ill ha

ve on

area

s of h

ousin

g reg

ener

ation

. The

re w

as so

me di

sagr

eeme

nt re

lating

to br

ownfi

eld

land t

arge

ts as

set o

ut in

the do

cume

nt an

d how

thes

e figu

res w

ill be

appli

ed ei

ther a

nnua

lly or

over

the e

ntire

plan

perio

d. Se

vera

l con

sulte

es

cons

idere

d tha

t bro

wnfie

ld lan

d tar

gets

shou

ld be

assig

ned t

o ind

ividu

al loc

al au

thority

area

s.

Stro

ng op

posit

ion w

as re

ceive

d in r

elatio

n to t

he ad

dition

of te

xt re

lating

to th

e Wirr

al as

a re

sult o

f the H

abita

ts Re

gulat

ion A

sses

smen

t and

the

perce

ived i

mpac

t that

his w

ill ha

ve on

hous

ing de

liver

y. Fu

rther

clar

ificati

on w

as re

ques

ted to

prov

ide th

e sco

pe fo

r dis-

aggr

egati

on of

the h

ousin

g re

quire

ment

withi

n the

new

East

and W

est C

hesh

ire un

itary

autho

rities

.

(7

9/152

) L5

Res

iden

tial D

ensi

ty P

olic

y Th

e majo

rity of

cons

ultee

s disa

gree

d with

the i

nclus

ion of

this

polic

y, alt

houg

h som

e sup

port

was e

viden

t. The

main

area

s of d

isagr

eeme

nt re

lated

to

the fa

ct tha

t the p

olicy

shou

ld re

flect

local

char

acter

istics

and s

hould

not p

lace a

blan

ket c

over

age a

cross

the r

egion

. The

figur

e of 3

0dph

was

dis

puted

by a

numb

er of

cons

ultee

s due

to th

e imp

act th

at thi

s may

have

on re

gene

ratio

n are

as, a

nd th

e req

uirem

ent fo

r high

er de

nsitie

s in u

rban

ar

eas.

(21/2

3)

11

RS

S C

hap

ter

/ Po

licy

/ Map

s &

D

iag

ram

s S

um

mar

y o

f R

epre

sen

tati

on

s (N

o. o

f R

esp

on

den

ts/R

esp

on

ses)

L6 A

fford

able

Hou

sing

A

rang

e of r

espo

nses

wer

e rec

eived

to th

is po

licy.

Cons

ultee

s sup

porte

d for

the u

se of

Stra

tegic

Hous

ing M

arke

t Ass

essm

ents

as a

tool to

infor

m the

LDF

evide

nce b

ase.

Cons

ultee

s also

indic

ated t

hat a

fford

able

hous

ing sh

ould

be ad

dres

sed i

ndivi

duall

y in L

DF’s

rathe

r tha

n in t

he R

SS so

tha

t LA’

s can

take

acco

unt o

f reg

ener

ation

and h

ousin

g ren

ewal

prog

ramm

es.

(1

3/14)

8

Tra

nsp

ort

in t

he

No

rth

Wes

t –

Co

nn

ecti

ng

Peo

ple

an

d P

lace

s

(12/1

5)

RT

1 In

tegr

ated

Tra

nspo

rt

Net

wor

ks

Gene

rally

cons

ultee

s sup

port

the po

licy a

s wor

ded.

(6/6)

R

T2

Man

agin

g T

rave

l Dem

and

Cons

ultee

s ind

icated

that

the re

feren

ce to

the i

mpor

tance

of pu

blic t

rans

port

impr

ovem

ents

as a

pre-

requ

isite

for ro

ad us

er ch

argin

g sho

uld be

re

taine

d. Th

e use

of pu

blic t

rans

port

to dis

cour

age c

ar us

e sho

uld be

stre

ngthe

ned.

Non-

susta

inable

trav

el de

mand

shou

ld be

“des

igned

-out”

of

new

deve

lopme

nts. O

bject

to the

prop

osed

remo

val o

f text

relat

ing to

the d

efinin

g of p

re-co

nditio

ns fo

r the

intro

ducti

on of

road

user

char

ging.

Good

acce

ss to

publi

c tra

nspo

rt ma

y not

be po

ssibl

e at s

ome m

ulti-m

odal

freigh

t inter

chan

ge lo

catio

ns. C

onsid

erati

on sh

ould

be ta

ken i

nto

acco

unt o

f the d

raft P

lannin

g Poli

cy S

tatem

ent 4

: Plan

ning f

or S

ustai

nable

Eco

nomi

c Dev

elopm

ent in

the c

ontex

t of m

axim

um pa

rking

stan

dard

s. Di

sagr

ee w

ith re

strict

ive pa

rking

stan

dard

s for

rura

l are

as. D

isagr

ee th

at sta

ndar

ds ar

e the

same

for r

ural

and u

rban

area

s. Fu

rther

clar

ity re

quire

d as

to w

here

'urb

an st

anda

rds'

will a

pply.

The

polic

y sho

uld m

ake r

efere

nce t

o Stre

ss M

aps.

(2

5/39)

R

T3

Pub

lic T

rans

port

Fra

mew

ork

The m

ajority

of re

spon

ses r

eceiv

ed fr

om co

nsult

ees o

bject

to the

polic

y alth

ough

ther

e was

supp

ort fo

r the

facil

itatio

n of a

dditio

nal c

ar pa

rking

at

railw

ay st

ation

s and

; the p

ropo

sal to

allow

Loca

l Auth

oritie

s to i

ntrod

uce m

easu

res t

o enh

ance

the a

cces

sibilit

y of r

egion

al tow

ns an

d citie

s suc

h as

Car

lisle.

Con

sulte

es st

ated t

hat th

e poli

cy sh

ould

be ap

plica

ble to

all K

ey S

ervic

e Cen

tres i

n Cum

bria.

Refe

renc

e sho

uld be

mad

e to p

ublic

tra

nspo

rt me

asur

es w

hich e

nhan

ce co

nnec

tivity

with

in Ci

ty Re

gions

. The

final

para

grap

h of R

T3 re

lating

to R

T10 a

s this

no lo

nger

inclu

des p

ublic

tra

nspo

rt pr

ioritie

s. Th

e poli

cy sh

ould

supp

ort th

e nee

d for

mor

e inv

estm

ent in

publi

c tra

nspo

rt inf

rastr

uctur

e mak

ing re

feren

ce to

Netw

ork R

ail’s

Route

Utili

satio

n Stra

tegy p

roce

ss. R

efere

nces

to w

alking

and c

yclin

g sho

uld be

delet

ed. P

olicy

shou

ld inc

lude r

efere

nce t

o int

rodu

cing m

easu

res

to en

hanc

e acc

essib

ility b

y pub

lic tr

ansp

ort, c

yclin

g and

walk

ing an

d sho

uld be

exten

ded t

o inc

lude r

efere

nce t

o the

servi

ce ce

ntres

iden

tified

in

the La

ke D

istric

t Nati

onal

Park

local

deve

lopme

nt fra

mewo

rk

(1

6/18)

R

T4

Man

agem

ent o

f the

Hig

hway

N

etw

ork

A mi

x of c

omme

nts w

ere r

eceiv

ed, h

owev

er, c

onsu

ltees

supp

orted

the r

efere

nce t

o max

imisi

ng th

e use

of se

cond

ary a

nd re

cycle

d agg

rega

tes

and m

ainten

ance

sche

mes.

Cons

ultee

s ind

icated

that

refer

ence

shou

ld be

mad

e to m

itigati

ng an

y imp

acts

upon

the h

istor

ic de

velop

ment,

lan

dsca

pe an

d tow

nsca

pe. T

he po

licy s

hould

high

light

the ec

onom

ic be

nefits

that

resu

lt fro

m ro

ad tr

ansp

ort. T

he po

licy s

hould

prov

ide gu

idanc

e on

how

partn

ersh

ip ap

proa

ch w

ill wo

rk be

twee

n LA'

s and

HA

to be

tter m

anag

e the

netw

ork a

t loca

l and

sub-

regio

nal le

vels.

(11/1

5)

RT

5 A

irpor

ts

A sig

nifica

nt nu

mber

of co

nsult

ees o

bjecte

d to t

his po

licy;

howe

ver c

onsu

ltees

supp

ort th

e inc

lusion

of th

e tex

t that

enha

nces

acce

ss by

publi

c tra

nspo

rt, an

d the

inclu

sion o

f the t

ext a

s a co

nseq

uenc

e of th

e Hab

itats

Regu

lation

s Ass

essm

ent. D

espit

e this

, con

sulte

es co

nside

red t

hat

refer

ence

shou

ld be

mad

e to w

alking

and c

yclin

g acc

ess f

or bo

th pa

ssen

gers

and e

mploy

ees.

Refer

ence

shou

ld be

mad

e to p

olicie

s DP1

-9.

12

RS

S C

hap

ter

/ Po

licy

/ Map

s &

D

iag

ram

s S

um

mar

y o

f R

epre

sen

tati

on

s (N

o. o

f R

esp

on

den

ts/R

esp

on

ses)

Furth

er co

nside

ratio

n sho

uld be

give

n to t

he im

pact

on at

mosp

heric

pollu

tion i

nclud

ing gr

eenh

ouse

gase

s. Ai

rpor

ts sh

ould

not b

ecom

e nod

es fo

r ma

jor ec

onom

ic gr

owth.

The

majo

r issu

e rais

ed ho

weve

r rela

ted th

e fac

t that

the gr

owth

of Ai

rpor

ts go

es ag

ainst

the pr

incipl

es of

the P

lan an

d the

Su

staina

bility

App

raisa

l. (2

1/25)

R

T6

Por

ts a

nd W

ater

way

s A

mixtu

re of

resp

onse

s wer

e rec

eived

for t

his po

licy,

with

some

cons

ultee

s sup

portin

g the

chan

ges m

ade a

t the P

ropo

sed C

hang

es st

age

includ

ing th

e ame

ndme

nts in

line w

ith th

e Hab

itats

Regu

lation

s Ass

essm

ent. D

espit

e this

, con

sulte

es su

gges

ted a

numb

er of

poss

ible

amen

dmen

ts, m

any o

f whic

h wer

e mino

r tex

tual a

mend

ments

. Con

sulte

es in

dicate

d tha

t the p

olicy

shou

ld co

ntain

more

expli

cit su

ppor

t for n

ew

surfa

ce ac

cess

infra

struc

ture.

The i

mpor

tance

of pa

rtner

ship

worki

ng be

twee

n Loc

al Au

thoriti

es an

d ope

rator

s sho

uld be

high

lighte

d. Cl

arific

ation

re

quire

d as t

o the

impa

ct on

area

s of n

ature

cons

erva

tion o

bjecti

ves.

Cons

ultee

s also

indic

ated t

hat th

ere s

hould

be co

nside

ratio

n of th

e use

of

land a

djoini

ng po

rts fo

r alte

rnati

ve us

es.

(1

6/23)

R

T7

Fre

ight

Tra

nspo

rt

The o

verw

helm

ing m

ajority

of co

mmen

ts re

ceive

d on P

olicy

RT7

objec

ted to

partic

ular a

spec

ts of

the P

olicy

. A fr

eque

ntly r

ecur

ring c

omme

nt re

lated

to th

e abs

ence

of an

y con

sider

ation

of ra

il; co

nsult

ees o

ffere

d var

ious s

ugge

sted t

ext c

hang

es to

reso

lve th

is. S

ome c

once

rns w

ere r

aised

ab

out th

e par

agra

ph on

the d

evelo

pmen

t of a

ir fre

ight a

nd th

e per

ceive

d inc

onsis

tencie

s with

the o

bjecti

ves o

f the C

limate

Cha

nge B

ill an

d the

co

mmitm

ent to

redu

ce em

ission

s “as

an ur

gent

prior

ity” in

DP9

. Poli

cy sh

ould

clarify

that

the de

velop

ment

of air

freig

ht fac

ilities

shou

ld, be

loca

ted

withi

n the

exist

ing ai

rpor

t bou

ndar

y or o

ff-sit

e in p

refer

ence

to ex

pand

ing th

e airp

ort b

eyon

d its

exist

ing bo

unda

ry.

(9/10

) R

T8

Inte

r-M

odal

Fre

ight

Ter

min

als

A mi

xture

of re

spon

ses w

as re

ceive

d as a

resu

lt of th

is po

licy.

Cons

ultee

s rais

ed is

sues

relat

ing to

the I

denti

ficati

on of

New

ton-L

e-W

illows

in a

Gree

n Belt

loca

tion.

Rail a

cces

s and

asso

ciated

facil

ities s

hould

be m

ade a

vaila

ble be

fore t

he si

te is

occu

pied.

The w

ordin

g add

ed as

a re

sult o

f the

Hab

itats

Regu

lation

s Ass

essm

ent to

polic

ies R

T5 an

d RT6

shou

ld be

adde

d to t

his po

licy f

or co

nsist

ency

. Con

sider

ation

shou

ld be

give

n to

Trav

el Pl

ans.

A nu

mber

of m

inor t

extua

l cha

nges

are r

ecom

mend

ed.

(19/2

4)

RT

9 W

alki

ng a

nd C

yclin

g No

majo

r poli

cy is

sues

, how

ever

a nu

mber

of te

xtual

chan

ges a

re su

gges

ted

(5

/6)

RT

10 P

riorit

ies

for

Tra

nspo

rt

Man

agem

ent a

nd In

vest

men

t Th

e majo

rity of

resp

onde

nts di

sagr

ee w

ith th

e pro

pose

d poli

cy, a

lthou

gh th

ere w

as so

me su

ppor

t. Con

sulte

es re

quire

furth

er de

tails

on w

hen a

nd

how

often

the i

mplem

entat

ion pl

an w

ill be

prod

uced

and h

ow th

e sch

emes

conta

ined w

ithin

it will

be se

lected

. Con

sulte

es co

nside

red t

hat th

e im

pleme

ntatio

n plan

shou

ld ha

ve be

en pr

oduc

ed al

ongs

ide th

e Pro

pose

d Cha

nges

docu

ment.

A nu

mber

of te

xtual

chan

ges a

re al

so su

gges

ted.

(18/2

8)

9 E

nvi

ron

men

t, M

iner

als,

Was

te

& E

ner

gy

(8

/14)

EM

1 In

tegr

ated

Enh

ance

men

t and

P

rote

ctio

n of

the

Reg

ion’

s E

nviro

nmen

tal A

sset

s

The o

verw

helm

ing m

ajority

of re

spon

dents

supp

ort th

e poli

cy bu

t hav

e con

cern

s abo

ut pa

rticula

r asp

ects.

A nu

mber

of re

spon

dents

objec

ted to

the

inclu

sion o

f the w

ords

‘see

k’ an

d ‘wh

ere a

ppro

priat

e’ in

the fif

th pa

ragr

aph.

A sig

nifica

nt pr

opor

tion o

f con

sulte

es re

ques

ted th

at the

‘no n

et los

s’ pr

incipl

e be r

e-ins

erted

. A nu

mber

of re

spon

dents

sugg

ested

that

the fin

al bu

llet o

f EM1

(A) s

hould

be m

oved

to E

M3 an

d con

cern

s wer

e ra

ised t

hat th

e add

ition o

f the e

xpre

ssion

‘see

k to d

elive

r’ in t

he pl

ace o

f ‘sec

ure a

’ in E

M1 (B

) sign

ifican

tly w

eake

ns th

e poli

cy. R

efere

nce t

o the

Me

rsey E

stuar

y sho

uld be

remo

ved f

rom

EM1(

B) or

, alte

rnati

vely,

othe

r are

as, s

uch a

s the

Lune

Estu

ary a

nd th

e Wes

t Pen

nine M

oors

shou

ld be

inc

luded

. A nu

mber

of co

nsult

ees b

eliev

ed th

at EM

1(C)

is si

te-sp

ecific

, rath

er th

an sp

atial,

and n

eeds

to be

re-w

ritten

. Con

sulte

es re

ques

ted th

at

13

RS

S C

hap

ter

/ Po

licy

/ Map

s &

D

iag

ram

s S

um

mar

y o

f R

epre

sen

tati

on

s (N

o. o

f R

esp

on

den

ts/R

esp

on

ses)

refer

ence

to ‘v

etera

n tre

es’ in

EM1

(D) b

e re-

inser

ted. T

he po

licy i

s con

sider

ed to

be ve

ry lon

g and

may

be be

tter e

xpre

ssed

in si

milar

term

s to

polic

y DP1

. Con

cern

was

raise

d tha

t no c

onsid

erati

on ha

s bee

n give

n to e

nviro

nmen

tal re

sour

ces,

asse

ts an

d sen

sitivi

ties o

utside

of th

e Plan

Ar

ea, a

nd so

me re

spon

dents

felt t

hat th

e pen

ultim

ate bu

llet in

EM1

(A) w

ould

be m

ore a

ppro

priat

e in E

M1 (C

). (2

9/32)

E

M2

Rem

edia

ting

Con

tam

inat

ed

Land

No ch

ange

to P

olicy

EM

3 G

reen

Infr

astr

uctu

re

The p

olicy

was

wide

ly su

ppor

ted. C

onsu

ltees

indic

ated t

hat th

e refe

renc

e to t

he ne

ed fo

r a st

rateg

ic ne

twor

k of G

reen

Infra

struc

ture a

nd th

e im

porta

nce o

f Gre

en In

frastr

uctur

e for

biod

iversi

ty an

d ada

ptatio

n to c

limate

chan

ge w

as pa

rticula

rly w

elcom

e. Ho

weve

r, co

nsult

ees i

ndica

ted th

at the

defin

ition o

f Gre

en In

frastr

uctur

e sho

uld be

cons

isten

t with

the o

ne us

ed in

the N

orth

Wes

t Gre

en In

frastr

uctur

e guid

e. It

was a

lso hi

ghlig

hted

that th

e role

of th

e hist

oric

envir

onme

nt in

plann

ing fo

r Gre

en In

frastr

uctur

e sho

uld be

reco

gnise

d and

that

there

shou

ld be

a str

onge

r foc

us on

en

surin

g goo

d acc

essib

ility t

o gre

en sp

ace a

nd on

the r

etenti

on, e

nhan

ceme

nt, ad

aptat

ion an

d inte

grati

on of

exist

ing G

reen

Infra

struc

ture.

(17/2

1)

EM

4 R

egio

nal P

arks

Th

e poli

cy is

wide

ly su

ppor

ted; th

e inc

lusion

of th

e HRA

text

and e

mpha

sis on

the i

mpor

tance

of bi

odive

rsity

in pa

rticula

r was

supp

orted

. Ho

weve

r, so

me co

nside

red t

hat th

e imp

ortan

ce of

the h

istor

ic en

viron

ment

and h

istor

ic lan

dsca

pes h

as no

t bee

n refe

rred t

o, wh

ilst o

thers

argu

ed

that la

ndsc

ape a

nd w

oodla

nd as

sets

have

been

over

looke

d. Co

nsult

ees h

ave i

ndica

ted th

at it m

ust b

e dem

onstr

ated t

hat th

e poli

cy w

ould

not

have

an ad

verse

impa

ct on

Natu

ra 20

00 si

tes. In

addit

ion, it

was

cons

idere

d unc

lear a

s to w

hy th

e ‘re

creati

onal

chall

enge

’ has

been

sing

led ou

t for

cons

idera

tion a

nd ac

tion.

(12/1

3)

EM

5 In

tegr

ated

Wat

er

Man

agem

ent

Major

ity of

resp

onde

nts su

ppor

ted th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

, how

ever

cons

ultee

s sug

geste

d tha

t clar

ificati

on sh

ould

be pr

ovide

d on w

hat is

mea

nt by

wate

r con

serva

tion a

nd ef

ficien

cy by

inse

rting r

efere

nce t

o cod

e for

susta

inable

home

s stan

dard

s. Co

ncer

ns w

ere e

xpre

ssed

that

the po

licy

may s

tifle t

he G

over

nmen

t’s ho

using

grow

th ag

enda

and f

urthe

r clar

ificati

on is

requ

ested

as to

why

the 2

008 W

ater A

vaila

bility

in E

nglan

d and

W

ales’s

map

indic

ate th

at ar

eas o

f nor

th ea

st an

d eas

tern W

ales h

ave ‘

no w

ater a

vaila

ble’. A

nothe

r res

pond

ents

indica

ted th

at th

e stat

emen

t re

lating

to th

e pro

pose

d pha

sing o

f dev

elopm

ent ‘s

o tha

t infra

struc

ture c

an be

prov

ided’

shou

ld be

reco

nside

red a

nd/or

furth

er st

reng

thene

d. (9

/13)

EM

6 M

anag

ing

the

Nor

th W

est’s

C

oast

line

All c

omme

nts w

ere s

uppo

rtive o

f the P

olicy

; the r

efere

nce t

o site

s of in

terna

tiona

l natu

re co

nser

vatio

n imp

ortan

ce an

d the

supp

ort fo

r Sho

relin

e Ma

nage

ment

Plan

s is p

artic

ularly

welc

omed

. The

chan

ges m

ade i

n line

with

the H

RA ar

e also

supp

orted

.

(6/6)

E

M7

Min

eral

s E

xtra

ctio

n Co

nsult

ees s

tated

that

the po

licy d

oes n

ot pr

ovide

the c

ertai

nty re

quire

d to a

sses

s und

er w

hat c

ircum

stanc

es m

inera

l extr

actio

n will

be pe

rmitte

d. It w

as su

gges

ted to

inclu

de co

al wi

thin t

he lis

t of r

eser

ves o

f nati

onal

signif

icanc

e. Co

nsult

ees a

lso ex

pres

sed d

isapp

ointm

ent th

at re

cogn

ition o

f the

deliv

ery o

f Biod

iversi

ty Ac

tion P

lans i

n res

torati

on ha

d bee

n inc

orpo

rated

. Fur

ther c

larific

ation

was

requ

ested

on th

e stat

emen

t reg

ardin

g the

po

tentia

l sup

ply of

mar

ine dr

edge

d agg

rega

tes.

(5/5)

E

M8

Lan

d-w

on A

ggre

gate

s Co

nsult

ees h

ave i

ndica

ted th

at the

polic

y doe

s not

prov

ide th

e cer

tainty

requ

ired t

o ass

ess u

nder

wha

t circ

umsta

nces

mine

ral e

xtrac

tion w

ill be

pe

rmitte

d. In

addit

ion, s

pecif

ic re

feren

ce sh

ould

be m

ade t

o the

need

to m

inimi

se di

stanc

e tha

t agg

rega

tes an

d was

te ar

e car

ried.

(3

/3)

EM

9 S

econ

dary

and

Rec

ycle

d A

ggre

gate

s No

chan

ge.

14

RS

S C

hap

ter

/ Po

licy

/ Map

s &

D

iag

ram

s S

um

mar

y o

f R

epre

sen

tati

on

s (N

o. o

f R

esp

on

den

ts/R

esp

on

ses)

EM

10 A

Reg

iona

l App

roac

h to

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

Ther

e was

a re

lative

ly mi

xed r

espo

nse t

o this

polic

y, ho

weve

r the

majo

rity of

resp

onde

nts ex

pres

sed c

once

rns w

ith/re

comm

ende

d cha

nges

to

EM10

. Con

sulte

es co

nside

red t

hat th

e poli

cy is

wor

ded t

oo in

flexib

ly to

take i

nto ac

coun

t of th

e pote

ntiall

y high

er ta

rgets

in th

e for

thcom

ing

Regio

nal W

aste

Stra

tegy.

A nu

mber

of re

spon

dents

cons

idere

d tha

t the r

equir

emen

t for a

uthor

ities t

o only

seek

to ac

hieve

the t

arge

ts 'w

here

pr

actic

able'

shou

ld be

stre

ngthe

ned a

s the

se ar

e set

by E

urop

ean l

egisl

ation

and t

rans

pose

d into

UK

law. T

he ob

jectiv

es an

d tar

gets

of the

pu

blish

ed R

egion

al W

aste

Stra

tegy s

hould

be ex

pres

sed.

(12/1

4)

EM

11 W

aste

Man

agem

ent

Prin

cipl

es

This

polic

y rec

eived

a mi

xed r

espo

nse w

ith a

numb

er of

resp

onde

nts ra

ising

conc

erns

. Con

sulte

es in

dicate

d tha

t the s

eque

nce o

f initia

tives

co

ntaine

d with

in the

polic

y doe

s not

acco

rd w

ith th

e was

te hie

rarch

y of 'w

aste

minim

isatio

n' an

d 're

-use

' and

thes

e sho

uld be

sepa

rate

bulle

t po

ints.

Some

cons

ultee

s con

sider

ed th

at the

sequ

ence

of in

itiativ

es is

heav

ily sl

anted

towa

rds d

ealin

g with

mun

icipa

l was

te as

parts

of th

e se

quen

tial a

ppro

ach c

anno

t in al

l pra

ctica

lities

be ap

plied

to ot

her w

aste

strea

ms. C

&I w

aste

shou

ld no

t be c

ombin

ed w

ith C

D&E

waste

.

(10/1

4)

EM

12 L

ocat

iona

l Prin

cipl

es

The m

ajority

of th

e con

sulte

es di

sagr

eed w

ith as

pects

of th

e poli

cy. M

any r

espo

nden

ts fee

l that

the po

licy,

as w

orde

d, co

uld le

ad to

was

te tra

vellin

g sub

stanti

al dis

tance

s for

proc

essin

g, an

d the

n hun

dred

s of m

iles b

ack t

o be f

inally

disp

osed

of. T

he de

velop

ment

of “re

giona

lly-

signif

icant”

ther

mal tr

eatm

ent p

lants

would

lock

the r

egion

into

a cen

tralis

ed sy

stem

which

wou

ld ten

d to w

ork a

gains

t was

te mi

nimisa

tion.

Seve

ral

cons

ultee

s stat

ed th

at the

refer

ence

to ‘c

ommu

nities

to ta

ke m

ore r

espo

nsibi

lity fo

r the

ir own

was

te…’ o

ffers

little

by w

ay of

stra

tegic

direc

tion f

or

sub-

regio

nal p

lannin

g. In

addit

ion to

this

cons

ultee

s ind

icated

that

‘regio

nal a

nd su

b-re

giona

l self

-suffic

iency

’ sho

uld be

re-in

stated

into

the po

licy.

(11/1

2)

EM

13 P

rovi

sion

of N

atio

nally

, R

egio

nally

and

Sub

-Reg

iona

lly

Sig

nific

ant W

aste

Man

agem

ent

Fac

ilitie

s

The m

ajority

of re

spon

dents

raise

d con

cern

s with

aspe

cts of

Poli

cy E

M13 a

nd th

e acc

ompa

nying

table

s. Ob

jectio

ns w

ere m

ade t

o the

intro

ducti

on

of ne

w wa

ste m

anag

emen

t figu

res a

t this

stage

. The

polic

y sho

uld be

reca

st as

a cle

ar se

quen

tial te

st. S

ever

al re

spon

dents

raise

d con

cern

s ab

out th

e acc

urac

y of th

e figu

res i

n Tab

le 9.3

, 9.4

and 9

.5. A

numb

er of

mino

r tex

tual c

hang

es to

the P

olicy

wer

e also

sugg

ested

.

(13/3

2)

EM

14 R

adio

activ

e W

aste

No

chan

ge. E

diting

/typin

g erro

r poin

ted ou

t.

(1/1)

E

M15

A F

ram

ewor

k F

or

Sus

tain

able

Ene

rgy

In T

he N

orth

W

est

A hig

h pro

portio

n of c

onsu

ltees

agre

e with

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es, e

spec

ially

the fo

cus o

n red

ucing

ener

gy co

nsum

ption

. How

ever

, con

sulte

es

indica

ted th

at the

re is

a ne

ed to

mak

e clea

r how

CCA

P re

lates

to th

e Sus

taina

ble E

nerg

y Stra

tegy.

Conc

ern w

as al

so ex

pres

sed t

hat th

e re

feren

ce to

the e

cono

mic f

easib

ility p

rovid

es an

easy

‘get

out’ f

or de

velop

ers.

(6/7)

E

M16

Ene

rgy

Con

serv

atio

n &

E

ffici

ency

A

signif

icant

numb

er of

resp

onde

nts su

ppor

t the P

olicy

, with

the r

efere

nce t

o ach

ieving

partic

ular B

REEA

M/CS

H sta

ndar

ds pa

rticula

rly w

elcom

ed.

Howe

ver,

seve

ral re

spon

dents

cons

ider t

hat th

ere i

s a ne

ed to

upda

te the

refer

ence

to th

e CSH

to re

flect

that it

is on

ly ma

ndato

ry for

new

home

s to

be as

sess

ed ag

ainst

the co

de. C

once

rn w

as ra

ised t

hat th

e poli

cy, a

s wor

ded,

could

lead

to su

b-re

gions

and d

istric

ts se

tting t

heir o

wn ta

rgets

re

gard

ing th

ese i

ssue

s. Ot

her r

espo

nses

conc

erne

d the

need

for t

arge

ts to

be re

move

d or m

ade m

ore f

lexibl

e, the

need

for t

arge

ts for

CO2

(and

po

ssibl

y othe

r gre

enho

use g

as) r

educ

tions

to be

inclu

ded a

nd fo

r add

itiona

l con

sider

ation

to be

give

n to t

he po

tentia

l effe

cts of

rene

wable

ener

gy

proje

cts on

Eur

opea

n natu

re si

tes.

15

RS

S C

hap

ter

/ Po

licy

/ Map

s &

D

iag

ram

s S

um

mar

y o

f R

epre

sen

tati

on

s (N

o. o

f R

esp

on

den

ts/R

esp

on

ses)

(1

9/24)

E

M17

Ren

ewab

le E

nerg

y Th

e poli

cy is

supp

orted

by a

numb

er of

cons

ultee

s how

ever

; mos

t res

pond

ents

raise

d con

cern

s with

aspe

cts of

the p

olicy

. A nu

mber

of

resp

onde

nts qu

eried

the w

eight

that s

hould

be af

forde

d to t

he cr

iteria

to be

take

n into

acco

unt w

hen c

onsid

ering

the d

evelo

pmen

t of r

enew

able

ener

gy. T

he po

licy i

ncor

rectl

y refe

rs to

a tar

get o

f 20%

of re

newa

ble el

ectric

ity by

2020

rathe

r tha

n 20%

ener

gy. T

he po

licy a

lso fa

ils to

reco

gnise

tha

t ther

e are

high

quali

ty sit

es, w

ithou

t the b

enefi

t of a

statu

tory d

esign

ation

. The

rene

wable

ener

gy sc

heme

s can

have

a se

rious

impa

ct on

his

toric

envir

onme

nts. A

dditio

nal c

onsid

erati

on sh

ould

be gi

ven t

o imp

act o

f ren

ewab

le en

ergy

sche

mes o

n Eur

opea

n pro

tected

sites

. The

duty

to pr

oduc

e ‘su

b-re

giona

l stud

ies of

rene

wable

ener

gy re

sour

ces’

could

caus

e con

fusion

with

the r

equir

emen

ts of

the su

pplem

ent to

PPS

1.

(30/3

5)

EM

18 D

ecen

tral

ised

Ene

rgy

Sup

ply

A mi

x of r

espo

nses

was

rece

ived t

o this

polic

y. Th

e majo

rity of

comm

ents

conc

erne

d the

decis

ion no

t to in

clude

spec

ific ta

rgets

for in

corp

orati

ng

on-si

te re

newa

ble en

ergy

gene

ratio

n in n

ew de

velop

ments

abov

e a ce

rtain

thres

hold.

The

decis

ion to

remo

ve th

ese t

arge

ts wa

s wide

ly ob

jected

to

altho

ugh a

numb

er of

resp

onde

nts di

d sup

port

this a

mend

ment

– sev

eral

of wh

ich co

mmen

ted th

at by

not s

etting

a re

giona

l leve

l targ

ets fo

r on

site g

ener

ation

the P

olicy

is m

ore c

onsis

tent w

ith th

e sup

pleme

nt to

PPS1

. Con

sulte

es in

dicate

d tha

t the p

olicy

shou

ld ma

ke cl

ear t

hat r

enew

able

ener

gy sc

heme

s can

affec

t Eur

opea

n Site

s, an

d tha

t the t

arge

ts for

offsh

ore w

ind in

table

s 9.6

– 9.9

need

to be

revis

ed. C

onsu

ltees

also

dis

agre

ed w

ith th

e emp

hasis

with

whic

h the

targ

ets in

table

s 9.6

– 9.9

place

on of

fshor

e wind

deve

lopme

nt at

the ex

pens

e of o

n-sh

ore g

ener

ation

(30/3

9)

10 M

anch

este

r C

ity

Reg

ion

M

CR

1 M

anch

este

r C

ity R

egio

n P

riorit

ies

MC

R 2

Reg

iona

l Cen

tre

and

Inne

r A

reas

of M

anch

este

r C

ity R

egio

n M

CR

3 S

outh

ern

Par

t of t

he

Man

ches

ter

City

Reg

ion

MC

R 4

Nor

ther

n pa

rt o

f the

M

anch

este

r C

ity R

egio

n M

CR

5 S

trat

egic

Fra

mew

ork

for

War

ringt

on

A nu

mber

of re

spon

dents

wer

e con

cern

ed th

at the

chap

ter re

fers t

o Man

ches

ter as

a foc

us gr

owth

whils

t the L

iverp

ool C

ity R

egion

chap

ter re

fers

to re

gene

ratio

n in r

elatio

n to L

iverp

ool. C

once

rns w

ere a

lso ra

ised t

hat th

e cha

pter f

ails t

o rec

ognis

e/und

erpla

ys th

e imp

ortan

ce of

Man

ches

ter

Airp

ort a

s an e

cono

mic d

river

and i

ntern

ation

al ga

teway

for t

he N

orth

of En

gland

. MC

R1 w

ould

bene

fit fro

m a r

efere

nce t

o enc

oura

ging i

mpro

veme

nts in

socia

l and

envir

onme

ntal in

frastr

uctur

e. Se

vera

l resp

onde

nts al

so no

ted

that th

ere w

ere i

ncon

sisten

cies b

etwee

n the

desc

riptio

n of h

ousin

g in M

CR3 a

nd pa

ragr

aph 7

.18. O

ther c

onsu

ltees

expr

esse

d con

cern

s tha

t MC

R3 co

uld be

seen

as a

reviv

al of

the M

56 gr

owth

corri

dor w

hich w

ould

be co

unter

to th

e nee

d for

rege

nera

tion o

f con

urba

tion c

ores

. The

re

were

also

a nu

mber

of re

ques

ts to

prov

ide gr

eater

cons

isten

cy in

the u

se of

cros

s-refe

renc

es to

DP1

-9 an

d W2-

3. Co

ncer

ns w

ere r

aised

abou

t the

three

loca

l auth

oritie

s tha

t will

comp

rise E

ast C

hesh

ire be

ing sp

lit be

twee

n two

sub-

regio

ns. D

elete

the re

feren

ce to

the ‘

Arc o

f Opp

ortun

ity’ in

MC

R2.

(2

4/57)

Po

licies

hav

e bee

n gr

oupe

d to

geth

er fo

r sum

mar

y

11 S

ou

th C

hes

hir

e C

H 1

Ove

rall

Spa

tial P

olic

y fo

r S

outh

Che

shire

A ra

nge o

f res

pons

es w

ere r

eceiv

ed on

the S

outh

Ches

hire s

ub-re

gion c

hapte

r. Su

ppor

t was

expr

esse

d for

the e

mpha

sis pl

aced

upon

harn

essin

g Cr

ewe’s

poten

tial fo

r sus

taina

ble ec

onom

ic gr

owth.

How

ever

, con

cern

s wer

e rais

ed ab

out r

etaini

ng a

sepa

rate

chap

ter on

Sou

th Ch

eshir

e due

to

this r

esult

ing in

the t

hree

Eas

t Che

shire

Loca

l Auth

oritie

s bein

g spli

t betw

een s

ub-re

gions

. In ad

dition

, ther

e wer

e a nu

mber

of st

anda

rd co

mmen

ts ab

out th

e nee

d to e

nsur

e con

sisten

cy w

ith th

e tra

nspo

rt po

licies

and t

hat a

ll sch

emes

are i

n line

with

RT1

0. (4

/12)

16

RS

S C

hap

ter

/ Po

licy

/ Map

s &

D

iag

ram

s S

um

mar

y o

f R

epre

sen

tati

on

s (N

o. o

f R

esp

on

den

ts/R

esp

on

ses)

Po

licies

hav

e bee

n gr

oupe

d to

geth

er fo

r sum

mar

y 12

Liv

erp

oo

l Cit

y R

egio

n

LCR

1 L

iver

pool

City

Reg

ion

Prio

ritie

s LC

R 2

The

Reg

iona

l Cen

tre

and

Inne

r A

reas

of L

iver

pool

City

R

egio

n LC

R 3

Out

er p

art o

f the

Liv

erpo

ol

City

Reg

ion

LCR

4 T

he r

emai

ning

par

t of t

he

Live

rpoo

l City

Reg

ion

LCR

5 W

est C

hesh

ire –

Nor

th E

ast

Wal

es a

nd V

ale

Roy

al

A mi

xture

of re

spon

ses w

as re

ceive

d on t

his ch

apter

. Poli

cy LC

R1 w

as w

idely

supp

orted

altho

ugh a

numb

er of

mino

r ame

ndme

nts w

ere

requ

ested

and i

t was

a re

cogn

ised t

hat th

ere a

re in

cons

isten

cies i

n rela

tion t

o use

of th

e ter

ms ‘R

egion

al Ce

ntre’

and ‘

City

Centr

e’. It

was a

lso

reco

mmen

ded t

hat L

CR1 s

hould

inco

rpor

ate a

refer

ence

to th

e Mer

sey G

atewa

y and

it wa

s also

ques

tione

d whe

ther t

he po

licy s

hould

refer

to

integ

rated

flood

man

agem

ent.

Ther

e wer

e a nu

mber

of ob

jectio

ns to

the r

emov

al of

Elles

mere

Por

t from

the a

rea d

efine

d as t

he ou

ter pa

rt of

the Li

verp

ool C

ity R

egion

. Th

ere w

as si

gnific

ant s

uppo

rt for

LCR4

, par

ticula

rly w

elcom

ed w

as th

e main

tenan

ce of

a po

licy o

f res

traint

in W

est W

irral.

The

re w

as al

so a

requ

est fo

r the

polic

y to r

efer t

o the

need

to m

aintai

n and

enha

nce t

he ro

le of

subu

rban

town

centr

es. T

he re

feren

ce to

harn

essin

g the

poten

tial o

f Ch

ester

for s

ustai

nable

econ

omic

grow

th in

LCR5

rece

ived a

very

mixe

d res

pons

e with

cons

ultee

s spli

t rela

tively

even

ly be

twee

n tho

se

supp

ortin

g and

thos

e obje

cting

to th

is bu

llet. O

bjecti

ons w

ere a

lso ra

ised t

o the

abse

nce o

f a sp

ecific

refer

ence

to th

e nee

d to s

uppo

rt the

re

gene

ratio

n opp

ortun

ities o

f Nor

thwich

and W

insfor

d. (2

8/90)

Po

licies

hav

e bee

n gr

oupe

d to

geth

er fo

r sum

mar

y

13 C

entr

al L

anca

shir

e C

ity

Reg

ion

C

LCR

1 C

entr

al L

anca

shire

City

R

egio

n P

riorit

ies

CLC

R 2

Foc

us fo

r D

evel

opm

ent

and

Inve

stm

ent i

n C

entr

al

Lanc

ashi

re C

ity R

egio

n C

LCR

3 G

reen

City

The i

ntrod

uctio

n of th

e spa

tial e

lemen

t to C

LCR1

was

cons

idere

d to b

e con

fusing

and c

once

rn w

as ex

pres

sed t

hat, b

y foc

ussin

g dev

elopm

ent o

n the

four

main

settle

ments

, the p

olicy

wou

ld fai

l to ad

dres

s the

rege

nera

tion n

eeds

of w

ider a

reas

of de

priva

tion.

Ther

e wer

e also

a nu

mber

of

requ

ests

to inc

orpo

rate

cross

-refer

ence

s to D

P1-9

, RDF

1 and

W2-

3 and

issu

es ra

ised a

bout

the ro

le of

the K

ey S

ervic

e Cen

tres,

partic

ularly

in

East

Lanc

ashir

e, tha

t wer

e not

listed

as on

e of th

e fou

r main

settle

ments

. A

numb

er of

cons

ultee

s rais

ed co

ncer

ns ab

out th

e con

sisten

cy be

twee

n Poli

cies C

LCR2

and W

5, pa

rticula

rly w

ith re

gard

s to t

he de

scrip

tion o

f Pr

eston

in re

lation

to re

tail d

evelo

pmen

t. Clar

ificati

on w

as al

so re

ques

ted on

the e

xact

defin

ition o

f the B

lackp

ool u

rban

area

. The

Gre

en C

ity

Polic

y was

wide

ly su

ppor

ted. H

owev

er, a

numb

er of

mino

r tex

tual a

mend

ments

wer

e req

ueste

d, su

ch as

the i

ncor

pora

tion o

f link

ages

to E

M3, a

nd

also a

need

to in

corp

orate

guida

nce o

n the

revie

w of

the G

reen

Belt

. (2

4/64)

Po

licies

hav

e bee

n gr

oupe

d to

geth

er fo

r sum

mar

y 14

Cu

mb

ria

& N

ort

h L

anca

shir

e C

NL

1 O

vera

ll S

patia

l Pol

icy

for

Cum

bria

C

NL

2 S

ub-a

rea

Dev

elop

men

t P

riorit

ies

for

Cum

bria

C

NL

3 S

patia

l Pol

icy

for

the

Lake

Ther

e was

wide

spre

ad su

ppor

t for t

he re

feren

ce to

focu

ssing

deve

lopme

nt wi

thin B

arro

w in

Furn

ess,

Whit

ehav

en, W

orkin

gton a

nd C

arlis

le.

Howe

ver,

conc

erns

wer

e rais

ed ab

out th

e dele

tion o

f refe

renc

es to

Clea

tor M

oor a

nd M

aryp

ort fr

om P

olicy

CNL

1. Th

ere w

as al

so co

ncer

n tha

t the

re is

insu

fficien

t sup

port

for K

enda

l’s ro

le in

supp

ortin

g the

rege

nera

tion o

f the C

umbr

ian ec

onom

y and

objec

tions

to th

e exc

lusion

of W

igton

fro

m CN

L2.

Cons

ultee

s ind

icated

that

there

wer

e inc

onsis

tencie

s with

in the

chap

ter in

relat

ion to

the u

se of

the R

egen

erati

on P

riority

Are

a nom

encla

ture.

Disa

ppoin

tmen

t was

also

expr

esse

d abo

ut the

lack

refer

ence

s to t

he E

nerg

y Coa

st Ma

sterp

lan an

d the

re w

ere c

once

rns a

bout

publi

c tra

nspo

rt ac

cess

to ru

ral a

reas

. Con

cern

was

also

expr

esse

d abo

ut the

refer

ence

to ha

ving “

due r

egar

d“ to

histo

ric fa

bric

in Ca

rlisle

and L

anca

ster (

Polic

y CN

L2 an

d CNL

4 res

pecti

vely)

, whic

h was

cons

idere

d to b

e wea

k and

have

little

clar

ity of

mea

ning.

17

RS

S C

hap

ter

/ Po

licy

/ Map

s &

D

iag

ram

s S

um

mar

y o

f R

epre

sen

tati

on

s (N

o. o

f R

esp

on

den

ts/R

esp

on

ses)

Dis

tric

t C

NL

4 S

patia

l Pol

icy

for

Nor

th

Lanc

ashi

re

(1

6/54)

Po

licies

hav

e bee

n gr

oupe

d to

geth

er fo

r sum

mar

y

15 Im

ple

men

tati

on

, Mo

nit

ori

ng

an

d R

evie

w

IM 1

Impl

emen

tatio

n

Main

issue

s rela

te to

a con

cern

abou

t sco

pe of

the r

eview

i.e. s

hould

inclu

de K

SC. C

once

rn ab

out ti

mesc

ale of

the r

eview

. See

n as t

oo sh

ort to

en

able

prop

er co

mmen

t. Pro

pose

d add

itions

to te

xt on

targ

ets an

d ind

icator

s and

links

to R

ES m

onito

ring.

Prop

osed

chan

ge fr

om N

WRA

to R

PB

(1

2/26)

16

Ass

essm

ent

of

Rep

lace

d a

nd

P

ote

nti

ally

Sav

ed S

tru

ctu

re P

lan

P

olic

ies

A nu

mber

of re

spon

ses h

ave b

een r

eceiv

ed fr

om co

nsult

ees,

altho

ugh m

ost o

f thes

e hav

e rais

ed is

sues

with

the p

ropo

sed t

ables

outlin

ing th

e po

licies

to be

save

d upo

n ado

ption

of th

e RSS

. Con

sulte

es di

sagr

ee w

ith sa

ving J

oint L

anca

shire

Stru

cture

Plan

polic

y on G

ypsie

s and

Tra

velle

rs as

this

is no

t in co

nform

ity w

ith th

e pub

lish g

uidan

ce co

ntaine

d with

in the

circu

lar. T

he C

umbr

ia St

ructu

re P

lan pr

ovide

s a de

gree

of lo

cal

distin

ctive

ness

not r

eplic

ated i

n the

RSS

. A nu

mber

of de

tailed

comm

ents

are p

rovid

ed re

gard

ing w

hich p

olicie

s sho

uld be

save

d.

(1

7/18)

A

pp

end

ix R

T

The m

ajority

of co

nsult

ees t

hat c

omme

nted o

n the

appe

ndice

s obje

cted t

o the

appr

oach

take

n. Re

feren

ce sh

ould

be m

ade t

o the

bus s

ervic

e be

twee

n Wes

t Cum

bria

– Car

lisle

– New

castl

e City

Reg

ion. B

lackp

ool w

ould

be m

ore s

uitab

le as

a Re

giona

l Gate

ways

as op

pose

d to a

Reg

ional

gatew

ay.

(5/5)

M

aps

A nu

mber

of co

mmen

ts we

re m

ade t

o the

map

s sec

tion (

Diag

rams

2.2-

2.10,

the K

ey di

agra

m, C

ity R

egion

map

s for

Ma

nche

ster/L

iverp

ool/C

entra

l Lan

cs/C

umbr

ia). T

he co

mmen

ts re

ceive

d foc

used

on in

cons

isten

cies a

nd/or

carto

grap

hic in

accu

racie

s.

(39/5

9)

18

SC

HE

DU

LE 2

- FI

NA

L C

HA

NG

ES

TO

TH

E R

SS

T

his

sche

dule

list

s th

e fu

rthe

r ch

ange

s to

Pro

pose

d C

hang

es to

RS

S w

hich

wer

e th

e su

bjec

t of p

ublic

con

sulta

tion

Mar

ch to

May

200

8

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

1 T

he

Ro

le a

nd

Pu

rpo

se o

f R

SS

1.4

This

RSS

repla

ces

all o

f the

sav

ed s

tructu

re p

lan p

olicie

s of

the J

oint L

anca

shire

Stru

cture

Plan

(200

5)

which

wer

e ex

tende

d un

der t

rans

itiona

l pro

vision

s of s

ched

ule 8

of t

he P

lannin

g an

d Co

mpuls

ory P

urch

ase

Act 2

004.

This

RSS

also

repla

ces t

he p

olicie

s of t

he C

hesh

ire S

tructu

re P

lan (2

005)

and

the

Cumb

ria a

nd

Lake

Dist

rict J

oint S

tructu

re P

lan (2

006)

with

the e

xcep

tion o

f thos

e outl

ined a

s exte

nded

for a

furth

er pe

riod

until

repla

ced b

y futu

re R

SS re

view

as se

t out

in Ch

apter

15.

To cl

arify

the l

egal

posit

ion in

relat

ion to

ex

tensio

n of S

tructu

re P

lan po

licies

1.

8 1.

9 A

sepa

rate

Imple

menta

tion F

rame

work

is be

ing pr

epar

ed by

the R

egion

al Pl

annin

g Bod

y Nor

th W

est

Regio

nal A

ssem

bly (N

WRA

) to p

rovid

e mor

e deta

il on m

ethod

s for

the d

elive

ry of

RSS,

the a

genc

ies th

at wi

ll car

ry it o

ut, ta

rgets

to be

met

and a

rrang

emen

ts for

mon

itorin

g pro

gres

s. As

a se

para

te do

cume

nt thi

s wi

ll ena

ble it

to be

mor

e rea

dily u

pdate

d and

to pr

ovide

a ro

lling p

rogr

amme

of ac

tions

. The

Reg

ional

Plan

ning B

ody N

WRA

will

prep

are a

n Ann

ual M

onito

ring R

epor

t to re

port

prog

ress

on im

pleme

ntatio

n and

an

y iss

ues a

rising

.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

2 O

ur

Reg

ion

2.16

Th

e hig

hly u

rban

ised

natur

e of

large

par

ts of

the N

orth

Wes

t has

crea

ted a

sign

ifican

t ‘eco

logica

l footp

rint’1 .

From

an

envir

onme

ntal p

oint o

f view

, it is

impo

rtant

not o

nly to

dev

elop

the N

orth

Wes

t as a

bett

er p

lace

to liv

e, bu

t also

to m

ake

a mo

re s

ubsta

ntial

contr

ibutio

n to

natio

nal a

nd g

lobal

envir

onme

ntal t

arge

ts an

d ini

tiativ

es. P

artic

ularly

criti

cal is

the

need

to a

dapt

to an

d, as

far a

s po

ssibl

e, re

duce

, the

effe

cts o

f clim

ate

chan

ge; i

nclud

ing b

y pla

nning

for t

he e

fficien

t use

of e

nerg

y an

d by

dev

elopin

g re

newa

ble s

ource

s. W

e mu

st als

o de

al wi

th de

relic

tion;

impr

ove

air a

nd w

ater q

uality

; man

age

the fa

bric

of tow

ns a

nd c

ities

and

sens

itive

coas

tal a

nd ru

ral la

ndsc

apes

; pro

tect w

ildlife

; incre

ase

tree

cove

r; an

d fin

d mo

re su

staina

ble w

ays

of de

aling

with

was

te (se

e map

s 2.10

-2.11

) .

To pr

ovide

clea

r cro

ss-re

feren

ce to

map

s ad

ded a

t Pro

pose

d Cha

nges

stag

e to r

eflec

t pa

nel re

comm

enda

tion

4 S

pat

ial P

rin

cip

les

NO

CH

AN

GE

S

DP

1: S

pat

ial P

rin

cip

les

DP

1

Polic

y DP1

: Sp

atial

Prin

ciples

Th

e foll

owing

princ

iples

unde

rpin

RSS

(inco

rpor

ating

RTS

) Ot

her

regio

nal,

sub-

regio

nal a

nd lo

cal p

lans

and

strate

gies

and

all in

dividu

al pr

opos

als, s

chem

es a

nd

inves

tmen

t dec

ision

s sho

uld ad

here

to th

ese p

rinci p

les. A

ll may

be ap

plica

ble to

deve

lopme

nt ma

nage

ment

in pa

rticula

r circ

umsta

nces

:

1 A

syste

m of

meas

uring

how

much

land

and w

ater a

huma

n pop

ulatio

n nee

ds to

prod

uce t

he re

sour

ces i

t con

sume

s and

abso

rb th

e res

ulting

was

te.

19

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• pr

omote

susta

inable

comm

unitie

s;

• pr

omote

susta

inable

econ

omic

deve

lopme

nt;

• ma

ke th

e bes

t use

of ex

isting

reso

urce

s and

infra

struc

ture;

• ma

nage

trav

el de

mand

, red

uce t

he ne

ed to

trav

el, an

d inc

reas

e acc

essib

ility;

• ma

rry op

portu

nity a

nd ne

ed;

• pr

omote

envir

onme

ntal q

uality

;

• ma

instre

aming

rura

l issu

es;

• re

duce

emiss

ions a

nd ad

apt to

clim

ate ch

ange

.

The

8 Po

licies

DP2

-9 a

mplify

thes

e pr

incipl

es a

nd s

hould

be

taken

toge

ther

as th

e sp

atial

princ

iples

un

derly

ing th

e Stra

tegy.

They

are n

ot in

orde

r of p

riority

. Th

e wh

ole o

f the

RSS

shou

ld be

read

toge

ther a

nd th

ese

princ

iples

shou

ld be

app

lied

along

side

the o

ther

polic

ies w

hich f

ollow

.

To pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

of ex

pres

sion

DP

2: P

rom

ote

Su

stai

nab

le C

om

mu

nit

ies

DP

2

Polic

y DP2

: Pr

omot

e Sus

tain

able

Com

mun

ities

Bu

ilding

susta

inable

comm

unitie

s – p

laces

whe

re p

eople

wan

t to

live

and

work

- is a

regio

nal p

riority

in b

oth

urba

n an

d ru

ral a

reas

. Sus

taina

ble C

ommu

nities

sho

uld m

eet t

he d

iverse

nee

ds o

f exis

ting

and

futur

e re

siden

ts, p

romo

te co

mmun

ity c

ohes

ion a

nd e

quali

ty an

d div

ersit

y, be

sen

sitive

to th

e en

viron

ment,

and

co

ntribu

te to

a high

quali

ty of

life, p

artic

ularly

by:

• fos

tering

sus

taina

ble re

lation

ships

betw

een

home

s, wo

rkplac

es a

nd o

ther c

once

ntrati

ons

of re

gular

ly us

ed se

rvice

s and

facil

ities;

• tak

ing in

to ac

coun

t the

eco

nomi

c, en

viron

menta

l, so

ci al a

nd c

ultur

al im

plica

tions

of d

evelo

pmen

t and

sp

atial

inves

tmen

t dec

ision

s on c

ommu

nities

;

• im

prov

ing th

e buil

t and

natur

al en

viron

ment,

and c

onse

rving

the r

egion

’s he

ritage

;

• im

prov

ing t

he h

ealth

and

edu

catio

nal

attain

ment

of the

reg

ion’s

popu

lation

, re

ducin

g pr

esen

t ine

quali

ties;

• pr

omoti

ng co

mmun

ity sa

fety a

nd se

curity

inclu

ding f

lood r

isk (s

ee m

ap 2.

11);

To en

sure

that

the po

licy r

eflec

ts the

mos

t re

cent

guida

nce a

nd th

e Pitt

Revie

w ‘Le

arnin

g Le

sson

s fro

m the

2007

Floo

ds’ a

nd in

re

spon

se to

the r

epre

senta

tion o

n the

2 Sec

uring

the f

uture

deliv

ering

UK

susta

inable

deve

lopme

nt str

ategy

, UK

Govt,

2005

.

20

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• en

cour

aging

lead

ersh

ip, jo

int w

orkin

g pra

ctice

s, co

mmun

ity co

nsult

ation

and e

ngag

emen

t;

• re

viving

loca

l eco

nomi

es, e

spec

ially

in the

Hou

sing

Marke

t Ren

ewal

Area

s and

othe

r are

as in

nee

d of

rege

nera

tion a

nd ho

using

restr

uctur

ing su

ch as

Wes

t Cum

bria

Blac

kpoo

l, Flee

twoo

d and

Mor

ecam

be;

• int

egra

ting

and

phas

ing th

e pr

ovisi

on o

f pub

lic s

ervic

es (i

nclud

ing li

felon

g lea

rning

) and

facil

ities

to me

et the

cur

rent

and

futur

e ne

eds

of the

who

le co

mmun

ity,

ensu

ring

that

those

ser

vices

are

co

nven

iently

loca

ted, c

lose t

o the

peop

le the

y ser

ve, a

nd ge

nuine

ly ac

cess

ible b

y pub

lic tr

ansp

ort;

• pr

omoti

ng p

hysic

al ex

ercis

e thr

ough

opp

ortun

ities

for s

port

and

forma

l / in

forma

l rec

reati

on, w

alking

an

d cyc

ling.

The

guidi

ng p

rincip

les o

f the

UK

Susta

inable

Dev

elopm

ent S

trateg

y 20

052 o

r its

succ

esso

rs an

d the

bas

ic ele

ments

of

susta

inable

com

munit

ies a

s se

t ou

t in

‘Sus

taina

ble C

ommu

nities

: Pe

ople,

Plac

es a

nd

Pros

perity

(A F

ive Y

ear P

lan) s

hould

be fo

llowe

d.

Prop

osed

Cha

nges

by T

he E

nviro

nmen

t Ag

ency

. To

prov

ide fa

ctual

clarifi

catio

n tha

t HMR

As

includ

e Wes

t Cum

bria

and t

o refl

ect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

and t

o be c

onsis

tent

with

polic

y L2 i

n rela

tion t

o are

as of

hous

ing

restr

uctur

ing.

DP

3: P

rom

ote

Su

stai

nab

le E

con

om

ic D

evel

op

men

t

4.3

Build

ing a

stro

ng, s

table

and

susta

inable

eco

nomy

is a

key f

actor

in im

prov

ing q

uality

of li

fe an

d on

e of

the

UK G

uiding

Prin

ciples

for S

ustai

nable

Dev

elopm

ent.

After

yea

rs of

deep

-roote

d ind

ustria

l dec

line,

the N

W

econ

omy h

as p

erfor

med

well i

n re

cent

year

s, bu

t the

re is

still

much

to d

o. Ov

erall

GVA

per

hea

d in

the N

W

is 12

% lo

wer t

han

the E

nglan

d av

erag

e, bu

t the

re a

re c

onsid

erab

le va

riatio

ns a

cross

the

regio

n, wi

th Ch

eshir

e ha

ving

the h

ighes

t GVA

per

hea

d an

d Ma

nche

ster C

ity R

egion

exp

erien

cing

the h

ighes

t gro

wth

rates

and

Cum

bria

the lo

west.

We

need

to s

treng

then

regio

nal e

cono

mic

perfo

rman

ce, t

o co

ntinu

e the

tra

nsfor

matio

n of

the e

cono

my in

a s

ustai

nable

way

, ena

bling

the

sub-

regio

ns to

ach

ieve

their

poten

tial in

lig

ht of

a clea

r und

ersta

nding

of th

eir di

stinc

tive r

oles a

nd vi

sions

for t

he fu

ture a

s set

out in

the s

ub re

giona

l po

licies

in ch

apter

s 10-

143 o

f this

docu

ment.

To pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

and t

o be f

actua

lly

corre

ct ba

sed o

n Nati

onal

Stati

stics

‘GVA

in

North

Wes

t’ figu

res D

ec. 2

007 a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions b

y Che

shire

Cou

nty C

ounc

il. Ch

ange

due t

o the

inclu

sion o

f Sou

th Ch

eshir

e in

Manc

heste

r City

Reg

ion fo

llowi

ng lo

cal

gove

rnme

nt re

orga

nisati

on an

d re

pres

entat

ions f

rom

East

Ches

hire L

ocal

Autho

rities

.

4.4

Ther

e ar

e als

o oth

er d

ispar

ities

– no

t jus

t in

econ

omic

grow

th –

betw

een

the N

W a

nd th

e re

st of

the U

K;

betw

een

the N

W su

b-re

gions

; and

with

in the

m. T

he m

aps a

t Diag

rams

2.2-

2.9

illustr

ate ju

st so

me o

f the

m.

In ad

dition

to s

patia

l disp

aritie

s, the

re c

an a

lso b

e co

ncen

tratio

ns o

f disa

dvan

tage

withi

n sp

ecific

gro

ups

such

as

older

peo

ple, B

lack

and

Mino

rity a

nd E

thnic

grou

ps a

nd p

eople

with

disa

bilitie

s. Pl

ans

and

strate

gies

shou

ld se

ek to

bett

er u

nder

stand

thes

e dis

pariti

es a

nd c

once

ntrati

ons

of dis

adva

ntage

, dev

ise

polic

ies a

nd fo

cus

inves

tmen

t to

addr

ess

them.

The

new

spa

tial a

ppro

ach

in pla

nning

will

facilit

ate th

is,

integ

ratin

g dif

feren

t poli

cy th

emes

and

deli

very

mech

anism

s (h

orizo

ntal)

and

betw

een

differ

ent g

eogr

aphic

lev

els (v

ertic

al) in

know

ledge

of t

he n

eeds

and

prio

rities

of s

pecif

ic pla

ces.

At th

e loc

al lev

el the

se p

rioriti

es

will b

e ar

ticula

ted in

Sus

taina

ble C

ommu

nity S

trateg

ies a

nd re

flecte

d in

Loca

l Are

a Ag

reem

ents

(LAA

s) an

d Mu

lti Ar

ea A

gree

ments

(MAA

s).

To al

ign w

ith S

ustai

nable

Com

munit

ies A

ct.

DP

4 M

ake

the

Bes

t U

se o

f E

xist

ing

Res

ou

rces

an

d In

fras

tru

ctu

re

DP

4

Polic

y DP4

: Mak

e the

Bes

t Use

of E

xistin

g Re

sour

ces a

nd In

frast

ruct

ure

Prior

ity s

hould

be

given

to d

evelo

pmen

ts in

locati

ons

cons

isten

t with

the

regio

nal a

nd s

ub-re

giona

l spa

tial

frame

works

as

set o

ut in

Chap

ter 5

(nota

bly p

olicy

RDF

1) a

nd s

ub re

giona

l poli

cies

in Ch

apter

s 10

-143

Chan

ge du

e to t

he in

clusio

n of S

outh

Ches

hire

21

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

which

: •

build

upon

exist

ing co

ncen

tratio

ns of

activ

ities a

nd ex

isting

infra

struc

ture;

• do

not

requ

ire m

ajor i

nves

tmen

t in n

ew in

frastr

uctur

e, inc

luding

tran

spor

t, wa

ter su

pply

and

sewe

rage

. W

here

this

is

unav

oidab

le de

velop

ment

shou

ld be

app

ropr

iately

pha

sed

to co

incide

with

new

inf

rastr

uctur

e pro

vision

.

Deve

lopme

nt sh

ould

acco

rd w

ith th

e foll

owing

sequ

entia

l app

roac

h: •

first,

using

exis

ting

build

ings

(inclu

ding

conv

ersio

n) w

ithin

settle

ments

, and

pre

vious

ly de

velop

ed la

nd

withi

n sett

lemen

ts;

• se

cond

, usin

g oth

er s

uitab

le inf

ill op

portu

nities

with

in se

ttleme

nts, w

here

com

patib

le wi

th oth

er R

SS

polic

ies;

• thi

rd, t

he d

evelo

pmen

t of o

ther

land

wher

e thi

s is

well-l

ocate

d in

relat

ion to

hou

sing,

jobs,

other

se

rvice

s and

infra

struc

ture

and

which

comp

lies w

ith th

e oth

er p

rincip

les in

DP1

-9. T

his w

ill no

rmall

y be

on th

e frin

ges o

f sett

lemen

ts.

Natur

al an

d ma

n-ma

de re

sour

ces

shou

ld be

man

aged

pr u

dentl

y an

d eff

icien

tly. S

ustai

nable

con

struc

tion

and e

fficien

cy in

reso

urce

use (

includ

ing re

use a

nd re

cycli

ng of

mate

rials)

shou

ld be

prom

oted.

in Ma

nche

ster C

ity R

egion

follo

wing

loca

l go

vern

ment

reor

ganis

ation

and

repr

esen

tation

s fro

m Ea

st Ch

eshir

e Loc

al Au

thoriti

es.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith R

DF1 w

ordin

g and

to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

DP

5: M

anag

e T

rave

l Dem

and

; R

edu

ce t

he

Ne e

d t

o T

rave

l an

d In

crea

se A

cces

sib

ility

4.6

This

princ

iple i

s clea

rly re

flecte

d in t

he tr

ansp

ort o

bjec ti

ves a

nd po

licies

of R

SS. B

ut its

impa

ct is

much

wide

r tha

n thi

s. It

has

helpe

d sh

ape

the b

road

spa

tial p

rioriti

es in

the

RSS,

whic

h ha

ve in

turn

influ

ence

d the

dis

tributi

on o

f hou

sing

in tab

le 7.1

. It h

as in

fluen

ced

the lo

catio

nal c

riteria

for r

egion

ally s

ignific

ant e

cono

mic

deve

lopme

nt, w

ith a

cces

sibilit

y by

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort h

ighlig

hted

as a

key

con

sider

ation

in p

olicy

W2.

It un

derp

ins re

tail p

olicy

and

the

emph

asis

on d

evelo

pmen

t in to

wn ce

ntres

and

KSC

s. Th

ese

cons

idera

tions

ar

e eq

ually

app

licab

le at

local

and

sub-

regio

nal le

vels

when

pre

parin

g pla

ns a

nd s

trateg

ies s

uch

as L

DFs

and

LTPs

, or d

ecidi

ng o

n ind

ividu

al sc

heme

s and

pro

posa

ls. R

DF2

sets

out t

he p

olicy

for d

evelo

pmen

ts in

more

remo

te ru

ral lo

catio

ns w

here

inno

vativ

e solu

tions

will

be ne

eded

to ad

dres

s the

need

to m

anag

e tra

vel

dema

nd an

d red

uce t

he ne

ed to

trav

el.

To pr

ovide

clar

ificati

on an

d to i

ndica

te ch

ange

in

RDF2

in re

lation

to ru

ral a

reas

. To p

rovid

e im

prov

ed cr

oss-r

efere

ncing

. D

P6:

Mar

ry O

pp

ort

un

ity

and

Nee

d

NO

CH

AN

GE

S

DP

7: P

rom

ote

En

viro

nm

enta

l Qu

alit

y

22

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

DP

7

Polic

y DP7

: Pr

omot

e Env

ironm

enta

l Qua

lity

Envir

onme

ntal q

uality

(inc

luding

air,

coas

tal a

nd in

land

water

s), s

hould

be

prote

cted

and

enha

nced

, es

pecia

lly by

: •

unde

rstan

ding a

nd re

spec

ting t

he ch

arac

ter an

d dist

inctiv

enes

s of p

laces

and l

ands

cape

s;

• the

prote

ction

and e

nhan

ceme

nt of

the hi

storic

envir

onme

nt;

• pr

omoti

ng g

ood

quali

ty de

sign

in ne

w de

velop

ment

and

ensu

ring

that d

evelo

pmen

t res

pects

its se

tting

taking

into

acco

unt r

eleva

nt de

sign r

equir

emen

ts, th

e NW

Des

ign G

uide a

nd ot

her b

est p

racti

ce;

• re

claim

ing d

ereli

ct lan

d an

d re

media

ting

conta

mina

ted la

nd fo

r end

-use

s to

impr

ove

the im

age

of the

re

gion a

nd us

e lan

d res

ource

s effic

iently

;

• ma

ximisi

ng op

portu

nities

for t

he re

gene

ratio

n of d

ereli

ct or

dilap

idated

area

s;

• as

sess

ing th

e po

tentia

l impa

cts o

f man

aging

traff

ic gr

owth

and

mitig

ating

the

impa

cts o

f roa

d tra

ffic o

n air

quali

ty, no

ise an

d hea

lth;

• pr

omoti

ng po

licies

relat

ing to

gree

n infr

astru

cture

and t

he gr

eenin

g of to

wns a

nd ci

ties;

• ma

intain

ing an

d enh

ancin

g the

tran

quilli

ty of

open

coun

trysid

e and

rura

l are

as;

• ma

intain

ing a

nd e

nhan

cing

the q

uanti

ty an

d qu

ality

of bio

diver

sity

and

habit

at; e

nsur

ing th

at pla

ns,

strate

gies

and

prop

osals

whic

h alo

ne o

r in

comb

inatio

n co

uld h

ave

a sig

nifica

nt eff

ect o

n the

integ

rity

and

cons

erva

tion

objec

tives

of s

ites

of int

erna

tiona

l impo

rtanc

e for

natu

re c

onse

rvatio

n ar

e su

bject

to as

sess

ment,

this

includ

es a

sses

smen

t and

ame

liora

tion

of the

pote

ntial

impa

cts o

f dev

elopm

ent (

and

asso

ciated

traff

ic) on

air q

uality

, wate

r qua

lity an

d wate

r leve

ls.

• en

surin

g tha

t plan

s, str

ategie

s an

d pr

opos

als w

hich

alone

or i

n co

mbina

tion

could

hav

e a

signif

icant

effec

t on

the

integ

rity a

nd c

onse

rvatio

n ob

jectiv

es o

f sit

es o

f int

erna

tiona

l imp

ortan

ce f

or n

ature

co

nser

vatio

n ar

e su

bject

to as

sess

ment,

this

includ

es a

sses

smen

t and

ame

liora

tion

of the

pote

ntial

impa

cts of

deve

lopme

nt (a

nd as

socia

ted tr

affic)

on ai

r qua

lity, w

ater q

uality

and w

ater le

vels.

To re

flect

reco

mmen

datio

ns in

the

Susta

inabil

ity A

ppra

isal o

f Pro

pose

d Cha

nges

an

d HRA

and t

o refl

ect c

omme

nts m

ade

durin

g con

sulta

tion b

y The

Env

ironm

ent

Agen

cy.

To be

cons

isten

t with

EM1

whic

h inc

ludes

Hi

storic

Env

ironm

ent a

nd to

refle

ct co

mmen

ts by

Cou

ncil f

or B

ritish

Arch

aeolo

gy an

d Eng

lish

Herita

ge.

To al

ign m

ore c

losely

with

PPS

9 and

regio

nal

comm

itmen

ts to

imple

ment

Natio

nal

Biod

iversi

ty Ac

tion P

lan ta

rgets

and t

o refl

ect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing co

nsult

ation

on

the P

ropo

sed C

hang

es by

Natu

ral E

nglan

d, En

viron

ment

Agen

cy an

d For

estry

Co

mmiss

ion.

Final

bulle

t spli

t to pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

and

enha

nced

unde

rstan

ding o

f poli

cy.

4.

11

The

North

Wes

t has

sign

ifican

t are

as w

hich

are

inter

natio

nally

impo

rtant

for n

ature

con

serva

tion

(see

Diag

ram

map

2.11

2.10)

this

includ

es s

ignific

ant a

reas

of t

he c

oastl

ine o

f the

regio

n. De

velop

ment

and

polic

ies w

hich

seek

to d

elive

r RSS

at a

loca

l lev

el co

uld h

ave

the p

otenti

al to

have

sign

ifican

t adv

erse

aff

ects

effec

ts on

site

s of

inter

natio

nal d

esign

ation

s im

porta

nce

for n

ature

con

serva

tion

such

as

Rams

ars

(des

ignate

d by

the

UK G

over

nmen

t und

er th

e Ra

msar

Con

venti

on to

pro

tect a

nd c

onse

rve w

etlan

d ar

eas

that a

re o

f inter

natio

nal im

porta

nce,

partic

ularly

as w

aterfo

wl h

abita

ts) a

nd ‘N

atura

200

0’ sit

es (a

netw

ork o

f int

erna

tiona

lly s

ignific

ant w

ildlife

site

s wi

thin

the E

U, c

ompr

ising

Spe

cial A

reas

of C

onse

rvatio

n , Ra

msar

sit

es (S

ACs)

and

Spec

ial P

rotec

tion

Area

s (S

PAs)

includ

ing p

ropo

sed

and

cand

idate

area

s sit

es p

SACs

an

d cS

PAs).

Con

sider

ation

of

effec

ts of

deve

lopme

nt on

site

s of

inter

natio

nal i

mpor

tance

for

natu

re

cons

erva

tion

will a

lso in

clude

, whe

re re

levan

t, the

pote

ntial

effec

ts on

sites

outs

ide th

e re

gions

e.g.

effe

cts

of de

velop

ment

in the

regio

n on

coa

stal a

nd in

land

water

s in

Wale

s. Lo

wer t

ier p

lans,

strate

gies

and

Incor

rect

map n

umbe

r use

d in e

rror.

Addit

ion is

text

which

prev

iously

appe

ared

in

RDF3

supp

ortin

g tex

t. Inc

luded

here

to av

oid

undu

e rep

etitio

n. To

prov

ide gr

eater

clar

ity an

d to e

nsur

e tha

t the

effec

ts of

deve

lopme

nt sh

ould

be

23

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

prop

osals

may

need

to be

asse

ssed

unde

r the

Hab

itats

Regu

lation

Ass

essm

ent p

roce

ss fo

r like

ly sig

nifica

nt eff

ects

alone

or i

n co

mbina

tion.

Whe

re it

is in

dicate

d tha

t plan

s an

d pr

opos

als a

re lik

ely to

hav

e ne

gativ

e im

pacts

whic

h ca

nnot

be a

voide

d, alt

erna

tives

will

need

to b

e so

ught

or im

pera

tive

reas

ons

of ov

errid

ing

publi

c int

eres

t esta

blish

ed a

nd c

ompe

nsato

ry me

asur

es w

ill be

nec

essa

ry. T

his is

an

oner

ous

route

and

ac

cord

ingly

whils

t this

is a

pos

sible

appr

oach

, dev

elopm

ent li

kely

to ha

ve a

n ad

verse

effe

ct on

the

integ

rity

and

cons

erva

tion

objec

tives

of s

ites o

f inter

natio

nal im

porta

nce

for n

ature

cons

erva

tion

(‘ Natu

ra 2

000’

sites

) an

d Ra

msar

site

s is

unlik

ely to

mee

t the

requ

ireme

nts o

f Hab

itats

Dire

ctive

and

wou

ld be

unli

kely

to be

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e de

velop

ment

plan.

Many

‘Natu

ra 2

000’

and

Rams

ar s

ites

are

highly

sen

sitive

to

exist

ing l

evels

of

air p

olluti

on a

nd w

ater

pollu

tion,

not

withs

tandin

g the

pote

ntial

impa

cts o

f fut

ure

deve

lopme

nt. Lo

cal a

uthor

ities w

ill ne

ed to

ensu

re ap

prop

riate

monit

oring

regim

es ar

e in p

lace a

nd co

nside

r am

elior

ation

mea

sure

s wh

ere

appr

opria

te to

ensu

re th

at de

velop

ment

does

not

have

adv

erse

effe

cts.

Many

of t

he ‘N

atura

200

0’ an

d Ra

msar

site

s ex

tend

well b

eyon

d ind

ividu

al loc

al au

thority

bou

ndar

ies a

nd

Loca

l Auth

oritie

s an

d pa

rtner

ship

orga

nisati

ons

will n

eed

to wo

rk tog

ether

to p

repa

re p

lans

and

strate

gies

which

mini

mise

, avo

id an

d man

age p

otenti

al ne

gativ

e imp

acts

on va

luable

sites

.

cons

idere

d for

all s

ites i

nclud

ing th

ose o

utside

the

regio

n. Su

ch ef

fects

were

iden

tified

as pa

rt of

the co

nside

ratio

n of E

urop

ean s

ites o

f na

ture c

onse

rvatio

n imp

ortan

ce in

Wale

s as

part

of the

HRA

of th

e Sub

mitte

d Dra

ft RSS

. Al

so to

refle

ct the

repr

esen

tation

s of

Coun

trysid

e Cou

ncil f

or W

ales.

To re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e by

Envir

onme

nt Ag

ency

durin

g con

sulta

tion o

n Pr

opos

ed C

hang

es.

DP

8: M

ain

stre

am R

ura

l Iss

ues

D

P8

DP

8: M

ainst

ream

ing

Rura

l Issu

es

The

rura

l are

as o

f the

Nor

th W

est s

hould

be

cons

idere

d in

a wa

y wh

ich is

integ

rated

with

othe

r dec

ision

ma

king,

and n

ot se

en as

a se

para

te top

ic.

The

prob

lems

of ru

ral c

ommu

nities

(suc

h as

hou

sing

a ffor

dabil

ity, e

cono

mic

diver

sifica

tion,

and

acce

ss to

job

s and

servi

ces),

esp

ecial

ly in

Cumb

ria, h

ave

partic

ular c

ause

s and

requ

ire p

artic

ular s

olutio

ns –

diffe

rent

in sp

arse

ly po

pulat

ed a

reas

fro

m tho

se c

loser

to

large

sett

lemen

ts.

Plan

s an

d str

ategie

s sh

ould

ackn

owled

ge th

is an

d re

spon

d to

spati

al va

riatio

ns in

rura

l nee

d an

d op

portu

nities

. The

pos

itive

inter

actio

n be

twee

n rur

al an

d urb

an ar

eas s

hould

be pr

omote

d whe

n app

ropr

iate.

To pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

.

DP

9: R

edu

ce E

mis

sio

ns

and

Ad

apt

to C

limat

e C

han

ge

DP

9

Polic

y DP9

: Re

duce

Em

issio

ns an

d Ad

apt t

o Cl

imat

e Cha

nge

As an

urge

nt re

giona

l prio

rity, p

lans,

strate

gies,

prop

osals

, sch

emes

and i

nves

tmen

t dec

ision

s sho

uld:

• co

ntribu

te to

redu

ction

s in

the R

egion

’s to

the re

giona

l poli

cy to

redu

ce ca

rbon

diox

ide e

miss

ions f

rom

all so

urce

s, inc

luding

ene

rgy g

ener

ation

and

supp

ly, b

uildin

gs a

nd tr

ansp

ort in

line

with

natio

nal ta

rgets

to

redu

ce e

miss

ions

to 60

% b

elow

1990

leve

ls by

205

0; in

partic

ular,

for re

siden

tial a

nd c

omme

rcial

deve

lopme

nt, b

y de

velop

ing t

rajec

tories

or

other

yar

dstic

ks f

or i

denti

fying

tre

nds

in ca

rbon

pe

rform

ance

;

• tak

e int

o ac

coun

t futu

re c

hang

es to

nati

onal

targe

ts for

car

bon

dioxid

e an

d oth

er g

reen

hous

e ga

s em

ission

s;

Amen

dmen

t to S

ecre

tary o

f Stat

e’s P

ropo

sed

Chan

ges t

o pro

vide a

clea

r con

text fo

r the

po

licy a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

This

addit

ional

word

ing on

targ

ets

refle

cts th

e rec

omme

ndati

on of

the E

IP P

anel

3 Nor

th W

est S

ustai

nabil

ity C

heck

list fo

r Dev

elopm

ents,

NW

RA, 2

007.

24

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• ide

ntify,

ass

ess

and

apply

mea

sure

s to

ensu

re e

ffecti

ve a

dapta

tion

to lik

ely e

nviro

nmen

tal, s

ocial

and

ec

onom

ic im

pacts

of cl

imate

chan

ge.

Meas

ures

to re

duce

emiss

ions m

ight in

clude

as ex

ample

s: •

incre

asing

urba

n den

sity;

• en

cour

aging

bett

er b

uilt h

omes

and

ene

rgy

effici

ency

, eco

-frien

dly a

nd a

dapta

ble b

uildin

gs, w

ith g

ood

therm

al ins

ulatio

n, su

staina

ble ur

ban d

raina

ge, g

reen

roofs

and m

icrog

ener

ation

;

• re

ducin

g tra

ffic gr

owth,

prom

oting

walk

ing, c

yclin

g and

publi

c tra

nspo

rt;

• fac

ilitati

ng ef

fectiv

e was

te ma

nage

ment;

• inc

reas

ing re

newa

ble en

ergy

capa

city;

• foc

using

sub

stanti

al ne

w de

velop

ment

on lo

catio

ns w

here

ene

rgy

can

be g

ained

from

dec

entra

lised

su

pply

syste

ms;

• the

impr

oved

man

agem

ent a

nd re

wettin

g of th

e reg

ions b

lanke

t and

raise

d bog

reso

urce

.

Adap

tation

mea

sure

s migh

t inclu

de, fo

r exa

mple:

•

minim

ising

thre

ats fr

om, a

nd th

e im

pact

of, in

creas

ed co

astal

ero

sion,

incre

ased

stor

mine

ss a

nd flo

od

risk,

habit

at dis

turba

nce,

fragm

entat

ion an

d inc

reas

ed pr

essu

re on

wate

r sup

ply an

d dra

inage

syste

ms;

• pr

otecti

on of

the m

ost v

ersa

tile ag

ricult

ural

land;

• Su

staina

ble U

rban

Dra

inage

.

Polic

y mak

ers s

hould

use

the

North

Wes

t Inte

grate

d Ap

prais

al To

olkit a

s a b

asis

to as

sess

and

stre

ngthe

n the

clim

ate c

hang

e mi

tigati

on a

nd a

dapta

tion

eleme

nts o

f the

ir pla

ns a

nd s

trateg

ies. E

xcep

tiona

lly, o

ther

comp

arab

le an

d rob

ust m

ethod

ologie

s migh

t be u

sed.

Ap

plica

nts a

nd lo

cal p

lannin

g au

thoriti

es s

hould

ens

ure

that a

ll dev

elopm

ents

meet

at lea

st the

mini

mum

stand

ards

set o

ut in

the N

orth

Wes

t Sus

taina

bility

Che

cklis

t for

Dev

elopm

ents3 ,

and

shou

ld ap

ply ‘g

ood’

or

‘best

prac

tice’

stand

ards

whe

reve

r pra

ctica

ble.

Move

d to a

dapta

tion m

easu

res t

o refl

ect b

etter

ac

tual ro

le of

SUDs

and t

o refl

ect

repr

esen

tation

of th

e Env

ironm

ent A

genc

y.

To re

flect

large

numb

er of

repr

esen

tation

s fro

m a w

ide va

riety

of co

nsult

ees.

Whil

st the

role

of pe

atlan

ds as

CO 2

sink

s is

comp

lex, e

viden

ce in

dicate

s tha

t in ge

nera

l re

wettin

g of p

eatla

nd re

duce

s CO 2

emiss

ions

(Pea

tland

s and

Clim

ate C

hang

e Inte

rnati

onal

Peat

Socie

ty 20

08)

To re

flect

the im

plica

tion o

f Clim

ate C

hang

e as

set o

ut in

the S

tern R

epor

t and

the

repr

esen

tation

s on t

he P

ropo

sed C

hang

es

from

Fore

stry C

ommi

ssion

and W

oodla

nd

Trus

t. Mi

nor a

mend

ment

which

clar

ifies t

hat N

WIA

T sh

ould

alway

s for

m the

basis

of as

sess

ment

even

whe

n exc

eptio

nally

othe

r meth

odolo

gies

are u

sed.

Also

aims

to fu

ture-

proo

f poli

cy

when

NW

IAT

metho

dolog

y may

be re

vised

.

5 R

egio

nal

Sp

atia

l Fra

mew

ork

NO

CH

AN

GE

S

RD

F1:

Sp

atia

l Pri

ori

ties

25

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

RD

F1

Spat

ial P

riorit

ies

In ma

king

prov

ision

for d

evelo

pmen

t, pla

ns a

nd st

rateg

ies sh

ould

acco

rd w

ith th

e fol

lowing

prio

rities

, tak

ing

into a

ccou

nt sp

ecific

cons

idera

tions

set o

ut in

the S

ub R

egion

al Ch

apter

s 10-

1413

:

• the

first

prio

rity fo

r gr

owth

and

deve

lopme

nt sh

ould

be th

e Re

giona

l Cen

tres

of Ma

nche

ster

and

Liver

pool;

• the

sec

ond

prior

ity s

hould

be

the in

ner a

reas

sur

roun

ding

these

regio

nal c

entre

s. Em

phas

is sh

ould

be

place

d on a

reas

in ne

ed of

rege

nera

tion a

nd H

ousin

g Mar

ket R

enew

al Ar

eas i

n par

ticula

r;

• the

third

prior

ity fo

r gro

wth s

hould

be th

e foll

owing

town

s/citie

s in t

he 3

city r

egion

s,: A

ltrinc

ham,

Ash

ton-

unde

r-Lyn

e, Ba

rrow -

in-Fu

rnes

s, Bi

rkenh

ead,

Blac

kbur

n, Bl

ackp

ool,

Bolto

n, Bu

rnley

, Bu

ry, C

arlis

le,

Ches

ter,

Crew

e, El

lesme

re P

ort,

Lanc

aster

, Ma

ccles

field,

Nor

thwich

, Ol

dham

, Pr

eston

, Ro

chda

le,

Runc

orn,

St

Helen

, Sk

elmer

sdale

, So

uthpo

rt,

Stoc

kpor

t, W

arrin

gton,

Widn

es,

Wiga

n, W

orkin

gton/W

hiteh

aven

. Dev

elopm

ent i

n lar

ger

subu

rban

cen

tres

withi

n the

city

reg

ions

would

be

comp

atible

with

this

polic

y pr

ovide

d the

dev

elopm

ent i

s of

an a

ppro

priat

e sc

ale a

nd a

t poin

ts wh

ere

trans

port

netw

orks

conn

ect a

nd w

here

publi

c acc

essib

ility i

s goo

d;

As fa

r as

poss

ible

grow

th sh

ould

be fo

cuse

d in

their

centr

es a

nd in

ner a

reas

but

deve

lopme

nt els

ewhe

re

may b

e acc

eptab

le if i

t sati

sfies

othe

r poli

cies,

notab

ly DP

1 to 9

.

The

towns

and

citie

s hig

hligh

ted in

bold

itali

cs o

ffer p

artic

ular o

ppor

tunitie

s for

gro

wth

which

sho

uld b

e ha

rnes

sed i

n sus

taina

ble w

ays.

• the

four

th pr

iority

shou

ld be

the t

owns

and c

ities o

utside

the C

ity R

egion

s of C

arlis

le an

d Lan

caste

r, wi

th inv

estm

ent e

ncou

rage

d in B

arro

w- in

-Fur

ness

and W

orkin

gton a

nd W

hiteh

aven

to ad

dres

s re

gene

ratio

n and

wor

kess

ness

in F

urne

ss P

enins

ula an

d Wes

t Cum

bria.

Th

e ne

ed to

tack

le the

pro

blems

of B

arro

w an

d W

est C

umbr

ia is

such

that

inves

tmen

t sho

uld a

lso b

e en

cour

aged

in th

e ce

ntres

of B

arro

w-in-

Furn

ess,

Wor

kingto

n an

d W

hiteh

aven

to p

rovid

e em

ploym

ent

oppo

rtunit

ies. R

estru

cturin

g of

the e

cono

my a

nd h

ousin

g ma

rkets

also

mean

that

Blac

kpoo

l and

Eas

t La

ncas

hire a

re pr

ioritie

s for

inve

stmen

t and

rege

nera

tion a

ctivit

y.

In the

third

and

four

th pr

ioritie

s dev

elopm

ent s

hould

be

focus

ed in

and

aro

und

the ce

ntres

of t

he to

wns a

nd

cities

. Dev

elopm

ent e

lsewh

ere

may

be a

ccep

table

if it

satis

fies

other

poli

cies,

notab

ly DP

1 to

9. Em

phas

is sh

ould

be pl

aced

on ad

dres

sing r

egen

erati

on an

d hou

sing m

arke

t ren

ewal

and r

estru

cturin

g.

Chan

ge du

e to t

he in

clusio

n of S

outh

Ches

hire

in Ma

nche

ster C

ity R

egion

follo

wing

loca

l go

vern

ment

reor

ganis

ation

and

repr

esen

tation

s fro

m Ea

st Ch

eshir

e Loc

al Au

thoriti

es.

Follo

wing

the c

onsid

erati

on of

repr

esen

tation

s on

Pro

pose

d Cha

nges

cons

ultati

on, w

hich

were

critic

al of

the cl

arity

, und

erpin

ning

evide

nce-

base

and s

patia

l prio

rities

of th

e pr

opos

ed ch

ange

s ver

sion o

f RDF

1, thi

s has

no

w be

en am

ende

d. Th

e poli

cy no

w re

flects

the

prior

ities o

f the P

anel

Repo

rt Re

comm

enda

tion w

hich h

ad re

sulte

d fro

m ex

tensiv

e exa

mina

tion a

nd co

nside

ratio

n of

evide

nce,

repr

esen

tation

s and

state

ments

. Th

e tow

ns an

d citie

s inc

luded

in bu

llets

3 and

4 o

f the p

olicy

are t

hose

origi

nally

inclu

ded a

s re

giona

l town

s and

citie

s in T

able

7.1 of

the

subm

itted D

raft R

SS.

Move

d to t

he en

d of th

e poli

cy

High

lighte

d tow

ns an

d citie

s app

roac

h doe

s no

t alig

n with

Pan

el Re

comm

enda

tion.

Delet

ed te

xt no

w inc

luded

in fo

urth

bulle

t poin

t, fin

al pa

ragr

aph o

f poli

cy an

d sup

portin

g tex

t. Th

e Pan

el Re

port

prior

itised

rege

nera

tion i

n Cu

mbria

as eq

ual fo

urth

prior

ity an

d the

refor

e the

text

has b

een m

erge

d. Sp

ecific

text

on

Blac

kpoo

l and

Eas

t Lan

cash

ire w

ere i

nclud

ed

in Pr

opos

ed C

hang

es bu

t not

the P

anel

Reco

mmen

datio

n, re

feren

ces n

ow in

clude

d in

supp

ortin

g tex

t, with

final

para

grap

h gen

erall

y ad

dres

ses a

reas

of re

gene

ratio

n. Te

xt dr

awn f

rom

Pane

l Rec

omme

ndati

on w

ith

addit

ional

cross

-refer

ence

to D

P1-9

adde

d for

26

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

cons

isten

cy.

5.

2 RD

F1 sh

ould

be re

ad to

gethe

r with

the s

ub-re

giona

l poli

cies i

n Cha

pters

10-1

4 13 w

hich a

mplify

this

regio

nal fr

amew

ork.

For e

xamp

le, po

licies

MCR

2 and

LCR2

broa

dly de

fine t

he re

giona

l cen

tres a

nd

surro

undin

g inn

er ar

eas,

and g

o on t

o exp

lain t

he ap

proa

ch to

spec

ific so

rts of

deve

lopme

nt the

re, s

uch a

s ho

using

whic

h will

only

be ac

cepta

ble in

certa

in cir

cums

tance

s. CL

CR1 a

nd 2

and s

uppo

rting t

ext s

et the

sp

ecific

prior

ities a

nd vi

sions

for P

resto

n, Bl

ackp

ool, B

lackb

urn a

nd B

urnle

y.

Chan

ge du

e to t

he in

clusio

n of S

outh

Ches

hire

in Ma

nche

ster C

ity R

egion

.

5.

3 RD

F1 h

as it

self

been

influ

ence

d by

the

spati

al pr

incipl

es in

DP1

to 9

. It b

uilds

on

the c

once

pts o

f the

city

re

gion,

of pu

blic

trans

port

acce

ssibi

lity a

nd m

aking

the

best

use

of ex

isting

reso

urce

s. It

refle

cts th

e vis

ion

set o

ut in

the R

ES a

nd th

e RF

A, W

hilst

the fo

cus

is on

the

core

s of

the M

anch

ester

and

Live

rpoo

l City

Re

gions

. The

app

roac

h is

balan

ced,

spre

ading

dev

elopm

ent a

cross

a la

rge

numb

er o

f tow

ns/ci

ties.

In thi

s it

follow

s thr

ough

the

appr

oach

in R

PG13

. But

it also

reco

gnise

s tha

t som

e pla

ces h

ave

grea

ter p

otenti

al for

ec

onom

ic gr

owth

than o

thers

To al

ign w

ith R

DF1.

5.

4 Th

e app

roac

h in R

DF1 a

lso al

lows f

or de

velop

ment

in ac

cess

ible s

ubur

ban/u

rban

centr

es, th

is is

partic

ularly

ne

cess

ary

wher

e the

se s

it wi

thin

area

s wi

th de

priva

tion

and

rege

nera

tion

issue

s. It

will

be fo

r Lo

cal

Deve

lopme

nt Do

cume

nts to

iden

tify su

ch ce

ntres

and

indic

ate th

eir ro

le. T

he L

and

Use

Cons

ultan

ts (L

UC)

study

cou

ld pr

ovide

som

e us

eful i

nsigh

t into

the

roles

and

cha

racte

ristic

s of

differ

ent t

ypes

of s

ubur

ban

centr

es, b

ut it i

s not

cons

idere

d tha

t suc

h cen

tres a

re K

ey S

ervic

e Cen

tres a

s set

out in

RDF

2.

In the

NW

we

need

to b

uild

on s

ucce

ss a

s we

ll as

tackle

nee

d an

d, wh

erev

er p

ossib

le, lin

k the

two.

The

towns

of C

arlis

le, L

anca

ster,

Pres

ton, W

arrin

gton,

Ches

ter a

nd C

rewe

all

have

par

ticula

r adv

antag

es, f

or

exam

ple du

e to t

heir l

ocati

on or

their

attra

ctive

ness

to th

e mar

ket.

We a

re no

t pro

posin

g unb

ridled

grow

th in

these

loca

tions

. Rath

er, t

he o

ppor

tunitie

s the

y pr

esen

t sho

uld b

e ha

rnes

sed

in su

staina

ble w

ays.

Some

of

these

town

s ha

ve s

ensit

ive h

istor

ic en

viron

ments

. Dev

elopm

ent m

ust r

espe

ct the

se c

onstr

aints,

and

the

spati

al pr

incipl

es a

re c

lear a

bout

this,

but i

ncre

asing

ly we

mus

t find

solu

tions

and

targ

et inv

estm

ent t

o ac

hieve

“win-

wins

”.

To al

ign w

ith po

licy R

DF1,

some

aspe

cts

prev

iously

inclu

ded a

s sup

portin

g tex

t of

RDF2

. De

leted

to al

ign w

ith th

e poli

cy re

word

ing.

5.

5 Ho

using

land

ava

ilabil

ity is

some

times

an

issue

in th

ese

towns

and

for t

his re

ason

it is

impo

rtant

that L

ocal

Autho

rities

wor

k tog

ether

. Thu

s, the

pote

ntial

of pla

ces

like

Ches

ter m

ay b

e re

lease

d by

ena

bling

hou

sing

deve

lopme

nt in

Elles

mere

Por

t and

Nor

th W

ales;

by P

resto

n loo

king

to Bl

ackp

ool,

Chor

ley a

nd S

outh

Ribb

le; b

y La

ncas

ter lo

oking

to M

orec

ambe

; and

Cre

we w

orkin

g wi

th the

Pott

eries

. The

se c

onsid

erati

ons

are r

eflec

ted in

Tab

le 7.1

.

Delet

ed to

align

with

the p

olicy

rewo

rding

.

5.

6 5.

5 Un

like

RPG1

3, thi

s RS

S do

es n

ot sp

ecific

ally

defin

e Re

gene

ratio

n Pr

iority

Are

as

rege

nera

tion

area

s (R

PAs),

with

the e

xcep

tion o

f thos

e in W

est C

umbr

ia an

d Fur

ness

. but

It is c

lear w

here

the e

mpha

sis sh

ould

be in

term

s of t

he o

vera

ll prio

rities

for t

his in

vestm

ent a

nd re

gene

ratio

n ac

tivity

. It is

in th

e re

giona

l cen

tres

and

inner

are

as (

frequ

ently

the

locati

on o

f Urb

an R

egen

erati

on C

ompa

nies);

in th

e HM

RAs

(inclu

ding

HMRI

Ps)

of;

in Fu

rnes

s -

partic

ularly

Ba

rrow

in Fu

rnes

s an

d W

est

Cumb

ria

- pa

rticula

rly

Wor

kingto

n/Whit

ehav

en;

and

in Bl

ackp

ool a

nd E

ast

Lanc

ashir

e wh

ere

restr

uctur

ing d

eman

ds s

pecif

ic su

ppor

t and

inve

stmen

t. Ma

nche

ster/S

alfor

d, Liv

erpo

ol/Se

fton,

Wirr

al, O

ldham

/Roc

hdale

, Eas

t Lan

cash

ire;

in Fu

rnes

s RPA

and

Hou

sing

Marke

t Ren

ewal

Area

, par

ticula

rly in

Bar

row

in Fu

rnes

s and

in W

est C

umbr

ia RP

A an

d Ho

using

Mar

ket R

enew

al Ar

ea, p

artic

ularly

in W

orkin

gton/W

hiteh

aven

; as

well

as th

e ar

eas

of Ho

using

Mar

ket r

estru

cturin

g of B

lackp

ool, F

leetw

ood a

nd M

orec

ambe

.

To cl

arify

that

Rege

nera

tion P

riority

Are

as ar

e no

t inclu

ded i

n RSS

with

the e

xcep

tion o

f Wes

t Cu

mbria

and F

urne

ss in

line w

ith P

anel

reco

mmen

datio

n and

to pr

ovide

clar

ificati

on of

the

Hou

sing M

arke

t Ren

ewal

Area

s (inc

luding

HM

RIPs

) and

hous

ing re

struc

turing

area

s.

RD

F2:

Ru

ral A

reas

27

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

RD

F2

Pl

ans a

nd st

rateg

ies fo

r the

Reg

ion’s

rura

l are

as sh

ould

supp

ort th

e prio

rities

of th

e Reg

ional

Rura

l Deli

very

Fram

ewor

k and

: •

maxim

ise th

e eco

nomi

c pote

ntial

of the

Reg

ion’s

rura

l are

as;

• su

ppor

t sus

taina

ble fa

rming

and f

ood;

• im

prov

e acc

ess t

o affo

rdab

le ru

ral h

ousin

g;

• en

sure

fair a

cces

s to s

ervic

es fo

r rur

al co

mmun

ities;

• em

powe

r rur

al co

mmun

ities a

nd ad

dres

s rur

al so

cial e

xclus

ion;

• en

hanc

e the

value

of ou

r rur

al en

viron

menta

l inhe

ritanc

e.

Key S

ervic

e Cen

tres

Plan

s and

Stra

tegies

shou

ld ide

ntify

a sub

set o

f town

s and

villa

ges a

s Key

Ser

vice C

entre

s whic

h: •

act a

s se

rvice

cen

tres

for s

urro

undin

g ar

eas,

prov

iding

a r

ange

of s

ervic

es w

hich

shou

ld inc

lude

inc

luding

retai

l, leis

ure,

comm

unity

, civi

c, he

alth

and

educ

ation

facil

ities a

nd fin

ancia

l and

pro

fessio

nal

servi

ces;

and

• ha

ve g

ood

publi

c tra

nspo

rt lin

ks t

o su

rroun

ding

towns

and

villa

ges,

or t

he p

otenti

al for

the

ir de

velop

ment

and e

nhan

ceme

nt.

Deve

lopme

nt in

rura

l are

as sh

ould

be co

ncen

trated

in th

ese K

ey S

ervic

e Cen

tres a

nd sh

ould

be of

a sc

ale

and n

ature

appr

opria

te to

fulfil

the ne

eds o

f loca

l com

munit

ies fo

r hou

sing,

emplo

ymen

t and

servi

ces,

and t

o en

hanc

e the

quali

ty of

rura

l life.

Lo

cal S

ervic

e Cen

tres

Small

scale

deve

lopme

nt to

help

susta

in loc

al se

rvic e

s, me

et loc

al ne

eds,

or su

ppor

t loca

l bus

iness

es w

ill be

perm

itted i

n tow

ns an

d villa

ges d

efine

d as L

ocal

Servi

ce C

entre

s in L

ocal

Deve

lopme

nt Do

cume

nts

which

alre

ady p

rovid

e a m

ore l

imite

d ran

ge of

servi

ces t

o the

loca

l com

munit

y.

Outs

ide K

ey an

d Lo

cal S

ervic

e Cen

tres

In ru

ral a

reas

adja

cent

to tow

ns a

nd ci

ties,

adva

ntage

shou

ld be

take

n of

the se

rvice

and

, emp

loyme

nt an

d mo

re di

verse

econ

omic

base

. In

remo

ter ru

ral a

reas

partic

ularly

the ‘

spar

se’ ru

ral a

reas

of th

e reg

ion, m

ore i

nnov

ative

and f

lexibl

e

To pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

. Mi

nor g

ramm

atica

l cha

nge.

To pr

ovide

clar

ificati

on of

diffe

renc

es be

twee

n ke

y and

loca

l ser

vice c

entre

s. Te

xt de

leted

as co

nside

red i

t doe

s not

prov

ide

clear

guida

nce.

To cl

arify

that

this s

ectio

n of th

e poli

cy ap

plies

28

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

solut

ions t

o mee

t their

partic

ular d

evelo

pmen

t nee

ds sh

ould

be im

pleme

nted a

nd ta

rgete

d tow

ards

ac

hievin

g:

• mo

re eq

uitab

le ac

cess

to ho

using

, ser

vices

, edu

catio

n, he

althc

are a

nd em

ploym

ent; a

nd

• a m

ore d

iverse

econ

omic

base

, whil

st ma

intain

ing su

ppor

t for a

gricu

lture

and t

ouris

m.

Exce

ption

ally,

new

deve

lopme

nt wi

ll be p

ermi

tted i

n the

open

coun

trysid

e whe

re it:

• ha

s an

esse

ntial

requ

ireme

nt for

a ru

ral lo

catio

n, wh

ich ca

nnot

be a

ccom

moda

ted e

lsewh

ere

(such

as

mine

ral e

xtrac

tion)

;

• is

need

ed to

susta

in ex

isting

busin

esse

s;

• pr

ovide

s for

exce

ption

al ne

eds f

or af

forda

ble ho

using

in lin

e with

PPS

3 pa

ragr

aph 3

0;

• is

an ex

tensio

n of a

n exis

ting b

uildin

g; or

• inv

olves

the a

ppro

priat

e cha

nge o

f use

of an

exist

ing bu

ilding

. to bu

sines

s/emp

loyme

nt us

e LD

Ds sh

ould

set o

ut cri

teria

for pe

rmitti

ng th

e re u

se of

build

ings i

n the

coun

trysid

e in l

ine w

ith P

PS7.

to ar

eas o

utside

‘spa

rse’ ru

ral a

reas

and t

o re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on P

ropo

sed C

hang

es.

To al

ign m

ore c

losely

with

PPS

7 and

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

5.9

5.8

Good

acc

ess

to se

rvice

s is

esse

ntial

if ru

ral c

ommu

nities

are

to s

urviv

e an

d pr

ospe

r4 . B

y co

ncen

tratin

g ru

ral d

evelo

pmen

t in

Key

Servi

ce C

entre

s, we

can

sup

port

susta

inable

dev

elopm

ent a

nd s

ocial

inclu

sion,

prov

iding

focu

s for

the

econ

omic

rege

nera

tion

of the

wide

r rur

al ar

ea a

nd h

ousin

g to

meet

local

need

s, inc

luding

affo

rdab

le ho

using

. How

ever

, In

some

are

as, c

ities

and

towns

will

also

play

a ro

le in

prov

iding

ac

cess

to se

rvice

s for

the

surro

undin

g ru

ral a

reas

. This

will

need

to b

e co

nside

red

in for

mulat

ing ru

ral p

olicy

an

d will

tie in

with

the s

ub re

giona

l poli

cy fr

amew

orks

in C

hapte

r 10-

1314

.

Chan

ge du

e to t

he in

clusio

n of S

outh

Ches

hire

in Ma

nche

ster C

ity R

egion

.

5.10

5.

9 Ke

y Se

rvice

Cen

tres

shou

ld be

defi

ned

in LD

Fs o

n the

bas

is of

their

curre

nt ro

le in

servi

ng th

e ne

eds

of the

ir ru

ral h

inter

land

and

their

poten

tial t

o ac

t as

hubs

for t

he p

rovis

ion o

f ser

vices

, fac

ilities

and

pub

lic

trans

port.

Fac

tors s

uch

as th

eir lo

catio

n, siz

e, an

d the

r ang

e of

servi

ces a

lread

y pro

vided

will

be im

porta

nt in

this.

Howe

ver,

just b

ecau

se a

cen

tre c

urre

ntly

oper

at es

at a

partic

ular l

evel

in the

hier

arch

y do

es n

ot in

itself

justi

fy its

des

ignati

on a

s a

Key

Servi

ce C

entre

. Key

Ser

vice

Centr

es m

ay b

e ma

rket t

owns

or l

arge

vil

lages

and m

ay be

free

stand

ing or

oper

ate as

part

of a n

etwor

k. Th

e Lan

d Use

Con

sulta

nts st

udy p

rovid

es

furthe

r guid

ance

. but,

for t

he a

voida

nce

of do

ubt,

whils

t this

con

cept

may

also

assis

t LPA

s in

defin

ing th

e se

ttleme

nt hie

rarch

y in

urba

n ar

eas

for lo

cal p

lannin

g pu

rpos

es, t

he K

ey S

ervic

e Ce

ntre

conc

ept i

n the

co

ntext

of po

licy R

DF2 a

pplie

s only

in ru

ral a

reas

.

This

text h

as no

w be

en in

corp

orate

d into

su

ppor

ting t

ext o

f RDF

1.

5.

11

5.10

It

will a

lso b

e im

porta

nt to

maint

ain s

ervic

es in

sma

ller v

illage

s. Fo

r this

reas

on, L

DFs

shou

ld als

o de

fine

Loca

l Ser

vice

Centr

es a

nd le

ss a

cces

sible

area

s pa

rticula

rly s

parse

rura

l are

as w

here

they

will

enco

urag

e inn

ovati

ve a

ppro

ache

s to

servi

ce a

nd tr

ansp

ort p

rovis

ion in

volvi

ng, f

or e

xamp

le, IC

T, th

e sh

ared

use

of

build

ings a

nd pa

rticipa

tory b

udge

ting ,

espe

cially

in sp

arse

rura

l are

as. (

See a

lso P

olicy

L1 an

d par

a 7.2)

To pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

and t

o alig

n with

po

licy R

DF2 w

ordin

g. To

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions o

n pro

pose

d ch

ange

s and

the p

ublic

ation

on dr

aft N

ation

al St

rateg

y on P

artic

ipator

y Bud

getin

g.

5.12

Lo

cal p

lannin

g au

thoriti

es w

ill ne

ed to

take

a b

alanc

ed v

iew o

n pr

opos

als fo

r dev

elopm

ent o

utside

Key

4 “St

ate of

the C

ountr

yside

2005

”, Co

mmiss

ion fo

r Rur

al Co

mmun

ities /

Cou

ntrys

ide A

genc

y, 20

05.

29

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

5.11

Se

rvice

Cen

tres

and

deve

lopme

nt in

open

cou

ntrys

ide w

ill be

per

mitte

d in

the e

xcep

tiona

l circ

umsta

nces

lis

ted. T

he o

pen

coun

trysid

e do

es n

ot inc

lude

the G

reen

Belt

whe

re p

olicy

is p

rovid

ed b

y nati

onal

guida

nce

in PP

G2 a

nd R

DF4

in RS

S. P

ropo

sals

that s

eek t

o div

ersif

y and

exp

and

exist

ing ru

ral b

usine

sses

in a

reas

tha

t are

lagg

ing e

cono

mica

lly s

hould

be

rega

rded

pos

itively

, as

long

as th

ey d

emon

strate

the

poten

tial t

o he

lp bu

ild an

d main

tain s

ustai

nable

comm

unitie

s and

are s

ensit

ive to

ward

s the

loca

l env

ironm

ent.

To pr

ovide

clar

ificati

on of

term

s.

RD

F3:

Th

e C

oas

t

5.18

5.

17

The

North

Wes

t coa

st is

chief

ly low

-lying

and

sed

imen

tary

in na

ture,

char

acter

ised

by la

rge

estua

ries

and

bays

with

vas

t inte

r-tida

l mud

flats

and

salt

mar

shes

, exte

nsive

san

d du

ne s

ystem

s an

d oth

er h

abita

ts of

natio

nal a

nd in

terna

tiona

l imp

ortan

ce (R

amsa

rs, S

PAs,

SACs

, cSA

Cs, p

SPAs

and

SSS

Is) s

uch

as th

e SP

As a

nd S

ACs

of the

Solw

ay F

irth, D

uddo

n Es

tuary,

Mor

ecam

be B

ay, R

ibble

Estua

ry, S

efton

Coa

st,

Merse

y Estu

ary,

and D

ee E

stuar

y and

cand

idate.

Coll

ectiv

ely th

ese e

stuar

ies an

d bay

s suc

h as M

orec

ambe

Ba

y and

the

Dee,

Ribb

le an

d Me

rsey E

stuar

ies a

re h

ome

to ma

ny p

rotec

ted sp

ecies

and

are

an

impo

rtant

point

on

a glo

bal m

igrati

on ro

ute fo

r bird

s. Th

e co

astal

zon

e co

ntains

a w

ide ra

nge

of cu

ltura

l, he

ritage

, ec

onom

ic an

d en

viron

menta

l ass

ets in

cludin

g He

ritage

Coa

st, tw

o Ar

eas

of Ou

tstan

ding

Natur

al Be

auty,

W

orld

Herita

ge S

ites,

part

of the

Lak

e Di

strict

Nati

onal

Park,

and

man

y int

erna

tiona

lly p

rotec

ted R

amsa

r (d

esign

ated

by th

e UK

Gov

ernm

ent u

nder

the

Rams

ar C

onve

ntion

to p

rotec

t and

con

serve

wetl

and

area

s tha

t are

of in

terna

tiona

l impo

rtanc

e, pa

rticula

rly a

s wate

rfowl

hab

itats)

and

‘Natu

ra 2

000’

sites

( a n

etwo

rk of

inter

natio

nally

sign

ifican

t wild

life si

tes w

ithin

the E

U, co

mpris

ing S

pecia

l Are

as o

f Con

serva

tion

(SAC

s) an

d Sp

ecial

Pro

tectio

n Ar

eas

(SPA

s)) s

ites

of int

erna

tiona

l and

nati

onal

impo

rtanc

e for

natu

re c

onse

rvatio

n alo

ng w

ith n

ation

ally

prote

cted

Sites

of S

pecia

l Scie

ntific

Inter

est.

Area

s ou

tside

thes

e de

signa

tions

may

pr

ovide

supp

ortin

g hab

itat fo

r spe

cies o

f impo

rtanc

e.

Expla

nator

y info

rmati

on no

w inc

luded

in D

P7.

Delet

ed te

xt no

w inc

luded

in D

P7.

5.

21

Histo

ricall

y, the

regio

n’s c

oasta

l are

as –

its

ports

and

fish

eries

, majo

r res

ort t

owns

and

clus

ters

of ind

ustry

lik

e tha

t aro

und

Widn

es -

have

bee

n ins

trume

ntal i

n dr

iving

its

econ

omy.

The

Nor

th W

est m

aintai

ns a

thr

iving

mar

itime

econ

omy.

Live

rpoo

l is a

por

t of n

ation

al sig

nifica

nce

and

the re

gion’s

othe

r acti

ve p

orts:

Ba

rrow,

Flee

twoo

d, Ga

rston

Doc

k, Gl

asso

n Do

ck, H

eysh

am, T

he P

ort o

f Man

ches

ter (M

anch

ester

Ship

Ca

nal),

Sillo

th, a

nd W

orkin

gton

conti

nue

to pr

ovide

emp

loyme

nt. A

ll pr

ovide

impo

rtant

landfa

ll sit

es fo

r se

rvicin

g off

shor

e op

erati

ons

such

as

oil a

nd g

as, f

isher

ies a

nd n

ewer

indu

stries

like

offsh

ore

wind

farm

s.

Disu

sed

area

s of

dock

land,

for e

xamp

le in

Liver

pool,

Bar

row,

Boo

tle, M

aryp

ort,

Pres

ton, a

nd W

hiteh

aven

, ar

e no

w pr

ovidi

ng si

gnific

ant o

ppor

tunitie

s for

rege

nera

tion,

bring

ing n

ew e

mploy

ment

to pr

eviou

sly d

ereli

ct an

d eco

nomi

cally

depr

esse

d are

as.

Not in

clude

d in P

ropo

sed C

hang

es in

erro

r.

5.

23

The

coas

t is

uniqu

e in

the N

orth

Wes

t in

its c

ombin

ation

of

exce

ption

ally

high

econ

omic,

soc

ial,

envir

onme

ntal i

mpor

tance

and

pote

ntial.

Integ

rated

Coa

stal Z

one

Mana

geme

nt (In

tegra

ted C

oasta

l Zon

e Ma

nage

ment

in Eu

rope

(200

2/413

/EC)

inclu

des f

ull d

efinit

ions a

nd g

uidan

ce) i

s criti

cal to

mini

mise

confl

ict

and

maxim

ise co

oper

ation

, to

susta

in an

d re

alise

this

value

. This

inclu

des i

ntegr

ation

acro

ss th

e lan

d –

sea

inter

face

and

coun

try/in

terna

tiona

l bor

ders,

inclu

ding

Isle

of Ma

n, No

rther

n Ire

land,

Repu

blic

of Ire

land,

Scotl

and a

nd W

ales T

he N

orth

Wes

t Coa

stal F

orum

and a

netw

ork o

f reg

ional

and l

ocal

coas

tal an

d estu

ary

partn

ersh

ips h

as d

evelo

ped

in re

spon

se to

this

need

, with

supp

ort o

f coa

stal c

ommu

nities

, loca

l auth

oritie

s, ag

encie

s an

d oth

ers.

Thes

e pa

rtner

ships

mak

e im

porta

nt co

ntribu

tions

to

prom

oting

sus

taina

ble

deve

lopme

nt an

d use

of th

e coa

st.

To pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

.

RD

F4:

Gre

en B

elts

30

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

RD

F4

Po

licy R

DF4:

Gre

en B

elts

Over

all th

e gen

eral

exten

t of th

e Reg

ion’s

Gree

n Belt

will

be m

aintai

ned.

Ther

e is n

o nee

d for

any e

xcep

tiona

l sub

stanti

al str

ategic

chan

ge to

Gre

en B

elt an

d its

boun

darie

s in t

he

North

Wes

t with

in the

times

cales

set o

ut be

low:

• with

in Ch

eshir

e, Gr

eater

Man

ches

ter, L

anca

shire

or M

erse

yside

befor

e 201

1; an

d • w

ithin

War

ringto

n befo

re 20

21.

After

2011

the p

resu

mptio

n will

be ag

ainst

exce

ption

al su

bstan

tial s

trateg

ic ch

ange

to th

e Gre

en B

elt in

Ch

eshir

e, Gr

eater

Man

ches

ter, L

anca

shire

or M

erse

yside

. Stra

tegic

studie

s, un

derta

ken b

y the

Reg

ional

Plan

ning B

ody N

WRA

, toge

ther w

ith re

levan

t stak

ehold

ers s

hould

inve

stiga

te bo

th the

need

for c

hang

e and

op

tions

for im

pleme

ntatio

n. Th

e find

ings w

ill inf

orm

futur

e rev

iews o

f RSS

and s

ubse

quen

t rev

iews o

f plan

s an

d stra

tegies

. Lo

cal D

evelo

pmen

t Fra

mewo

rks m

ay pr

ovide

for d

etaile

d cha

nges

in G

reen

Belt

boun

darie

s to

acco

mmod

ate th

e exp

ansio

n of M

anch

ester

Airp

ort a

nd Li

verp

ool J

ohn L

enno

n Airp

ort; a

nd to

prov

ide fo

r an

inter

-mod

al fre

ight te

rmina

l at N

ewton

-Le-

Willo

ws. S

ubjec

t to th

e agr

eeme

nt of

the R

egion

al Pl

annin

g Bo

dy N

WRA

, any

othe

r loca

l deta

iled b

ound

ary c

hang

es sh

ould

be ex

amine

d thr

ough

the L

DF pr

oces

s.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

5.

25

It is a

nticip

ated t

hat fu

ture d

evelo

pmen

t in th

e Nor

th W

est, a

s set

out in

this

RSS,

can g

ener

ally b

e ac

comm

odate

d with

out th

e nee

d for

stra

tegic

revie

ws of

the G

reen

Belt

. If ho

weve

r, mo

nitor

ing of

RSS

su

gges

ts dif

feren

tly, s

uch r

eview

s sho

uld be

base

d upo

n stra

tegic

studie

s car

ried o

ut by

NW

RA, to

gethe

r wi

th re

levan

t stak

ehold

ers W

here

new

evide

nce o

r the

mon

itorin

g of R

SS in

dicate

s the

need

for r

eview

, this

shou

ld be

inve

stiga

ted an

d info

rmed

by st

rateg

ic stu

dies c

arrie

d out

by th

e Reg

ional

Plan

ning B

ody t

ogeth

er

with

relev

ant s

takeh

older

s. An

y sub

sequ

ent c

hang

es to

gree

n belt

boun

darie

s sho

uld be

carri

ed fo

rwar

d thr

ough

a fut

ure r

eview

of R

SS an

d sub

sequ

ent r

eview

s of L

ocal

Deve

lopme

nt Fr

amew

orks

. Loc

al au

thoriti

es sh

ould

bear

in m

ind th

at an

y pro

posa

l to ad

just G

reen

Belt

boun

darie

s wou

ld ne

ed to

mee

t the

Gove

rnme

nt’s c

ommi

tmen

t to m

aintai

ning o

r incre

asing

the a

moun

t of g

reen

belt i

n eve

ry UK

regio

n.

To pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

and t

o refl

ect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

6 W

ork

ing

in t

he

No

rth

Wes

t –

Ach

ievi

ng

Su

stai

nab

le E

con

om

y W

1: S

tren

gth

enin

g t

he

Reg

ion

al E

con

om

y W

1

Polic

y W1 –

Stre

ngth

enin

g th

e Reg

iona

l Eco

nom

y Pl

ans a

nd st

rateg

ies sh

ould

prom

ote op

portu

nities

for e

cono

mic d

evelo

pmen

t (inc

luding

the p

rovis

ion of

ap

prop

riate

sites

and p

remi

ses,

infra

struc

ture,

and c

luster

ing w

here

appr

opria

te) w

hich w

ill str

ength

en th

e ec

onom

y of th

e Nor

th W

est b

y:

• bu

ilding

on th

e reg

ion’s

stren

gths,

partic

ularly

the t

hree

City

Reg

ions o

f Man

ches

ter, L

iverp

ool a

nd

Centr

al La

ncas

hire.

This

shou

ld re

flect

the fo

llowi

ng gr

owth

oppo

rtunit

ies:

31

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

-

Manc

heste

r City

Reg

ion –

adva

nced

man

ufactu

ring a

nd en

ginee

ring (

includ

es

chem

icals,

aero

spac

e, au

tomoti

ve an

d flex

ible m

ateria

ls), fi

nanc

ial an

d pro

fessio

nal

servi

ces,

media

, cre

ative

and c

ultur

al ind

ustrie

s, bio

medic

al (b

iotec

hnolo

gy,

phar

mace

utica

ls an

d med

ical d

evice

s), IC

T / d

igital

, and

comm

unica

tions

;

-

Liver

pool

City

Regio

n – ad

vanc

ed m

anufa

cturin

g and

engin

eerin

g, fin

ancia

l and

pr

ofess

ional

servi

ces,

media

, cre

ative

and c

ultur

al ind

ustrie

s, bio

medic

al, hi

gh va

lue

adde

d kno

wled

ge ba

sed i

ndus

tries,

ICT

/ digi

tal, to

urism

, mar

itime a

nd co

mmun

icatio

ns;

-

Centr

al La

ncas

hire C

ity R

egion

– ad

vanc

ed m

anufa

cturin

g and

engin

eerin

g, en

viron

menta

l tech

nolog

ies an

d biom

edica

l, tou

rism

and c

onfer

encin

g;

• co

ntinu

ing th

e re

cent

succ

ess o

f attr

actin

g hig

h va

lue a

dded

know

ledge

bas

ed in

dustr

ies in

Che

ster b

y ha

rnes

sing

the p

otenti

al for

susta

inable

dev

elopm

ent in

Wes

t Che

shire

, dev

elopin

g the

links

with

Nor

th Ea

st W

ales;

• re

alisin

g the

oppo

rtunit

ies fo

r sus

taina

ble de

velop

ment

to inc

reas

e the

pros

perity

of C

arlis

le an

d La

ncas

ter, a

nd to

rege

nera

te the

econ

omies

of th

e Fur

ness

Pen

insula

in B

arro

w, an

d in W

est C

umbr

ia in

Wor

kingto

n and

Whit

ehav

en;

• ha

rnes

sing C

rewe

’s po

tentia

l for s

ustai

nable

econ

omic

grow

th;

• giv

ing po

sitive

supp

ort to

the s

ustai

nable

dive

rsific

ation

and d

evelo

pmen

t of th

e rur

al ec

onom

y thr

ough

the

grow

th of

exist

ing bu

sines

ses a

nd th

e cre

ation

of ne

w en

terpr

ise, p

artic

ularly

with

in Cu

mbria

whe

re

there

is a

need

to bo

th de

velop

high

value

busin

ess a

ctivit

ies an

d sus

tain t

radit

ional

econ

omic

activ

ities.

Pros

pects

for g

rowt

h in t

ouris

m, fo

od an

d ene

rgy n

uclea

r sec

tors s

hould

be de

velop

ed,

includ

ing pr

omoti

ng lin

ks be

twee

n reg

ional

agric

ultur

e and

prod

uctio

n and

retai

l facil

ities t

o red

uce f

ood

miles

and s

uppo

rt loc

al bu

sines

ses;

• en

surin

g the

safe,

relia

ble an

d effe

ctive

oper

ation

of th

e reg

ion’s

trans

port

netw

orks

and i

nfras

tructu

re

in ac

cord

ance

with

the r

egion

al tra

nspo

rt po

licies

and p

rioriti

es of

the r

egion

al tra

nspo

rt po

licies

as se

t ou

t in C

hapte

r 8;

• su

ppor

ting g

rowt

h in s

ervic

e sec

tors,

which

will

conti

nue t

o act

as si

gnific

ant e

mploy

ers w

ithin

the

regio

n, an

d in w

hich t

he gr

eates

t impr

ovem

ents

in pr

oduc

tivity

can b

e mad

e;

• im

prov

ing th

e skil

ls ba

se of

the r

egion

, inclu

ding t

ackli

ng sk

ills de

ficien

cies a

nd co

ncen

tratio

ns of

un

emplo

ymen

t;

• pr

ovidi

ng su

fficien

t and

appr

opria

te ho

using

to su

ppor

t eco

nomi

c gro

wth (

Polic

ies L2

– L 6

5);

• lin

king a

reas

of op

portu

nity a

nd ne

ed.

To al

ign m

ore c

losely

with

RDF

1, to

refle

ct tha

t W

est C

hesh

ire is

with

in Liv

erpo

ol Ci

ty Re

gion

and t

o refl

ect r

epre

senta

tions

mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

. De

leted

text

as C

rewe

now

includ

ed in

Ma

nche

ster C

ity R

egion

. To

take

acco

unt o

f wide

r ene

rgy o

ppor

tunitie

s an

d to r

eflec

t rep

rese

ntatio

ns m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

Mino

r rew

ordin

g.

6.

4 A

lack o

f bas

ic sk

ills an

d qua

lifica

tions

has b

een i

denti

fied a

s a ba

rrier

to th

e gro

wth o

f the r

egion

al ec

onom

y. In

partic

ular t

he fo

llowi

ng di

strict

s hav

e the

high

est r

ates o

f wor

king a

ge po

pulat

ion w

ithou

t qu

alific

ation

s: Liv

erpo

ol, M

anch

ester

, Oldh

am, K

nows

ley, T

ames

ide, S

t Hele

ns, S

alfor

d, Ha

lton a

nd

Blac

kpoo

l, whic

h all f

all w

ithin

the C

ity R

egion

s. In

addit

ion Li

verp

ool, M

anch

ester

, Salf

ord,

Halto

n,

Inclus

ion of

Wirr

al to

refle

ct tha

t it is

the 8

th mo

st de

prive

d dist

rict (

out o

f 354

) in te

rms o

f em

ploym

ent d

epriv

ation

and t

o refl

ect

32

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

Know

sley,

Wirr

al an

d Bar

row

have

partic

ularly

high

unem

ploym

ent r

ates.

With

in an

d outs

ide of

thes

e ge

ogra

phic

area

s the

re ar

e also

conc

entra

tions

of lo

w sk

ills an

d une

mploy

ment

withi

n spe

cific

grou

ps w

ithin

the co

mmun

ity. L

ocali

sed p

olicie

s and

initia

tives

will

need

to fo

cus o

n how

best

to en

able

the pa

rticipa

tion o

f su

ch ha

rd to

reac

h gro

ups i

n edu

catio

n and

train

ing in

itiativ

es in

orde

r tha

t skil

ls an

d par

ticipa

tion i

n em

ploym

ent c

an be

impr

oved

resu

lting i

n imp

rove

d hea

lth an

d qua

lity of

life.

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

W2:

Lo

cati

on

s fo

r R

egio

nal

ly S

pec

ific

Eco

no

mic

Dev

elo

pm

ent

W2

Lo

catio

ns fo

r Reg

iona

lly S

igni

fican

t Eco

nom

ic De

velo

pmen

t Re

giona

lly si

gnific

ant e

cono

mic d

evelo

pmen

t will

be lo

cated

clos

e to s

ustai

nable

tran

spor

t nod

es w

ithin

the

urba

n are

as of

Man

ches

ter, L

iverp

ool a

nd C

entra

l Lan

cash

ire C

ity R

egion

s and

Cre

we, L

anca

ster,

Carlis

le,

Barro

w-in-

Furn

ess a

nd W

orkin

gton a

nd W

hiteh

aven

. Si

tes w

ill be

iden

tified

in Lo

cal D

evelo

pmen

t Doc

umen

ts, ha

ving r

egar

d to t

he pr

ioritie

s in R

DF1;

spati

al pr

incipl

es in

Poli

cies D

P1- 9

and r

eleva

nt su

b reg

ional

polic

ies in

Cha

pters

10- 1

413.

They

shou

ld be

:

• ca

pable

of de

velop

ment

withi

n the

plan

perio

d, ha

ving r

egar

d to t

he co

nditio

n and

avail

abilit

y of th

e lan

d, inf

rastr

uctur

e cap

acity

, mar

ket c

onsid

erati

ons a

nd en

viron

menta

l cap

acity

;

• hig

hly ac

cess

ible,

espe

cially

by ad

equa

te pu

blic t

rans

port

servi

ces,

walki

ng an

d cyc

ling;

• we

ll-rela

ted to

area

s with

high

leve

ls of

workl

essn

ess a

nd/or

area

s in n

eed o

f reg

ener

ation

;

• we

ll rela

ted to

neigh

bour

ing us

es, p

artic

ularly

in te

rms o

f acc

ess,

traffic

gene

ratio

n, no

ise an

d poll

ution

.

They

shou

ld no

t be u

sed f

or de

velop

ment

that c

ould

equa

lly w

ell be

acco

mmod

ated e

lsewh

ere a

nd sh

ould

not b

e dev

elope

d in a

piec

emea

l man

ner.

Sites

for r

egion

ally s

ignific

ant o

ffice

deve

lopme

nt sh

ould

be fo

cuss

ed in

or a

djace

nt to

the re

giona

l cen

tres

and t

own/c

ity ce

ntres

listed

in R

DF1 c

onsis

tent w

ith th

e seq

uenti

al ap

proa

ch in

PPS

6. Si

tes fo

r reg

ionall

y sign

ifican

t offic

e dev

elopm

ent s

hould

be lo

cated

in ac

cord

ance

with

the s

eque

ntial

appr

oach

in P

PS6,

focus

ing on

the r

egion

al ce

ntres

and t

he to

wn/ci

ties l

isted

in R

DF1.

Sites

for r

egion

ally s

ignific

ant k

nowl

edge

-bas

ed se

rvice

s may

also

be cl

uster

ed cl

ose t

o univ

ersit

ies, m

ajor

hosp

itals

or ot

her r

esea

rch es

tablis

hmen

ts. S

ites f

or re

giona

lly si

gnific

ant k

nowl

edge

-bas

ed m

anufa

cturin

g sh

ould

be w

ell co

nnec

ted to

thes

e fac

ilities

by tr

ansp

ort a

nd IC

T lin

ks.

Sites

for r

egion

ally s

ignific

ant lo

gistic

s and

high

-volum

e man

ufactu

ring s

hould

be w

ell co

nnec

ted to

the

prim

ary f

reigh

t tran

spor

t netw

orks

.

To al

ign m

ore c

losely

with

DP5

. Ch

ange

due t

o the

inclu

sion o

f Sou

th Ch

eshir

e in

the M

anch

ester

City

Reg

ion.

Mino

r rew

ordin

g to p

rovid

e gre

ater c

larity

.

6.

5 If t

he vi

sion a

nd ob

jectiv

es of

The

Nor

thern

Way

Gro

wth S

trateg

y, the

RES

and t

his R

SS ar

e to b

e ac

hieve

d, the

regio

n mus

t hav

e a re

ady s

upply

of la

nd fo

r emp

loyme

nt us

e tha

t is of

suffic

ient q

uality

and

quan

tity to

supp

ort e

cono

mic g

rowt

h. Th

e sup

ply m

ust a

lso re

flect

the im

plica

tions

of cr

eatin

g a m

ore

Mino

r tex

t ame

ndme

nt to

corre

ct an

erro

r in

33

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

prod

uctiv

e pro

ducti

vity e

cono

my, w

ith a

focus

on im

prov

ing th

e pro

ducti

vity o

f wor

kers

in the

busin

ess a

nd

servi

ces s

ector

s, inc

reas

ing em

ploym

ent in

know

ledge

-bas

ed in

dustr

ies an

d tac

kling

unem

ploym

ent a

nd

skills

defic

iencie

s acro

ss th

e reg

ion.

the P

ropo

sed C

hang

es do

cume

nt

6.

6 Th

e Reg

ional

Plan

ning B

ody N

WRA

will

work

with

NWDA

, GON

W an

d par

tners

to ide

ntify

sites

with

in the

se

broa

d loc

ation

s and

mon

itor t

heir p

rogr

ess.

Some

will

be ne

w. O

thers

may b

e the

Stra

tegic

Regio

nal S

ites

identi

fied b

y NW

DA as

being

critic

al to

the de

liver

y of th

e RES

, esp

ecial

ly wh

ere t

hey a

lread

y hav

e plan

ning

perm

ission

or ar

e allo

cated

in ad

opted

plan

s.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

6.

7 Th

e reg

ion cu

rrentl

y has

arou

nd 5,

796 5

475 h

ectar

es of

land

comm

itted t

o emp

loyme

nt us

e. B

ased

on th

e cu

rrent

aver

age a

nnua

l take

up ra

te of

appr

oxim

ately

313 h

ectar

es pe

r ann

um ac

ross

the r

egion

, this

equa

tes to

a nin

eteen

sixte

en ye

ar su

pply.

70%

of th

is lan

d is a

lloca

ted fo

r gen

eral

B1/B

2/B8 u

se.

To re

flect

the up

dates

to T

able

6.1 w

hich h

as

been

amen

ded d

ue to

calcu

lation

erro

rs.

W3:

Su

pp

ly o

f E

mp

loym

ent

Lan

d

W3

Po

licy W

3 – S

uppl

y of E

mpl

oym

ent L

and

Prov

ision

shou

ld be

mad

e for

a su

pply

of em

ploym

ent la

nd as

outlin

ed in

Tab

le 6.1

. Loc

al pla

nning

au

thoriti

es sh

ould

unde

rtake

a co

mpre

hens

ive re

view

of co

mmitm

ents,

to se

cure

a po

rtfoli

o of s

ites t

hat

comp

lies w

ith th

e spa

tial d

evelo

pmen

t prin

ciples

outlin

ed in

Poli

cies D

P1 –

9, an

d RDF

1 and

sub r

egion

al po

licies

(Cha

pters

10- 1

4 3),

and t

o ens

ure:

• the

mos

t app

ropr

iate r

ange

of si

tes, in

term

s of m

arke

t attr

activ

enes

s and

socia

l, env

ironm

ental

and

econ

omic

susta

inabil

ity, a

re sa

fegua

rded

for e

mploy

ment

use;

• the

se si

tes ca

n mee

t the f

ull ra

nge o

f nee

ds an

d are

activ

ely m

arke

ted;

• at

least

30%

of si

tes ar

e ava

ilable

at an

y one

time s

o tha

t all n

ew an

d exis

ting b

usine

sses

have

the

abilit

y to g

row

succ

essfu

lly;

• the

amou

nt of

brow

nfield

land

used

for e

mploy

ment

purp

oses

is m

axim

ised,

refle

cting

the l

ikely

incre

ases

in th

e amo

unt a

vaila

ble as

a re

sult o

f eco

nomi

c res

tructu

ring;

• ful

l con

sider

ation

is gi

ven t

o the

scop

e for

mixe

d-us

e dev

elopm

ent p

artic

ularly

with

in ce

ntres

, and

on

large

r site

s;

• ap

prop

riate

prov

ision

is m

ade i

n Key

Ser

vice C

entre

s and

full c

onsid

erati

on gi

ven t

o the

inno

vativ

e re-

use o

f agr

icultu

ral b

uildin

gs to

facil

itate

the gr

owth

and d

iversi

ficati

on of

the r

ural

econ

omy;

• the

impli

catio

ns of

home

wor

king o

n the

scale

and l

ocati

on of

futur

e emp

loyme

nt lan

d req

uirem

ents

are

cons

idere

d.

Offic

e dev

elopm

ent s

hould

, as f

ar as

poss

ible,

be fo

cuse

d in t

he re

giona

l cen

tres,

in an

d or a

djace

nt to

town

/ city

centr

es lis

ted in

RDF

1 and

in K

ey S

ervic

e Cen

tres,

cons

isten

t with

RDF

2 and

the s

eque

ntial

appr

oach

in

PPS6

.

To pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

.

34

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

The p

ortfo

lio m

ust b

e kep

t und

er re

gular

revie

w to

ensu

re th

at the

regio

n doe

s not

over

- or u

nder

- allo

cate

land i

n rela

tion t

o the

actua

l sca

le of

econ

omic

grow

th. Lo

cal A

uthor

ities s

hould

revie

w the

ir emp

loyme

nt lan

d por

tfolio

ever

y thr

ee ye

ars.

Tab

le 6

.1:

Pro

visi

on

of

Em

plo

ymen

t L

and

200

5 –

2021

(h

ecta

res)

Gre

ater

M

anch

este

r M

erse

ysid

e an

d

Hal

ton

L

anca

shir

e C

um

bri

a C

hes

hir

e an

d

War

rin

gto

n

No

rth

Wes

t

2005

Sup

ply

13

68

1234

10

69

633

1171

54

76

5475

C

urre

nt ta

ke u

p pe

r an

num

11

2 76

68

16

41

31

3

Pro

ject

ed in

c in

ta

ke u

p 6%

18

.5%

4.

25%

17

.5%

6%

9.

22%

Pro

ject

ed ta

ke u

p pe

r an

num

11

9 90

71

19

43

34

2

Nee

d 20

05 –

21

1904

14

40

1136

30

4 68

8 54

72

Ext

ra a

lloca

tion

requ

ired

536

206

67

-329

-4

83

-3

Fle

xibi

lity

fact

or

20%

20

%

20%

33

%

27%

-

Nee

d 20

05 –

21

(inco

rpor

atin

g fle

xibi

lity

fact

or)

2261

22

85

1701

17

28

1349

13

63

399

404

860

874

6579

66

54

Ext

ra a

lloca

tion

requ

ired

(inco

rpor

atin

g fle

xibi

lity

fact

or)

893

917

476

494

280

294

-234

-2

29

-311

-2

97

1103

11

79

Add

ition

al

para

grap

h af

ter

6.10

Table

6.1 q

uanti

fies t

he am

ount

of the

emplo

ymen

t land

need

ed in

each

sub r

egion

. How

ever

, it is

ac

know

ledge

d tha

t ther

e is a

degr

ee of

unce

rtaint

y in e

stabli

shing

emplo

ymen

t land

requ

ireme

nts. It

is al

so

reco

gnise

d tha

t ther

e may

, exc

eptio

nally

, be a

need

to pr

ovide

addit

ional

land t

o tak

e acc

ount

of sp

ecial

cir

cums

tance

s, su

ch as

the e

xpan

sion r

equir

emen

ts of

a par

ticula

r bus

iness

or th

e rea

lisati

on of

sign

ifican

t inw

ard i

nves

tmen

t pote

ntial.

Acc

ordin

gly, a

n allo

wanc

e for

flexib

ility h

as be

en fa

ctore

d into

the t

able

throu

gh

the in

corp

orati

on of

a fle

xibilit

y fac

tor, w

hich h

as th

e effe

ct of

addin

g betw

een 2

0% an

d 33%

to th

e em

ploym

ent la

nd re

quire

ment

for ea

ch su

b-re

gion.

Addit

ional

text in

serte

d to c

larify

the f

igure

s in

Table

6.1

In re

lation

to th

e tab

le, ch

ange

s hav

e bee

n ma

de to

corre

ct ar

ithme

tical

erro

rs wh

ich

occu

rred w

hen c

alcula

ting e

mploy

ment

land

requ

ireme

nts fo

r 200

5-20

21.

6.

1 1

6.12

The p

rovis

ion of

figur

es by

sub-

regio

n will

requ

ire Lo

cal A

uthor

ities a

nd ot

her p

artne

rs to

work

togeth

er to

ag

ree t

he di

stribu

tion o

f land

with

in ea

ch su

b-re

gion.

The R

egion

al Pl

annin

g Bod

y Nor

th W

est R

egion

al As

semb

ly wi

ll fac

ilitate

this

appr

oach

. Whe

re po

ssibl

e, fig

ures

shou

ld be

distr

ibuted

in ac

cord

ance

with

loca

l lab

our m

arke

t are

as, b

road

ly ind

icated

by T

rave

l to W

ork a

reas

iden

tified

in th

e 200

1 Cen

sus.

Furth

er

detai

ls re

gard

ing im

pleme

ntatio

n of th

is po

licy w

ill be

set o

ut in

the R

SS Im

pleme

ntatio

n Fra

mewo

rk.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

6.

16

The R

egion

al Pl

annin

g Bod

y Ass

embly

will

deve

lop m

ore r

egion

ally-s

pecif

ic gu

idanc

e on o

ffice (

B1(a

)) To

ensu

re co

nsist

ency

with

prop

osals

for t

he

35

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

6.17

de

velop

ment

in tow

n Cen

tres,

as re

quire

d by P

PS6,

as pa

rt of

a futu

re re

view.

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

W4:

Rel

ease

of

Allo

cate

d E

mp

loym

ent

Lan

d

W4

Po

licy W

4 – R

eleas

e of A

lloca

ted

Empl

oym

ent L

and

Whe

re si

tes ar

e to b

e de-

alloc

ated i

n plan

s and

stra

tegies

(foll

owing

a co

mpre

hens

ive re

view

of co

mmitm

ents

outlin

ed in

Poli

cy W

3) co

nside

ratio

n sho

uld be

give

n to a

rang

e of a

ltern

ative

uses

and

deter

mine

d as a

ppro

priat

e to t

he lo

catio

n and

natur

e of e

ach s

ite. A

ltern

ative

uses

cons

idere

d sho

uld

includ

e hou

sing,

and s

oft en

d use

s, pa

rticula

rly w

here

this

will c

ontrib

ute to

the d

elive

ry of

Gree

n Inf

rastr

uctur

e netw

orks

(Poli

cy E

M3).

Appr

opria

te re

media

tion m

ay al

so be

requ

ired t

o add

ress

issu

es of

lan

d con

tamina

tion b

efore

sites

can b

e effe

ctive

ly re

-use

d (Po

licy E

M2).

In de

-allo

catin

g site

s Loc

al Au

thoriti

es sh

ould

be m

indful

of th

e nee

d to c

reate

and s

ustai

n mixe

d use

comm

unitie

s whe

re th

ere i

s ac

cess

to a

wide

rang

e of s

ervic

es an

d fac

ilities

. Ou

tside

of a

comp

rehe

nsive

revie

w of

comm

itmen

ts (P

olicy

W3)

whe

n pre

parin

g plan

s and

stra

tegies

and

cons

iderin

g pro

posa

ls an

d sch

emes

ther

e sho

uld be

a pr

esum

ption

again

st the

relea

se of

alloc

ated

emplo

ymen

t site

s for

othe

r use

s. Si

tes sh

ould

not b

e rele

ased

whe

re th

ey pr

ovide

, or h

ave t

he po

tentia

l to

prov

ide, a

n imp

ortan

t con

tributi

on to

the e

cono

my of

the l

ocal

area

. If Lo

cal A

uthor

ities a

re m

inded

to

relea

se si

tes th

ey sh

ould

be sa

tisfie

d, be

fore d

oing s

o, tha

t:

• an

appr

opria

te su

pply

of sit

es is

avail

able

for em

ploym

ent u

ses.

The d

e-all

ocati

on or

re-a

lloca

tion o

f a

site s

hould

not r

esult

in a

defic

ient s

upply

of em

ploym

ent la

nd, in

eithe

r qua

ntitat

ive or

quali

tative

ter

ms, m

atche

d aga

inst th

e dem

and a

nd su

pply

requ

ireme

nts of

the l

ocal

econ

omy;

• if r

equir

ed, th

ere a

re re

place

ment

sites

avail

able,

of eq

ual o

r bett

er qu

ality,

or th

at alt

erna

tive m

eans

of

incor

pora

ting e

mploy

ment

land n

eeds

have

been

iden

tified

. This

migh

t mea

n con

sider

ing m

ixed-

use

deve

lopme

nts, g

reate

r inten

sity o

f land

use o

r the

avail

abilit

y of s

ites i

n adja

cent

autho

rities

.

In bo

th ca

ses c

onsid

erati

on sh

ould

be gi

ven t

o the

impli

catio

ns of

relea

sing /

retai

ning e

mploy

ment

land i

n re

lation

to th

e spa

tial p

rincip

les in

DP1

-9, in

partic

ular t

he pr

omoti

on of

to pr

omote

socia

l and

econ

omic

inclus

ion, s

ustai

nable

trav

el ch

oices

and a

cces

s to s

ervic

es, e

spec

ially

in Ho

using

Mar

ket R

enew

al Ar

eas

and r

ural

area

s.

Chan

ges t

o pro

vide g

reate

r clar

ity. A

dditio

n of

refer

ence

to ru

ral a

reas

as S

A re

cogn

ises t

hat

a lac

k of a

cces

s to j

obs a

nd se

rvice

s in r

ural

area

s may

lead

to ec

onom

ic ex

clusio

n. Th

is re

feren

ce ad

ds em

phas

is to

the pr

omoti

on of

the

rura

l eco

nomy

W

5: R

etai

l Dev

elo

pm

ent

6.

26

6.27

Th

e NW

RA R

egion

al Pl

annin

g Bod

y will

deve

lop m

ore r

egion

ally s

pecif

ic gu

idanc

e on l

eisur

e dev

elopm

ent

in tow

n cen

tres a

s par

t of a

futur

e rev

iew to

addr

ess r

egion

ally s

pecif

ic iss

ues f

or th

e wide

r ran

ge of

Tow

n Ce

ntre u

ses i

denti

fied i

n PPS

6.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

36

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

W6:

To

uri

sm a

nd

th

e V

isit

or

Eco

no

my

W6

Po

licy W

6 – T

ouris

m an

d th

e Visi

tor E

cono

my

Plan

s, str

ategie

s, pr

opos

als an

d sch

emes

shou

ld se

ek to

deliv

er im

prov

ed ec

onom

ic gr

owth

and q

uality

of

life, th

roug

h sus

taina

ble to

urism

activ

ity in

the N

orth

Wes

t. This

shou

ld be

in lin

e with

the p

rincip

les ou

tlined

in

Polic

y W7 a

nd fo

cuse

d on:

• the

rege

nera

tion o

f Blac

kpoo

l as a

n Inte

rnati

onal

Tour

ism D

estin

ation

, and

the N

orth

Wes

t’s ot

her

coas

tal re

sorts

as pr

iority

loca

tions

for m

ajor f

ootlo

ose t

ouris

m de

velop

ment,

whe

re to

urism

is a

critic

al co

mpon

ent o

f the e

cono

my;

• the

regio

nal c

entre

s of M

anch

ester

, Live

rpoo

l (Eur

opea

n Cap

ital o

f Cult

ure 2

008)

, and

Pre

ston,

wher

e tou

rism

is a c

ontrib

utory

comp

onen

t of th

e eco

nomy

;

• Ch

ester

as a

herita

ge ci

ty of

inter

natio

nal re

nown

whe

re to

urism

is a

signif

icant

comp

onen

t of th

e ec

onom

y;

• Ca

rlisle,

Bolt

on, B

irken

head

, Lan

caste

r and

Ken

dal a

s des

tinati

ons w

ith em

ergin

g pote

ntial

for he

ritage

re

lated

tour

ism de

velop

ment,

whe

re to

urism

supp

orts

and c

ompli

ments

their

statu

s as h

istor

ic tow

ns

and c

ities;

• pr

omoti

ng bu

sines

s tou

rism

throu

gh th

e dev

elopm

ent o

f high

quali

ty co

nfere

nce a

nd ex

hibitio

n fac

ilities

, par

ticula

rly of

Eur

opea

n sign

ifican

ce in

Man

ches

ter an

d nati

onal

signif

icanc

e in L

iverp

ool a

nd

Blac

kpoo

l;

• op

portu

nities

for d

iversi

fying

the r

ural

econ

omy a

nd re

gene

ratin

g rur

al ar

eas s

hould

align

with

Poli

cy

RDF2

. Dev

elopm

ent s

hould

be of

an ap

prop

riate

scale

and b

e loc

ated w

here

the e

nviro

nmen

t and

inf

rastr

uctur

e can

acco

mmod

ate th

e visi

tor im

pact.

Coa

stal s

ites o

f inter

natio

nal im

porta

nce f

or na

ture

cons

erva

tion,

The L

ake D

istric

t Nati

onal

Park

and A

reas

of O

utstan

ding N

atura

l Bea

uty ar

e imp

ortan

t tou

rist a

ttrac

tors i

n the

ir own

right.

Sus

taina

ble to

urism

activ

ity w

hich w

ill str

ength

en an

d dive

rsify

the

econ

omic

base

with

in the

se ar

eas w

ill be

supp

orted

but th

e stat

utory

purp

oses

of th

ese d

esign

ation

s mu

st no

t be a

dver

sely

affec

ted. W

here

ver p

ossib

le, to

urism

deve

lopme

nt op

portu

nities

shou

ld be

so

ught

which

take

plac

e in l

ocati

ons a

djace

nt to

the N

ation

al Pa

rk an

d Are

as of

Outs

tandin

g Natu

ral

Beau

ty, th

us sp

read

ing th

e eco

nomi

c ben

efit o

f tour

ism;

• op

portu

nities

relat

ed to

Reg

ional

Parks

, Had

rian’s

Wall

and L

iverp

ool W

orld

Herita

ge S

ites.

Tour

ism

activ

ity in

thes

e loc

ation

s sho

uld be

prom

oted w

ithin

the co

ntext

of fra

mewo

rk se

t out

in the

relev

ant

Stra

tegic

Fram

ewor

ks an

d Man

agem

ent P

lans5 .

Text

amen

ded t

o refl

ect th

e diffe

rent

appr

oach

es to

guide

deve

lopme

nt in

these

ar

eas a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

5 Had

rian’s

Wall

Man

agem

ent P

lan 20

02 –

2007

, Had

rian’s

Wall

Com

pany

; Live

rpoo

l – M

aritim

e Mer

canti

le Ci

ty Ma

nage

ment

Plan

, 200

3 , Liv

erpo

ol W

orld

Herita

ge S

ite S

teerin

g Gro

up an

d Liv

erpo

ol Ci

ty Co

uncil

.

37

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

W7:

Pri

nci

ple

s o

f T

ou

rism

Dev

elo

pm

ent

6.

31

6.32

Sp

ort a

nd re

creati

on al

so ha

ve a

key r

ole to

play

. The

Briti

sh O

pen G

olf C

hamp

ionsh

ip wa

s hos

ted at

Roy

al Liv

erpo

ol in

2006

and w

ill be

at R

oyal

Birkd

ale in

2008

and w

ill att

ract

attra

cted a

sign

ifican

t amo

unt o

f tou

rism

to the

regio

n. Th

e leg

acy o

f suc

cess

left b

y the

Com

monw

ealth

Gam

es in

Man

ches

ter in

2002

, pr

ovide

s the

oppo

rtunit

y for

furth

er ev

ents

in the

regio

n. Th

e Majo

r Eve

nts S

trateg

y6 pro

vides

a fra

mewo

rk in

which

the v

alue o

f spo

rting,

and o

ther e

vents

, to th

e reg

ion’s

econ

omy c

an be

deve

loped

.

Mino

r tex

t ame

ndme

nt to

refle

ct tha

t the O

pen

Golf C

hamp

ionsh

ip wi

ll hav

e fini

shed

by th

e tim

e the

RSS

is pu

blish

ed.

W8:

Reg

ion

al C

asin

os

W8

PO

LIC

Y D

EL

ET

ED

No fu

rther

regio

nal c

asino

s will

be co

nside

red

until

a rev

iew of

the s

ocial

impa

cts ha

s bee

n un

derta

ken o

f the 6

new

small

and 6

new

large

ca

sinos

and t

his w

ill me

an in

effec

t not

until

2014

at th

e ver

y ear

liest.

By t

his da

te a S

ingle

Regio

nal S

trateg

y sho

uld ha

ve be

en ad

opted

an

d also

the e

viden

ce on

whic

h the

draft

polic

y wa

s bas

ed w

ould

be ou

t of d

ate by

2014

. Co

nseq

uentl

y, ex

isting

polic

y W8 h

as be

en

delet

ed.

7 L

ivin

g in

th

e N

ort

h W

est

– E

nsu

rin

g a

Str

on

g, H

ealt

hy

and

Ju

st S

oci

ety

7.1

The

RSS

seek

s to

prom

ote c

ohes

ive, m

ixed

and

thrivi

ng c

ommu

nities

, whe

re p

eople

will

want

to liv

e, no

w an

d in

the fu

ture.

It aim

s to

deliv

er th

e ob

jectiv

es o

f ens

uring

that

ever

yone

can

have

a d

ecen

t hom

e, wh

ich

they

can

affor

d, in

a se

cure

env

ironm

ent,

with

reas

onab

le ac

cess

to h

ealth

car

, edu

catio

nal p

rovis

ion a

nd

recre

ation

al fac

ilities

.

It spe

cifica

lly se

eks t

o:

• Bu

ild fu

rther

on

curre

nt kn

owled

ge o

f hou

sing

marke

ts in

the re

gion,

so a

s to

deliv

er a

bett

er b

alanc

e be

twee

n hou

sing d

eman

d and

supp

ly;

• Pr

ovide

for

add

itiona

l hou

sing,

so a

s to

meet

chan

ging

need

s, su

ppor

t ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment,

ad

dres

s the

requ

ireme

nt for

affor

dable

acco

mmod

ation

, and

ensu

re a

choic

e in h

ousin

g typ

es;

• Im

prov

e the

quali

ty of

the ho

using

stoc

k and

its en

viron

ment.

The w

ord ‘

furthe

r’ in t

he fir

st bu

llet p

oint h

as

been

delet

ed to

prov

ide gr

eater

clar

ity an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

L1:

Hea

lth

, Sp

ort

, Rec

reat

ion

, Cu

ltu

r al a

nd

Ed

uca

tio

n S

ervi

ces

Pro

visi

on

NO

CH

AN

GE

S

L2:

Un

der

stan

din

g H

ou

sin

g M

arke

ts

6 Majo

r Eve

nt St

rateg

y, No

rthwe

st Re

giona

l Dev

elopm

ent A

genc

y, Ma

rch 20

04.

38

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

L2

Un

ders

tand

ing

Hous

ing

Mark

ets

Loca

l Au

thoriti

es s

hould

dev

elop

an u

nder

stand

ing o

f loc

al an

d su

b-re

giona

l ho

using

mar

kets

by

unde

rtakin

g St

rateg

ic Ho

using

Mar

ket A

sses

smen

ts, in

ord

er to

ado

pt a

conc

erted

and

com

preh

ensiv

e ap

proa

ch to

: •

Influe

nce h

ousin

g sup

ply ac

ross

all ty

pes,

sizes

, tenu

res a

nd va

lues t

o ach

ieve a

bette

r matc

h betw

een

supp

ly an

d nee

d;

• Im

prov

e the

quali

ty of

the R

egion

’s ho

using

stoc

k;

• Su

ppor

t hou

sing m

arke

t res

tructu

ring a

nd re

newa

l;

• Ov

erco

me in

creas

ing is

sues

of af

forda

bility

; and

• En

sure

the

need

s of

the w

ider p

opula

tion

are

met,

includ

ing d

isable

d pe

ople,

stud

ents,

olde

r peo

ple,

stude

nts, o

lder p

eople

, blac

k & m

inority

ethn

ic co

mmun

i ties a

nd fa

milie

s with

child

ren,

includ

ing si

ngle

head

ed ho

useh

olds.

Addit

ion of

the w

ords

, “to

achie

ve a

bette

r ma

tch be

twee

n sup

ply an

d nee

d;” to

the f

irst

bulle

t poin

t to cl

arify

the r

easo

n for

exer

ting a

n inf

luenc

e on h

ousin

g sup

ply in

this

way a

nd to

re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

7.

10

7.10

Ther

e is

also

the re

quire

ment

to as

sess

the

hous

ing n

eeds

of g

ypsie

s and

trav

eller

s in

the R

egion

. In

this r

espe

ct, th

e As

semb

ly, in

par

tnersh

ip wi

th the

Reg

ional

Hous

ing B

oard

, is u

nder

taking

rese

arch

on

the

futur

e re

quire

ments

of g

ypsie

s an

d tra

velle

rs, in

ord

er to

infor

m a

futur

e re

view

of bo

th RS

S an

d the

Re

giona

l Hou

sing S

trateg

y.

7.10

Ther

e is

also

the re

quire

ment

to as

sess

the

hous

ing n

eeds

of g

ypsie

s and

trav

eller

s in

the R

egion

. In

this

resp

ect,

the R

egion

al Pl

annin

g Bo

dy, i

n pa

rtner

ship

with

the R

egion

al Ho

using

Boa

rd h

as u

nder

taken

re

sear

ch o

n the

futur

e re

quire

ments

of g

ypsie

s and

trav

eller

s. Th

is wi

ll info

rm a

futur

e re

view

of bo

th RS

S an

d the

Reg

ional

Hous

ing S

trateg

y.

New

text a

dded

to re

flect

the cu

rrent

rese

arch

po

sition

and t

o refl

ect r

epre

senta

tions

mad

e du

ring t

he co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d ch

ange

s.

L3:

Exi

stin

g h

ou

sin

g S

tock

an

d H

ou

sin

g R

enew

al

39

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

L3

Ex

istin

g Ho

usin

g St

ock a

nd H

ousin

g Re

newa

l Pl

ans a

nd st

rateg

ies, a

cross

the N

orth

Wes

t, but

partic

ularly

in:

a.

Hous

ing M

arke

t Ren

ewal

Initia

tive P

athfin

der A

reas

: -

New

Hear

tland

s (Liv

erpo

ol, S

efton

and W

irral)

; -

Manc

heste

r and

Salf

ord;

- Ol

dham

and R

ochd

ale;

- El

evate

(Blac

kbur

n with

Dar

wen,

Burn

ley, H

yndb

urn,

Pend

le an

d Ros

send

ale);

b.

Wes

t Cum

bria

and F

urne

ss H

ousin

g Mar

ket R

enew

al Ar

eas;

c.

Lanc

ashir

e Coa

stal T

owns

of B

lackp

ool /

Fleetw

ood a

nd

Mor

ecam

be;

d.

Othe

r urb

an a

reas

in th

e Ma

nche

ster &

Live

rpoo

l City

Reg

ions i

n ne

ed o

f hou

sing

rege

nera

tion

/ ma

rket r

estru

cturin

g sho

uld:

•

resp

ond t

o any

need

to su

bstan

tially

restr

uctur

e loc

al ho

using

mar

kets;

• tak

e acc

ount

of an

d und

ersta

nd ho

using

mar

kets;

• ma

nage

the d

elive

ry of

new

build

and i

ts im

pacts

on th

e exis

ting h

ousin

g stoc

k;

• re

duce

vaca

ncy r

ates t

o 3%

in th

e exis

ting d

wellin

g stoc

k, thr

ough

the i

ncre

ased

re-u

se of

suita

ble

vaca

nt ho

using

; and

• wh

ere a

ppro

priat

e mak

e the

best

use o

f the e

xistin

g stoc

k.

Plan

s and

stra

tegies

shou

ld de

signa

te ar

eas,

wher

e nec

e ssa

ry, fo

r com

preh

ensiv

e reg

ener

ation

as pa

rt of

a br

oade

r co

urse

of

actio

n to

rege

nera

te loc

al co

mmun

ities,

redu

ce h

ealth

ine

quali

ties,

impr

ove

the

susta

inabil

ity a

nd re

sour

ce e

fficien

cy o

f the

hou

si ng

stock

and

its

local

envir

onme

ntal q

uality

and

incre

ase

numb

ers

of an

d ac

cess

to lo

cal j

obs

and

servi

ces.

The

appr

oach

to b

e ad

opted

, whe

ther c

leara

nce,

or

rene

wal a

nd re

furbis

hmen

t, or a

mix

of the

se, w

ill de

pend

on lo

cal c

ircum

stanc

es.

Plan

s and

stra

tegies

for c

ompr

ehen

sive r

egen

erati

on sh

ould:

•

involv

e and

enga

ge th

e loc

al co

mmun

ity in

deter

minin

g the

futur

e of it

s are

a;

• inc

lude

a pr

ior e

valua

tion

of the

env

ironm

ental

, eco

nomi

c, so

cial a

nd c

ultur

al im

pacts

of t

he w

ay a

ny

prop

osed

clea

ranc

e and

after

-use

s will

affec

t the s

urro

undin

g are

a and

the l

ocal

comm

unity

; and

• inc

orpo

rate

a clea

r and

comp

rehe

nsive

actio

n plan

for im

pleme

nting

prop

osals

, link

ed to

the a

vaila

bility

of

reso

urce

s.

Addit

ion of

the w

ords

“acro

ss th

e Nor

th W

est,

but”

in the

first

line o

f the p

olicy

to pr

ovide

gr

eater

clar

ity th

at the

polic

y app

lies a

cross

the

Reg

ion an

d to r

eflec

t rep

rese

ntatio

ns

made

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

Addit

ion of

the w

ords

“Hou

sing M

arke

t Re

newa

l Are

a” to

be co

nsist

ent w

ith th

e su

ppor

ting t

ext o

f RDF

1 and

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

40

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

7.15

In

addit

ion to

new

build

and c

onve

rsion

activ

ity, th

e opp

ortun

ity ex

ists t

o mak

e bett

er us

e of e

xistin

g ho

using

stoc

k. Lo

cal a

uthor

ities a

re en

cour

aged

to ta

ke a

posit

ive, c

oord

inated

appr

oach

towa

rds d

ealin

g wi

th un

der u

sed h

ousin

g stoc

k, for

exam

ple by

iden

tifying

vaca

nt an

d und

erus

ed pr

oper

ties a

s par

t of th

eir

urba

n pote

ntial

studie

s and

intro

ducin

g emp

ty pr

oper

ty str

ategie

s to h

elp br

ing th

em ba

ck in

to ful

l use

. The

do

mesti

c sec

tor ac

coun

ts for

near

ly 30

% of

gree

nhou

se ga

s emi

ssion

s res

ulting

from

ener

gy us

e. If t

his is

to

be re

duce

d, the

n high

stan

dard

s of e

nerg

y effic

iency

in ne

w an

d exis

ting h

ousin

g is c

rucia

l, and

othe

r me

asur

es, s

uch a

s micr

ogen

erati

on of

ener

gy fr

om re

newa

ble so

urce

s on r

eside

ntial

prop

erty

shou

ld be

en

cour

aged

(see

polic

y EM1

6 and

EM1

8 ). In

addit

ion, th

e pre

dicted

chan

ging c

limati

c con

dition

s68 m

ean

that c

limate

proo

fing o

f new

and e

xistin

g dwe

llings

, usin

g futu

re cl

imate

chan

ge da

ta wi

ll also

be im

porta

nt to

ensu

re th

at the

prov

ision

of ho

using

stoc

k is f

it for

purp

ose.

New

hous

ing de

velop

ment

shou

ld inc

orpo

rate

susta

inable

drain

age s

ystem

s and

wate

r con

serva

tion a

nd ef

ficien

cy m

easu

res t

o the

high

est c

ontem

pora

ry sta

ndar

d, an

d retr

ofittin

g of s

ustai

nable

drain

age s

ystem

s and

wate

r effic

iency

with

in ex

isting

deve

lopme

nt sh

ould

be en

cour

aged

(see

polic

y EM5

) .

Text

upda

ted to

refle

ct tha

t urb

an po

tentia

l stu

dies a

re no

long

er re

quire

d by n

ation

al pla

nning

guida

nce.

Been

repla

ced b

y re

quire

ment

in PP

S3 to

carry

out S

trateg

ic Ho

using

Land

Ava

ilabil

ity A

sses

smen

ts.

L4:

Reg

ion

al H

ou

sin

g P

rovi

sio

n

L4

Re

gion

al Ho

usin

g Pr

ovisi

on

Loca

l Auth

oritie

s sh

ould

monit

or a

nd m

ange

the

avail

abilit

y of

land

identi

fied

in pla

ns a

nd s

trateg

ies a

nd

throu

gh d

evelo

pmen

t con

trol d

ecisi

ons o

n pr

opos

als a

nd sc

heme

s, to

achie

ve th

e ho

using

pro

vision

(net

of cle

aran

ce re

place

ment)

set o

ut in

Table

7.1

In do

ing so

they

shou

ld:

• W

ork i

n pa

rtner

ship

with

deve

loper

s and

othe

r hou

sing

prov

iders

to ad

dres

s the

hou

sing

requ

ireme

nts

(inclu

ding

local

need

s and

affo

rdab

le ho

using

nee

ds) o

f diffe

rent

grou

ps, (

for e

xamp

le dis

abled

peo

ple

stude

nts, o

lder p

eople

, blac

k & m

inority

ethn

ic co

mmun

ities a

nd fa

milie

s with

child

ren

includ

ing si

ngle

head

ed h

ouse

holds

) to

ensu

re th

e co

nstru

ction

of a

mix

of ap

prop

riate

hous

e typ

es, s

izes,

tenur

es a

nd

price

s, in

line w

ith po

licies

L2, L

3 and

L6 L

5;

• us

e the

resu

lts o

f up-

to-da

te St

rateg

ic Ho

using

Mar

ket A

sses

smen

ts an

d St

rateg

ic Ho

using

Lan

d Av

ailab

ility A

sses

smen

ts7 , to

infor

m the

allo

catio

n of

and

deve

lopme

nt co

ntrol

decis

ions u

pon

spec

ific

sites

;

• en

sure

that

enco

urag

e all

new

home

s to

be a

re bu

ilt to

Code

for S

ustai

nable

Hom

es8 s

tanda

rds,

in lin

e wi

th Po

licy E

M16,

and p

romo

te the

use o

f the L

ifetim

e Hom

es st

anda

rd;

• en

sure

that

new

hous

ing d

evelo

pmen

t doe

s no

t hav

e an

adv

erse

cum

ulativ

e im

pact

on th

e ex

isting

ho

using

stoc

k and

mar

ket;

• en

sure

that

new

dwell

ings w

ill be

serve

d by a

dequ

ate w

ater s

upply

and s

ewag

e man

agem

ent fa

cilitie

s;

Delet

ion of

L6 fr

om fir

st bu

llet p

oint a

nd

repla

ceme

nt wi

th L5

to re

flect

polic

y re

numb

ering

follo

wing

the d

eletio

n of

prop

osed

chan

ges p

olicy

L5.

To pr

ovide

cons

isten

cy w

ith th

e res

t of th

e pla

n. Pa

rticula

rly po

licy E

M16 w

hich h

as be

en

amen

ded i

n the

light

of PP

S on

clim

ate

chan

ge an

d rec

ent p

olicy

state

ments

to be

a mo

re hi

gh-le

vel p

olicy

on co

ntribu

ting t

o na

tiona

l time

table

for re

ducin

g emi

ssion

s.

7 Stra

tegic

Hous

ing La

nd A

vaila

bility

Ass

essm

ents:

Pra

ctice

Guid

ance

, DCL

G, 20

07.

8 "Pr

opos

als fo

r Intr

oduc

ing a

Code

for S

ustai

nable

Hom

es -

A Co

nsult

ation

Pap

er",

ODPM

, 200

5.

41

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• all

ow fo

r clea

ranc

e re

place

ment

to re

flect

local

circu

mstan

ces,

as a

mec

hanis

m for

the

recre

ation

of

viable

and s

ustai

nable

neigh

bour

hood

s;

• int

rodu

ce p

hasin

g po

licies

whic

h se

cure

the

orde

rly a

nd m

anag

ed re

lease

of h

ousin

g lan

d ov

er th

e pe

riod

of the

plan

in lin

e wi

th the

seq

uenti

al ap

proa

ch s

et ou

t in

Polic

y DP

4, tak

ing in

to ac

coun

t the

ne

ed fo

r co

ordin

ated

prov

ision

of n

eces

sary

infra

struc

ture

and

the o

vera

ll av

ailab

ility

of lan

d for

ho

using

;

• en

sure

that

the tr

ansp

ort n

etwor

ks (i

nclud

ing p

ublic

tran

spor

t, pe

destr

ian a

nd cy

cle) c

an a

ccom

moda

te ad

dition

al de

mand

gene

rated

by ne

w ho

using

; and

• ma

ximise

the

re-u

se o

f vac

ant a

nd u

nder

-use

d br

ownfi

eld la

nd a

nd b

uildin

gs in

line

with

Polic

y DP

4 an

d ind

icativ

e tar

gets

set o

ut in

Table

7.1.

For t

he p

urpo

se o

f pro

ducin

g Lo

cal D

evelo

pmen

t Fra

mewo

rks, l

ocal

plann

ing a

uthor

ities

shou

ld as

sume

tha

t the a

vera

ge an

nual

requ

ireme

nt se

t out

in Ta

ble 7.

1 will

conti

nue f

or a

limite

d per

iod be

yond

2021

.

7.17

Th

e Re

giona

l Floo

d Ri

sk A

ppra

isal p

rovid

es a

bro

ad o

vervi

ew o

f floo

d ris

k iss

ues

in the

Nor

th W

est,

identi

fying

high

er ri

sk a

reas

inclu

ding

Salfo

rd, M

anch

ester

, Wyre

, War

ringto

n Ch

orley

, Sou

th Ri

bble

and

Lanc

aster

. Plan

s, str

ategie

s, pr

opos

als a

nd s

chem

es s

hould

app

raise

, man

age

and

redu

ce ri

sk, w

ith e

arly

comp

letion

of S

trateg

ic Flo

od R

isk A

sses

smen

ts a k

ey ob

jectiv

e to f

acilit

ate th

is.

Delet

ion of

Wyre

and W

arrin

gton a

nd

repla

ceme

nt wi

th Ch

orley

and S

outh

Ribb

le to

refle

ct the

flood

risk e

viden

ce fo

und i

n the

Re

giona

l Floo

d Risk

App

raisa

l and

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

7.18

Th

e re

comm

ende

d dis

tributi

on o

f hou

sing

prov

ision

betw

een

differ

ent p

arts

of the

Nor

th W

est (

Table

7.1)

, re

flects

RSS

and

Reg

ional

Hous

ing S

trateg

y obje

ctive

s, re

giona

l dev

elopm

ent f

rame

work

and

sub

regio

nal

polic

ies w

ithin

RSS

and

takes

acc

ount

of the

var

ious

strate

gic p

rioriti

es a

nd fu

nctio

nal li

nkag

es, d

escri

bed

below

, tha

t sho

uld b

e foc

used

upo

n, in

each

are

a72.

Clea

rly, h

ousin

g ma

rket c

hara

cteris

tics a

nd co

nditio

ns

cann

ot be

pre

cisely

or u

nifor

mly p

inpoin

ted to

par

ticula

r dist

ricts

and

these

prio

rities

are

not

nece

ssar

ily th

e on

ly iss

ues t

hat a

pply

in ea

ch ar

ea.

(a) M

anch

este

r / S

alfor

d an

d Li

verp

ool /

Kno

wsley

– p

rovis

ion o

f suff

icien

t new

resid

entia

l dev

elopm

ent

to su

ppor

t the

role

of the

Reg

ional

Centr

es a

nd in

ner c

ity a

reas

, inc

luding

thos

e pa

rts in

volve

d in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s

Hous

ing M

arke

t Re

newa

l Pro

gram

me’s

Pathf

inder

initia

tive

(inclu

ding

repla

ceme

nt an

d re

newa

l of h

ousin

g sto

ck),

as p

riority

are

as fo

r eco

nomi

c gr

owth

and

rege

nera

tion.

Outsi

de th

e inn

er c

ity

area

s, de

velop

ment

shou

ld be

com

pleme

ntary

to the

rege

nera

tion

of the

inne

r cor

e, an

d be

focu

sed

on

rege

nera

ting e

xistin

g hou

sing a

reas

whic

h suff

er fr

om hi

gh le

vels

of de

priva

tion.

(b) P

enni

ne M

anch

este

r, Ce

ntra

l Eas

t Lan

cash

ire an

d Ea

st L

anca

shire

– su

ppor

t for p

otenti

al ec

onom

ic gr

owth

and

rege

nera

tion,

partic

ularly

in H

ousin

g Ma

rket R

enew

al Pa

thfind

er a

reas

; inc

luding

repla

ceme

nt an

d re

newa

l of h

ousin

g sto

ck a

nd, w

here

app

ropr

iate,

the d

evelo

pmen

t of a

wide

r ran

ge o

f hou

sing

types

(in

cludin

g hig

h qu

ality

marke

t hou

sing)

. This

sho

uld b

e ac

hieve

d wh

ile e

nsur

ing th

at loc

al an

d aff

orda

ble

hous

ing ne

eds c

an be

met

elsew

here

.

42

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

(c) S

outh

ern

Manc

hest

er / N

orth

Eas

t Che

shire

– ex

cept

in tha

t par

t of T

raffo

rd ly

ing w

ithin

or ad

jacen

t to

the R

egion

al Ce

ntre,

conti

nued

care

ful m

onito

ring

and

mana

geme

nt of

hous

ing p

rovis

ion w

ill be

nec

essa

ry to

ensu

re th

at ne

w ho

using

dev

elopm

ent d

oes

not r

esult

in a

n ad

verse

cum

ulativ

e im

pact

on lo

cal a

nd

neigh

bour

ing h

ousin

g ma

rkets.

Pro

vision

shou

ld foc

us o

n me

eting

loca

l and

affo

rdab

le ho

using

nee

ds, a

nd

any

gene

ral m

arke

t hou

sing

(in s

ustai

nable

loca

tions

whic

h ar

e we

ll se

rved

by p

ublic

tran

spor

t) sh

ould

supp

ort a

gree

d loc

al re

gene

ratio

n str

ategie

s. W

ithin

Macc

lesfie

ld an

d Co

nglet

on, t

his d

evelo

pmen

t sho

uld

take

place

with

in the

conte

xt of

the e

cono

mic a

nd so

cial li

nkag

es w

ith b

oth th

e re

st of

the M

anch

ester

City

Re

gion a

nd al

so th

e Pott

eries

and t

he N

orth

Staff

ords

hire H

ousin

g Mar

ket R

enew

al Pa

thfind

er.

(d) N

orth

ern

Manc

hest

er, M

id M

erse

y an

d Gr

eate

r Pr

esto

n –

prov

ision

of s

uffici

ent n

ew re

siden

tial

deve

lopme

nt to

supp

ort t

he p

otenti

al for

eco

nomi

c gr

owth

and

local

rege

nera

tion

strate

gies

(inclu

ding

repla

ceme

nt an

d re

newa

l of h

ousin

g sto

ck),

a wi

der r

ange

of g

ener

al an

d hig

h qu

ality

marke

t hou

sing

(in

susta

inable

loca

tions

whic

h ar

e we

ll ser

ved

by p

ublic

tran

spor

t), w

hile

at the

same

time

ensu

ring

the a

bility

to

meet

local

need

s an

d re

quire

ments

for a

fford

able

hous

ing. I

n W

arrin

gton

the fo

cus

will

be o

n ho

using

pr

ovisi

on w

hich

meets

loca

l and

affo

rdab

le ho

using

nee

ds, a

nd d

evelo

pmen

t in

supp

ort o

f agr

eed

local

rege

nera

tion

strate

gies,

with

conti

nued

care

ful m

onito

ring

and

mana

geme

nt of

hous

ing p

rovis

ion, t

o en

sure

tha

t new

hou

sing

deve

lopme

nt do

es n

ot re

sult

in an

adv

erse

cum

ulativ

e im

pact

on lo

cal a

nd n

eighb

ourin

g ho

using

mar

kets.

(e

) Sou

th W

est L

anca

shire

– c

ontin

ued

care

ful m

onito

ring

and

mana

geme

nt of

hous

ing p

rovis

ion, w

ill be

ne

cess

ary

to en

sure

that

new

hous

ing d

evelo

pmen

t doe

s no

t res

ult in

an

adve

rse c

umula

tive

impa

ct on

loc

al an

d ne

ighbo

uring

hou

sing

marke

ts. H

ousin

g pr

ovisi

on s

hould

focu

s on

mee

ting

local

marke

t and

aff

orda

ble h

ousin

g ne

eds,

espe

cially

in O

rmsk

irk, B

ursc

ough

and

the

north

ern

part

of Se

fton;

and

on

deve

lopme

nt in

susta

inable

loca

tions

well

ser

ved

by p

ublic

tran

spor

t to

supp

ort a

gree

d loc

al re

gene

ratio

n str

ategie

s in

Skelm

ersd

ale. I

n the

sou

thern

par

t of S

efton

the

focus

will

be o

n pr

ovidi

ng s

uffici

ent n

ew

resid

entia

l dev

elopm

ent t

o su

ppor

t inne

r are

as a

s a p

riority

are

a for

eco

nomi

c gro

wth

and

rege

nera

tion

and

Hous

ing M

arke

t Ren

ewal

Initia

tive P

athfin

der a

ctivit

y. (f)

Wirr

al – p

rovis

ion of

suffic

ient n

ew re

siden

tial d

evelo

pmen

t in th

e eas

tern p

art o

f the d

istric

t to su

ppor

t the

inne

r are

as as

a pr

iority

for e

cono

mic g

rowt

h and

rege

nera

tion,

includ

ing vi

a the

Hou

sing M

arke

t Re

newa

l Path

finde

r sch

eme (

includ

ing re

place

ment

and r

enew

al of

hous

ing st

ock).

Else

wher

e in t

he W

irral

prov

ision

shou

ld foc

us on

mee

ting l

ocal

and a

fford

able

hous

ing ne

eds,

with

care

ful m

onito

ring a

nd

mana

geme

nt of

hous

ing pr

ovisi

on, to

ensu

re th

at ne

w ho

using

deve

lopme

nt do

es no

t res

ult in

an ad

verse

cu

mulat

ive im

pact

on lo

cal a

nd ne

ighbo

uring

hous

ing m

arke

ts. D

ue to

its lo

catio

n adjo

ining

area

s of

inter

natio

nal im

porta

nce f

or na

ture c

onse

rvatio

n, the

requ

ireme

nts of

DP7

will

be of

partic

ular im

porta

nce i

n co

nside

ratio

n of th

e loc

ation

of ho

using

. (g

) Fyld

e Pen

insu

la – s

uppo

rt for

rege

nera

tion (

includ

ing re

place

ment

and r

enew

al of

hous

ing st

ock)

and

the po

tentia

l for e

cono

mic g

rowt

h in B

lackp

ool a

nd F

leetw

ood,

while

ensu

ring t

hat lo

cal a

nd af

forda

ble

hous

ing ne

eds c

an be

met

elsew

here

in th

e Fyld

e Pen

insula

.

Text

amen

ded t

o ens

ure c

onsis

tency

with

Po

licy M

CR3.

Addit

ion of

the w

ord ‘

marke

t’ to e

) Sou

th W

est

Lanc

ashir

e - to

prov

ide cl

arity

of th

e typ

e of

hous

ing re

quire

d in S

outh

Wes

t Lan

cash

ire

and t

o refl

ect r

epre

senta

tions

mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

. Te

xt re

move

d due

to ad

dition

of ne

w tex

t at

para

grap

h 7.19

stati

ng th

at co

nside

ratio

n sh

ould

be gi

ven t

o poli

cies D

P1-9

and R

DF1 i

n the

appli

catio

n of p

olicy

L4 an

d to r

eflec

t re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es an

d re

comm

enda

tions

of H

RA co

nsult

ants.

43

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

(h) W

est C

umbr

ia an

d Fu

rnes

s – pr

ovisi

on of

suffic

ient n

ew re

siden

tial d

evelo

pmen

t to su

ppor

t hou

sing

marke

t res

tructu

ring a

nd re

gene

ratio

n (inc

luding

repla

ceme

nt an

d ren

ewal

of ho

using

stoc

k), w

hile e

nsur

ing

that lo

cal a

nd af

forda

ble ho

using

need

s of r

ural

comm

unitie

s can

be m

et els

ewhe

re in

Wes

t Cum

bria

and

Furn

ess.

(i) L

akes

& M

orec

ambe

Bay

– co

ntinu

ed pr

ovisi

on of

hous

ing to

mee

t loca

l and

affor

dable

hous

ing ne

eds

of the

area

’s co

mmun

ities,

by de

liver

ing a

choic

e of p

rope

rties t

o suit

the l

ocal

popu

lation

and w

orkfo

rce.

Gene

ral m

arke

t hou

sing s

hould

be fo

cuse

d in s

uppo

rt of

rege

nera

tion p

rioriti

es an

d mee

ting a

gree

d co

mmun

ity pr

ioritie

s, es

pecia

lly w

ithin

More

camb

e and

the F

urne

ss P

enins

ula pa

rt of

South

Lake

land,

in an

d aro

und U

lverst

on. H

ousin

g in t

he La

ke D

istric

t Nati

onal

Park

must

be de

velop

ed in

keep

ing w

ith th

e sc

ale an

d typ

e tha

t has

been

iden

tified

as ap

prop

riate

to the

area

’s str

ict re

quire

ments

on m

eetin

g ide

ntifie

d loc

al an

d affo

rdab

le ne

eds o

f the l

ocali

ty.

(j) N

orth

Cum

bria

– pro

vision

of su

fficien

t new

resid

entia

l dev

elopm

ent to

supp

ort th

e eco

nomi

c gro

wth a

nd

rege

nera

tion o

f Car

lisle,

whil

e ens

uring

that

the lo

cal a

nd af

forda

ble ho

using

need

s of r

ural

comm

unitie

s ca

n be m

et els

ewhe

re.

(k) S

outh

Che

shire

– pr

ovisi

on of

hous

ing to

mee

t loca

l and

affor

dable

need

s, plu

s gen

eral

marke

t hou

sing

(in su

staina

ble lo

catio

ns w

hich a

re w

ell se

rved b

y pub

lic tr

ansp

ort)

to su

ppor

t agr

eed l

ocal

rege

nera

tion

strate

gies,

and t

he ro

le of

Crew

e as a

key r

egion

al tow

n and

gatew

ay to

the N

orth

Wes

t. All d

evelo

pmen

t sh

ould

take p

lace w

ithin

the co

ntext

of the

econ

omic

and s

ocial

links

with

the r

est o

f Man

ches

ter C

ity

Regio

n, W

est C

hesh

ire, th

e Pott

eries

and t

he N

orth

Staff

ords

hire H

ousin

g Mar

ket R

enew

al Pa

thfind

er

sche

me.

(l) W

est C

hesh

ire –

pro

vision

of s

uffici

ent n

ew re

siden

tial d

evelo

pmen

t to

supp

ort t

he e

cono

my o

f Che

ster

and

rege

nera

tion

of El

lesme

re P

ort,

while

ens

uring

that

local

and

affor

dable

hou

sing

need

s can

still

be m

et.

All t

his d

evelo

pmen

t sho

uld ta

ke p

lace

withi

n the

con

text o

f the

sign

ifican

t eco

nomi

c an

d so

cial li

nks

that

exist

with

Nor

th Ea

st W

ales a

nd th

e Liv

erpo

ol Ci

ty Re

gion.

In Va

le Ro

yal s

uffici

ent h

ousin

g de

velop

ment

to su

ppor

t key

loca

l reg

ener

ation

prio

rities

par

ticula

rly in

Nor

thwich

Tow

n ce

ntre

and

to ad

dres

s aff

orda

ble

hous

ing ne

eds.

7.

19

Detai

led a

dvice

on

mana

ging

the su

pply

of ho

using

land

is g

iven

in PP

S3 a

nd in

subs

eque

nt CL

G ad

vice9 .

Loca

l auth

oritie

s sho

uld m

anag

e the

ir all

ocati

on o

f land

and

gra

nting

of p

lannin

g pe

rmiss

ions t

o ma

intain

a

minim

um fiv

e ye

ar su

pply

of de

liver

able

hous

ing la

nd, a

nd u

se th

eir h

ousin

g tra

jector

y to

help

monit

or a

nd

mana

ge th

e ac

hieve

ment

of the

figu

res

show

n in

Table

7.1,

and

the

exten

t to

which

this

meets

loca

l nee

d an

d de

mand

for h

ousin

g. Th

e re

quire

ment

figur

es a

re e

xpre

ssed

as

‘net o

f clea

ranc

e re

place

ment’

, tha

t is

to sa

y the

y ar

e ne

t dwe

lling

gains

or t

he in

creas

e ov

er a

nd a

bove

the

repla

ceme

nt of

any

dwell

ings

lost

throu

gh co

nver

sion

to no

n re

siden

tial u

se o

r dem

olitio

n. Th

e re

quire

ment

figur

es a

re a

vera

ge a

nnua

l figu

res

to be

ach

ieved

dur

ing th

e ov

erall

per

iod c

over

ed b

y thi

s RS

S, fr

om 2

003

to 20

21 ra

ther t

han

an a

bsolu

te an

nual

targe

t The

over

all ho

using

requ

ireme

nt fig

ures

for t

he pe

riod c

over

ed by

this

RSS

from

2003

to 20

21

Repla

ceme

nt tex

t add

ed to

prov

ide fu

rther

cla

rity to

the a

pplic

ation

of th

e poli

cy, w

hich i

s se

t in th

e con

text o

f the a

ppro

ach e

stabli

shed

9 P

lannin

g Poli

cy S

tatem

ent 3

: Hou

sing (

PPS3

), DC

LG, 2

006;

and D

emon

strati

ng a

5 Yea

r Sup

ply of

Deli

vera

ble S

ites,

CLG

advic

e ava

ilable

at w

ww.pl

annin

g-ins

pecto

rate.

gov.u

k

44

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

and

the a

nnua

l ave

rage

figur

es a

re n

ot ab

solut

e tar

gets

and

may b

e ex

ceed

ed w

here

justi

fied

by e

viden

ce

of ne

ed,

dema

nd,

affor

dabil

ity a

nd s

ustai

nabil

ity i

ssue

s an

d fit

with

relev

ant

local

and

sub-

regio

nal

strate

gies.

Polic

ies D

P1-9

and

poli

cy R

DF1

shou

ld be

con

sider

ed in

the

appli

catio

n of

this

polic

y. So

me

area

s will

achie

ve lo

wer l

evels

in th

e ea

rly ye

ars,

for e

xamp

le du

ring

major

hou

sing

rene

wal,

which

will

be

comp

ensa

ted la

ter. It

is im

porta

nt to

ensu

re th

at a

rang

e of

hous

e typ

es, s

izes,

tenur

es a

nd p

rices

, whic

h ad

dres

s the

hou

sing

requ

ireme

nts (i

nclud

ing lo

cal n

eeds

and

affo

rdab

le ho

using

nee

ds),

of dif

feren

t gro

ups

in the

com

munit

y, wh

ilst m

aking

the

best

use

of av

ailab

le lan

d. To

ach

ieve

this

it wi

ll be

impo

rtant

to bu

ild

hous

ing at

appr

opria

te de

nsitie

s tak

ing ac

coun

t of lo

cal c

ircum

stanc

es.

in the

Hou

sing G

reen

Pap

er an

d rec

ent O

NS

popu

lation

proje

ction

s and

Nati

onal

Hous

ing &

Pl

annin

g Adv

isory

Unit e

viden

ce on

long

er

term

trend

s. Te

xt ad

ded t

o clar

ify th

at an

y dec

ision

s sho

uld

be m

ade i

n the

conte

xt of

the pl

an’s

over

arch

ing pr

incipl

es an

d to r

eflec

t re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

7.20

Th

e loc

ation

of h

ousin

g wi

ll be

dete

rmine

d thr

ough

the

Loca

l Dev

elopm

ent F

rame

work

proc

ess,

using

a

sequ

entia

l app

roac

h tak

en to

dev

elopm

ent f

orm

in lin

e wi

th DP

4. La

nd s

upply

man

agem

ent s

hould

be

deve

loped

in lin

e wi

th re

sults

of S

trateg

ic Ho

using

Mar

ket A

sses

smen

ts, a

n as

sess

ment

of ex

isting

hou

sing

prov

ision

and t

he po

tentia

l of u

rban

area

s to a

ccom

moda

te mo

re. L

ocal

Plan

ning A

uthor

ities s

hould

take

the

follow

ing gu

iding

princ

iples

into

acco

unt w

hen d

ecidi

ng ho

w de

velop

ment

shou

ld be

phas

ed:

• ph

asing

will

be b

ased

on

the L

ocal

Deve

lopme

nt Fr

amew

ork

proc

ess;

hous

ing la

nd s

upply

sho

uld b

e ac

tively

man

aged

in lin

e with

PPS

3;

• ne

w ho

using

sho

uld b

e loc

ated

so a

s to

prior

itise

the re

-use

of b

rown

field

land

and

build

ings

withi

n ex

isting

urba

n are

as th

at ar

e acc

essib

le by

a ch

oice o

f tran

spor

t meth

ods i

n line

with

DP4

and W

4;

• sit

es s

hould

not

be r

eleas

ed u

nless

suff

icien

t ca

pacit

y inc

luding

wate

r su

pply

and

waste

-wate

r tre

atmen

t exis

ts or

can

be p

rovid

ed a

head

of t

he d

evelo

pmen

t with

out e

nviro

nmen

tal h

arm

in lin

e wi

th EM

5.

Loca

l auth

oritie

s sho

uld b

e aw

are

of the

poli

cy fr

amew

ork a

nd p

otenti

al pr

ovisi

on o

f hou

sing

land

that e

xists

in ad

joinin

g ar

eas t

aking

a jo

int a

ppro

ach

wher

e po

ssibl

e . A

cons

isten

t app

roac

h ac

ross

the

sub

regio

n wi

ll en

sure

that

an ea

rly re

lease

of la

nd in

one d

istric

t doe

s not

unde

rmine

urba

n ren

aissa

nce i

n ano

ther.

Addit

ion of

wor

ds to

prov

ide gr

eater

clar

ity an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

L5:

Res

iden

tial

Den

sity

Po

licy

L5

Re

siden

tial D

ensit

y Pol

icy

The

dens

ity o

f new

resid

entia

l dev

elopm

ent s

hould

not

be le

ss th

an 3

0 dw

elling

sper

hec

tare

(dph

a) n

et. In

ar

eas

it sh

ould

be h

igher

, par

ticula

rly in

loca

tions

that

are

withi

n wa

lking

dist

ance

of g

ood

publi

c tra

nspo

rt se

rvice

s, wh

ile m

eetin

g the

nee

d to

prov

idean

app

ropr

iate

mix

of ap

prop

riate

hous

e typ

es, s

izes,

tenur

es

and p

rices

, inclu

ding t

he ne

ed to

supp

ort in

clusiv

e and

cohe

sive c

ommu

nities

thro

ugh g

ood d

esign

.

7.22

High

qua

lity, w

ell-d

esign

ed h

ousin

g ca

n be

deli

vere

d at

relat

ively

high

dens

ities,

as re

cent

deve

lopme

nts

Delet

ion of

Poli

cy L5

whic

h was

intro

duce

d in

the pr

opos

ed ch

ange

s doc

umen

t, as t

he po

licy

repli

cates

guida

nce p

rovid

ed in

PPS

3 and

is

cons

idere

d unn

eces

sary.

Also

chan

ged t

o re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

45

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

acro

ss th

e No

rth W

est h

ave

demo

nstra

ted.

Loca

l auth

oritie

s sh

ould

deve

lop h

ousin

g de

nsity

poli

cies

to en

sure

effic

ient u

se is

mad

e of

land

avail

able

for h

ousin

g wh

ile p

rovid

ing a

dive

rse ra

nge

of ho

using

, and

me

eting

requ

ireme

nts fo

r pub

lic a

nd p

rivate

ope

n sp

ace

and

a hig

h qu

ality

publi

c re

alm.

Thes

e po

licies

sh

ould

have

rega

rd to

the

exist

ing p

atter

ns o

f hou

sing

prov

ision

and

the

natur

e of

the p

laces

with

in wh

ich

new

hous

ing is

to b

e de

velop

ed 74

inclu

ding

the n

eed

to su

ppor

t inc

lusive

and

coh

esive

com

munit

ies

throu

gh go

od de

sign.

Not c

onsid

ered

the p

olicy

adde

d any

thing

be

yond

natio

nal g

uidan

ce no

w in

PPS3

.

L6: A

fford

able

Hous

ing

L6

L5

Po

licy L

6 L5

L5: A

fford

able

hous

ing

Plan

s and

stra

tegies

shou

ld se

t out

requ

ireme

nts fo

r affo

rdab

le ho

using

. And

the

locati

on, s

ize a

nd ty

pes o

f de

velop

ment

to wh

ich t

hese

req

uirem

ents

apply

. Ev

idenc

e, inc

luding

fro

m St

rateg

ic Ho

using

Mar

ket

Asse

ssme

nts, s

hould

be

used

to s

uppo

rt the

sett

ing o

f quo

tas a

nd th

resh

olds

for a

fford

able

hous

ing

prov

ision

alon

g with

an in

dicati

on of

the t

ype,

size a

nd te

nure

of af

forda

ble ho

using

requ

ired.

It is

antic

ipated

that

the g

reate

st ne

ed w

ill be

in a

reas

of h

igh d

eman

d wh

ere

affor

dabil

ity is

sues

are

un

balan

cing

local

comm

unitie

s du

e to

high

price

s an

d low

wag

es a

nd/or

the

adve

rse e

ffects

of s

econ

d ho

mes ,

altho

ugh a

fford

abilit

y is a

n inc

reas

ing co

ncer

n in m

any p

arts

of the

regio

n.

Plan

s an

d str

ategie

s sh

ould

set o

ut a

rang

e of

deliv

ery

mech

anism

s to

secu

re th

e pr

ovisi

on o

f affo

rdab

le ho

using

. Loc

al au

thoriti

es sh

ould

cons

ider a

ll or s

ome o

f the f

ollow

ing w

here

appr

opria

te:

• se

eking

a p

ropo

rtion

of aff

orda

ble h

ousin

g on

all

deve

lopme

nt sit

es w

hich

are

abov

e the

relev

ant

thres

holds

;

• all

ocati

ng th

e de

velop

ment

of sit

es s

olely

(or p

rimar

ily) f

or a

fford

able

hous

ing u

se (i

.e. u

p to

100%

aff

orda

ble in

rura

l are

as),

wher

e nec

essa

ry;

• us

ing lo

cal o

ccup

ancy

crite

ria to

supp

ort p

rovis

ion fo

r loc

al ho

using

nee

d so

long

as t

his n

eed

can

be

clear

ly de

mons

trated

, to be

imple

mente

d thr

ough

the u

se of

plan

ning c

ondit

ions a

nd ob

ligati

ons;

• ac

tively

prom

oting

the r

ural

exce

ption

site

polic

y;

• for

all

sites

con

tainin

g ho

using

in ru

ral s

ettlem

ents

with

popu

lation

s of

unde

r 3,00

0 pr

omote

ons

ite

affor

dable

hou

sing

prov

ision

and

whe

re o

n sit

e aff

orda

ble h

ousin

g pr

ovisi

on is

not

poss

ible,

seek

ing

deve

loper

contr

ibutio

ns to

ward

s affo

rdab

le ho

using

;

• ma

king t

he m

ost o

f pub

licly

owne

d lan

d;

• ma

king t

he m

ost o

f exis

ting h

ousin

g stoc

k;

• in

line

with

Polic

y W4,

perm

itting

the

conv

ersio

n of

build

ings i

n su

staina

ble lo

catio

ns to

resid

entia

l use

(in

cludin

g as

par

t of m

ixed

use

sche

mes),

par

ticula

rly w

here

comm

ercia

l pre

mise

s whic

h ar

e va

cant

or

Delet

ion of

L6 fr

om th

e poli

cy nu

mber

and

repla

ceme

nt wi

th L5

to re

flect

the de

letion

of

polic

y L5.

Text

adde

d to r

eflec

t the g

rowi

ng af

forda

bility

iss

ues i

n low

dema

nd ar

eas (

indica

ted by

No

rth W

est H

ousin

g Mar

ket T

rend

s) an

d pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

. Also

chan

ged t

o refl

ect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

46

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

unde

ruse

d and

offer

no lo

ng te

rm po

tentia

l or v

iable

contr

ibutio

n to t

he lo

cal e

cono

my;

• en

cour

aging

emplo

yers

to pr

ovide

hous

ing fo

r the

ir key

wor

kers;

• en

surin

g tha

t whe

reve

r pos

sible

(and

subje

ct to

conti

nuing

evid

ence

), tha

t pro

perty

rema

ins a

fford

able

and a

vaila

ble in

perp

etuity

. 8

Tra

nsp

ort

in t

he

No

rth

Wes

t: C

on

nec

tin

g P

eop

le a

nd

Pla

ces

NO

CH

AN

GE

S

RT

1: In

teg

rate

d T

ran

spo

rt N

etw

ork

NO

CH

AN

GE

S

RT

2: M

anag

ing

Tra

vel D

eman

d

RT

2

Mana

ging

Tra

vel D

eman

d Th

e Reg

ional

Plan

ning B

ody A

ssem

bly, lo

cal a

uthor

ities,

and o

ther h

ighwa

y and

tran

spor

t auth

oritie

s sho

uld

deve

lop a

coor

dinate

d ap

proa

ch to

man

aging

trav

el de

mand

. Ear

ly co

nsult

ation

with

the

High

ways

Age

ncy

will

be re

quire

d for

any

pro

posa

l tha

t may

affe

ct the

trun

k ro

ad n

etwor

k. In

partic

ular,

effor

ts sh

ould

be

aimed

at r

educ

ing th

e pr

opor

tion

of ca

r-bor

ne co

mmuti

ng a

nd e

duca

tion

trips m

ade

durin

g pe

ak h

ours

and

tackli

ng th

e mo

st co

nges

ted p

arts

of the

moto

rway

netw

ork

includ

ing M

6, M5

6, M6

0 an

d M6

2. In

rura

l ar

eas,

the fo

cus s

hould

be on

majo

r tou

rist a

reas

whe

re vi

sitor

pres

sure

is th

reate

ning t

he lo

cal e

nviro

nmen

t an

d qu

ality

of life

. Pub

lic tr

ansp

ort im

prov

emen

ts ma

y be

part

of a

comp

rehe

nsive

app

roac

h to

disco

urag

e ca

r us

e. Me

asur

es t

o dis

cour

age

car

use

shou

ld co

nside

r im

prov

emen

ts to

and

prom

otion

of

publi

c tra

nspo

rt, w

alking

and c

yclin

g. P

lans

and

strate

gies

will n

eed

to be

spe

cific

to the

natu

re a

nd s

cale

of the

pro

blems

iden

tified

, set

clear

ob

jectiv

es a

nd s

pecif

y wh

at is

being

pro

pose

d, wh

y it

is ne

cess

ary

and

what

the im

pacts

will

be. T

hey

shou

ld:

• en

sure

that

major

new

dev

elopm

ents

are

locate

d wh

ere

there

is g

ood

acce

ss to

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort

alrea

dy e

xists,

bac

ked

by e

ffecti

ve p

rovis

ion fo

r ped

estria

ns a

nd cy

clists

to m

inimi

se th

e ne

ed to

trav

el by

priva

te ca

r.

• se

ek t

o re

duce

priv

ate c

ar u

se t

hrou

gh t

he in

trodu

ction

of

‘smar

ter c

hoice

s’ (se

e ex

ample

s in

para

grap

h 8.6

) and

othe

r inc

entiv

es to

chan

ge tr

avel

beha

viour

whic

h sh

ould

be d

evelo

ped

along

side

publi

c tra

nspo

rt, cy

cling

and p

edes

trian n

etwor

k and

servi

ce im

prov

emen

ts;

• co

nside

r the

effe

ctive

reall

ocati

on o

f roa

d sp

ace

in fav

our o

f pub

lic tr

ansp

ort,

pede

strian

s and

cycli

sts

along

side

parki

ng c

harg

es, e

nforce

ment

and

prov

ision

and

othe

r fisc

al me

asur

es, i

nclud

ing ro

ad u

ser

char

ging;

The a

dditio

n of th

e tex

t refe

renc

ing ea

rly

cons

ultati

on w

ith th

e High

ways

Age

ncy h

as

been

adde

d to r

eflec

t the r

equir

emen

t to

cons

ult w

ith th

e HA

in re

lation

to an

y pro

posa

ls tha

t may

affec

t the o

pera

tion t

he m

otorw

ay

road

netw

ork a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions

made

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

Delet

ion of

this

sente

nce a

nd re

vision

of

word

ing pr

ovide

s gre

ater c

ertai

nty. T

his

appr

oach

supp

orts

the fin

dings

of th

e SA

and

HRA

and r

eflec

ts re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

Text

delet

ed to

prov

ide th

e flex

ibility

co

nside

red n

eces

sary

for al

l pote

ntial

deve

lopme

nts an

d to r

eflec

t rep

rese

ntatio

ns

made

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

47

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• ma

ke gr

eater

use o

f on-

stree

t par

king c

ontro

ls an

d enfo

rceme

nt;

• inc

orpo

rate

maxim

um p

arkin

g sta

ndar

ds th

at ar

e in

line

with,

or m

ore

restr

ictive

than

, Tab

le 8.1

, and

de

fine

stand

ards

for a

dditio

nal la

nd u

se ca

tegor

ies a

nd a

reas

whe

re m

ore

restr

ictive

stan

dard

s sho

uld

be a

pplie

d. Pa

rking

for d

isable

d pe

ople

and

for c

ycles

and

two-

whee

l moto

rised

veh

icles

are

the

only

situa

tions

whe

re m

inimu

m sta

ndar

ds w

ill be

appli

cable

.

8.5

Stra

tegies

nee

d to

be d

evelo

ped

to ma

nage

the

dema

nd fo

r tra

vel in

the

most

susta

inable

way

, and

a c

o-or

dinate

d ap

proa

ch a

cross

loca

l auth

ority

bou

ndar

ies sh

ould

help

to pr

even

t ineff

icien

t com

petiti

on b

etwee

n dif

feren

t loc

ation

s. A

thoro

ugh

unde

rstan

ding

of re

levan

t pro

blems

and

issu

es w

ill be

ess

entia

l if l

ocal

autho

rities

are

to e

nsur

e tha

t spe

cific

prop

osals

are

the

most

appr

opria

te so

lution

s to

achie

ving

desir

ed

outco

mes,

and

are

politi

cally

, soc

ially

and

envir

onme

ntally

acc

eptab

le. T

he H

ighwa

ys A

genc

y cu

rrentl

y up

dates

Stre

ss M

aps

on a

n an

nual

basis

. The

se s

hould

ser

ve to

infor

m str

ategic

dec

ision

mak

ing a

nd

monit

oring

of de

velop

ments

on th

e stra

tegic

road

netw

ork.

Text

adde

d to a

dd gr

eater

detai

l for d

ecisi

on

make

rs an

d to r

eflec

t rep

rese

ntatio

ns m

ade

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

8.

6 ‘S

marte

r ch

oices

’, inc

luding

com

pany

, sch

ool a

nd p

erso

nal t

rave

l plan

s, sa

fer r

outes

to s

choo

l, tra

vel

awar

enes

s cam

paign

s suc

h as

Tra

velW

ise, c

ar p

ooli n

g, ca

r sha

ring

sche

mes,

car c

lubs a

nd p

ark a

nd ri

de

sche

mes,

the av

ailab

ility o

f rea

l time

trav

el inf

orma

tion a

nd in

tegra

ted tic

ketin

g and

the i

ncre

asing

popu

larity

of

home

wor

king

can

contr

ibute

towar

ds c

hang

ing tr

avel

beha

viour

and

will

comp

lemen

t enh

ance

ment

of the

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort,

pede

strian

and

cyc

ling

netw

orks

(Poli

cies

RT3

and

RT9)

and

the

explo

itatio

n of

new

techn

ology

to m

anag

e ex

isting

tran

spor

t infr

astru

cture

mo r

e eff

ectiv

ely. F

iscal

meas

ures

suc

h as

cha

rging

for

trav

el on

cong

ested

road

s or f

or w

orkp

lace

parki

ng a

re a

lso lik

ely to

be

an im

porta

nt fac

tor in

influ

encin

g the

num

ber o

f peo

ple p

repa

red

to sw

itch

from

priva

te ca

rs to

publi

c tra

nspo

rt, a

nd fu

nds r

aised

could

be

re-

inves

ted in

publi

c tra

nspo

rt, pe

destr

ian an

d cyc

le ne

twor

ks.

Addit

ion of

the w

ord ‘

to’ to

clar

ify th

e plan

and

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

Tab

le 8

.1

Notes

: 1. Fo

r pr

edom

inantl

y dr

ive-th

roug

h/tak

e-aw

ay e

stabli

shme

nts.

For

‘Driv

e-thr

ough

’ re

staur

ants

featur

ing si

gnific

ant s

eatin

g the

n the

y sho

uld be

cons

idere

d as a

conv

entio

nal re

staur

ant.

2. To

be ba

cked

up w

ith a

more

detai

led ju

stific

ation

inclu

ding ‘

Trav

el Pl

ans’

prop

osals

. 3.

Addit

ional

facilit

ies, s

uch

as le

isure

and

con

feren

ce fa

cilitie

s sh

ould

be c

onsid

ered

sep

arate

ly if

appr

opria

te.

4. Pa

rking

for

stude

nts s

hould

be

includ

ed w

ithin

this

figur

e. Se

para

te co

nside

ratio

n wo

uld b

e re

quire

d for

any p

arkin

g rela

ted to

resid

entia

l facil

ities.

5.

The

stand

ard

for s

tuden

ts re

lates

to

the t

otal n

umbe

r of

stude

nts a

ttend

ing a

n ed

ucati

onal

estab

lishm

ent r

ather

than

full-t

ime e

quiva

lent n

umbe

r.

6. “U

rban

” sta

ndar

ds w

ill ap

ply t

hrou

ghou

t the

adm

inistr

ative

are

as o

f Gr

eater

Man

ches

ter,

Merse

yside

, Halt

on a

nd W

arrin

gton

and

in the

town

s / ci

ties l

isted

in R

DF1.

“Reg

ional”

stan

dard

s wi

ll ap

ply e

lsewh

ere,

includ

ing in

Key

Ser

vice

Centr

es L

ocal

Deve

lopme

nt Fr

amew

orks

sho

uld

identi

fy the

area

s whe

re ‘u

rban

’ and

‘regio

nal’ s

tanda

rds w

ill ap

ply.

Text

delet

ed an

d new

text

adde

d to p

rovid

e gr

eater

certa

inty i

n rela

tion t

o the

appli

catio

n of

‘urba

n stan

dard

s’ an

d to r

eflec

t re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

RT

3: P

ub

lic T

ran

spo

rt F

ram

ewo

rk

RT

3

Publ

ic Tr

ansp

ort F

ram

ewor

k

48

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

The

Publi

c Tr

ansp

ort F

rame

work

set o

ut in

Appe

ndix

RT (a

) defi

nes

the m

ain p

ublic

tran

spor

t cor

ridor

s as

sh

ow at

Diag

ram

1 of A

ppen

dix R

T. T

he P

ublic

Tra

nspo

rt Fr

amew

ork s

et ou

t in A

ppen

dix R

T (a

) defi

nes t

he

North

Wes

t’s m

ain pu

blic t

rans

port

corri

dors.

The

se ar

e also

show

n in D

iagra

m 1 o

f App

endix

RT.

App

endix

RT

(b) d

efine

s a h

ierar

chy o

f gate

ways

and

inter

chan

ges i

n the

Nor

th W

est.

Simi

lar fr

amew

orks

shou

ld be

de

velop

ed by

loca

l auth

oritie

s for

sub-

regio

nal a

nd lo

cal n

etwor

ks an

d set

out in

Loca

l Tra

nspo

rt Pl

ans.

Plan

s and

stra

tegies

shou

ld se

ek to

redu

ce ov

ercro

wding

whe

re th

is oc

curs

or is

fore

cast

to oc

cur o

n rou

tes

in the

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort c

orrid

ors

identi

fied

in Ap

pend

ix RT

(a).

Plan

s an

d str

ategie

s sh

ould

seek

to re

duce

ex

isting

or f

orec

ast o

vercr

owdin

g alo

ng th

e ma

in pu

blic

trans

port

corri

dors

by im

prov

emen

ts to

trans

port

infra

struc

ture

in pa

rtner

ship

with

oper

ators

and

deliv

ery p

artne

rs inc

luding

Netw

ork R

ail w

here

app

ropr

iate.

Loca

l auth

oritie

s and

stati

on op

erato

rs sh

ould

cons

ider m

aking

addit

ional

prov

ision

for c

ar pa

rking

at ra

ilway

sta

tions

, so a

s to p

romo

te ma

ximum

use o

f the r

ail ne

twor

k.

Loca

l auth

oritie

s sh

ould

intro

duce

mea

sure

s to

enha

nce

the a

cces

sibilit

y by

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort,

cycli

ng a

nd

walki

ng o

f reg

ional

centr

es a

nd to

wns

/ citie

s ide

ntifie

d in

RDF1

. In

rura

l are

as, p

riority

sho

uld b

e giv

en to

pr

ovidi

ng ac

cess

from

rura

l hint

erlan

ds to

key s

ervic

e cen

tres.

Lo

cal a

uthor

ities

shou

ld wo

rk in

partn

ersh

ip wi

th pu

blic

trans

port

prov

iders

to im

prov

e the

qua

lity a

nd

prov

ision

of p

ublic

tran

spor

t ser

vices

. Pro

posa

ls an

d sc

hem e

s to

enha

nce

servi

ces i

n co

rrido

rs ide

ntifie

d in

Appe

ndix

RT (

a) s

hould

inclu

de p

riority

mea

sure

s to

impr

ove

journ

ey ti

me r

eliab

ility.

Inter

chan

ge a

nd

servi

ce im

prov

emen

ts sh

ould

be s

uppo

rted

by b

etter

infor

matio

n pr

ovisi

on,

marke

ting

and

integ

rated

tic

ketin

g.

Loca

l auth

oritie

s sh

ould

identi

fy in

Loca

l Tra

nspo

rt Pl

ans

wher

e ex

isting

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort p

rovis

ion is

ins

uffici

ent a

nd w

here

pub

lic, c

ommu

nity

and

dema

nd re

spon

sive

trans

port

netw

orks

sho

uld b

e de

velop

ed

which

link e

mploy

ment,

educ

ation

and t

raini

ng op

portu

nities

with

area

s of n

eed.

Re

giona

l pub

lic tr

ansp

ort p

rioriti

es fo

r inv

estm

ent a

nd m

anag

emen

t ate

includ

ed in

poli

cy R

T10.

Regio

nal

publi

c tra

nspo

rt pr

ioritie

s for

inve

stmen

t and

man

agem

ent s

hould

be

identi

fied

in lin

e wi

th Po

licy R

T10

and

set o

ut in

the Im

pleme

ntatio

n Plan

.

Text

delet

ed an

d new

text

adde

d to p

rovid

e gr

eater

clar

ity an

d to r

eflec

t rep

rese

ntatio

ns

made

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

Text

adde

d to e

ncou

rage

loca

l auth

oritie

s to

work

with

Netw

ork R

ail w

here

appr

opria

te an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

New

text a

dded

to pr

ovide

cons

isten

cy an

d re

flect

the cu

rrent

polic

es in

the p

lan an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

8.

10

Oppo

rtunit

ies fo

r the

phy

sical

expa

nsion

of p

ublic

tran

spor

t, es

pecia

lly w

ith re

gard

s to

heav

y an

d lig

ht ra

il, ar

e re

strict

ed b

y the

high

cost

of pr

ovidi

ng n

ew in

fr astr

uctur

e, an

d the

limite

d fun

ding

avail

able

for lo

cal b

us

servi

ces.

Furth

ermo

re, t

he s

ignific

ant i

mpro

veme

nts in

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort p

rovis

ion n

eces

sary

to su

ppor

t the

Re

giona

l Spa

tial S

trateg

y wi

ll no

t be

fully

achie

ved

unles

s the

criti

cal i

ssue

s of

regu

lation

and

reve

nue

supp

ort

are

addr

esse

d. Ho

weve

r, Au

thoriti

es s

hould

be

enco

urag

ed t

o ex

plore

alte

rnati

ve f

undin

g op

portu

nities

, for

exa

mple

throu

gh p

artne

rship

with

priva

te fun

ding

strea

ms.

As a

res

ult,

the p

olicy

co

ncen

trates

on

makin

g be

st us

e of

exist

ing re

sour

ces

to en

sure

that

corri

dors

which

con

nect

city

regio

ns

and

those

that

prov

ide lin

ks w

ithin

them

conti

nue

to fun

ction

effe

ctive

ly an

d ar

e im

prov

ed in

such

a w

ay a

s to

make

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort a

viab

le an

d att

racti

ve a

ltern

ative

to th

e pr

ivate

car.

As o

vercr

owdin

g is

alrea

dy a

n iss

ue o

n a

numb

er o

f the

rail

and

bus

route

s tha

t ser

ve th

e re

giona

l cen

tres

of Ma

nche

ster/S

alfor

d an

d Liv

erpo

ol, lo

cal t

rans

port

autho

rities

sho

uld w

ork

with

oper

ators

to en

sure

that

pass

enge

r ca

pacit

y is

Text

adde

d to p

rovid

e a m

ore a

ppro

priat

e as

sess

ment

of the

curre

nt av

ailab

le fun

ding

oppo

rtunit

ies an

d to r

eflec

t rep

rese

ntatio

ns

made

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

49

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

incre

ased

whe

re re

quire

d.

8.12

Ef

fectiv

e int

erch

ange

both

with

in an

d be

twee

n mo

des

is es

senti

al, a

nd c

an b

e ac

hieve

d thr

ough

im

prov

emen

ts to

the q

uality

and

attr

activ

enes

s of b

us a

nd ra

il inte

rchan

ges,

intro

ducin

g me

asur

es su

ch a

s thr

ough

-ticke

ting

and

prov

iding

bett

er in

forma

tion

to ma

ke jo

urne

ys e

asier

to p

lan. L

ocal

autho

rities

shou

ld wo

rk in

partn

ersh

ip wi

th op

erato

rs to

deliv

er im

prov

emen

ts to

the p

ublic

tra

nspo

rt ne

twor

k inc

luding

ad

dres

sing

issue

s of

perso

nal s

afety

and

secu

rity, a

nd, w

here

pra

ctica

ble, t

he p

romo

tion

of so

lution

s to

redu

ce th

e imp

act o

f pub

lic tr

ansp

ort o

n the

envir

onme

nt. If

oper

ators

choo

se no

t to w

ork i

n par

tnersh

ip wi

th the

loca

l auth

ority

, pro

vided

this

lack o

f eng

agem

ent is

If p

artne

rship

worki

ng d

oes n

ot pr

ove

to be

pos

sible,

pr

ovide

d the

lack

of e

ngag

emen

t is

not d

ue to

the

restr

iction

s of

comp

etitio

n leg

islati

on, t

he lo

cal a

uthor

ity

shou

ld se

ek to

intro

duce

bus

qua

lity co

ntrac

ts. L

ocal

autho

rities

and

othe

r stak

ehold

ers s

hould

eng

age

with

gove

rnme

nt an

d the

rail i

ndus

try to

deli

ver t

he g

reate

st be

nefit

to pa

ssen

gers

throu

gh th

e ra

il refr

anch

ising

pr

oces

s. Ta

rgete

d ma

rketin

g ini

tiativ

es sh

ould

also

be u

sed

to att

ract

peop

le to

publi

c tra

nspo

rt, e

spec

ially

once

impr

ovem

ents

have

bee

n ma

de.

With

reg

ard

to ac

cess

ing p

ublic

tra

nspo

rt se

rvice

s, ad

equa

te co

nside

ratio

n ne

eds t

o be

give

n to

parki

ng p

rovis

ion (i

nclud

ing su

itable

secu

re fa

cilitie

s for

cycle

s and

two-

whee

l moto

rised

vehic

les).

Prop

osed

chan

ges t

ext d

eleted

and n

ew te

xt ad

ded t

o pro

vide g

reate

r clar

ity in

term

s of th

e ap

proa

ch to

be ta

ken a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

RT

4: M

anag

emen

t o

f th

e H

igh

way

Net

wo

rk

RT

4

Polic

y RT4

: Man

agem

ent o

f the

Hig

hway

Net

work

Th

e re

gions

road

netw

ork i

s vita

l to th

e ec

onom

y of t

h e N

orth

Wes

t, pr

ovidi

ng th

e me

ans t

o tra

nspo

rt go

ods

and

peop

le wi

thin

and

outsi

de th

e re

gion.

Howe

ver,

exist

ing a

nd fo

reca

st tra

ffic c

onge

stion

is a

con

strain

t on

econ

omic

grow

th an

d nee

ds to

be ad

dres

sed i

f the N

orth

Wes

t is to

redu

ce th

e pro

ducti

vity g

ap.

The

Func

tiona

l Roa

d Hi

erar

chy

set o

ut in

Appe

ndix

RT(c)

and

sho

wn o

n Di

agra

m 2

of Ap

pend

ix RT

ide

ntifie

s tho

se ro

utes

which

com

prise

the

Regio

nal H

i ghwa

y Ne

twor

k. Lo

cal a

uthor

ities

shou

ld ex

tend

the

conc

ept o

f func

tiona

l hier

arch

ies to

sub-

regio

nal a

nd lo

cal h

ighwa

y netw

orks

. Th

e Hi

ghwa

ys A

genc

y an

d Lo

cal

High

way

autho

rities

sho

uld p

repa

re R

oute

Mana

geme

nt Pl

ans

in ac

cord

ance

with

NW

RA R

egion

al Pl

annin

g Bo

dy g

uidan

ce fo

r all r

outes

in th

e Re

giona

l High

way N

etwor

k. Pl

ans

shou

ld ma

ke b

est u

se o

f exis

ting

infra

struc

ture

and

prop

osals

for

major

high

way

impr

ovem

ents

shou

ld on

ly be

inclu

ded f

ollow

ing an

exam

inatio

n of a

ll pra

ctica

l alte

rnati

ve so

lution

s to a

partic

ular p

roble

m Pl

ans a

nd st

rateg

ies fo

r man

aging

traff

ic sh

ould

focus

on

impr

oving

road

safet

y, re

ducin

g tra

ffic g

rowt

h an

d ma

intain

ing a

high q

uality

envir

onme

nt thr

ough

mitig

ating

the i

mpac

ts of

road

traff

ic on

air q

uality

, nois

e and

he

alth,

with

traffic

enc

oura

ged

to us

e the

mos

t app

ropr

iate

route

s wh

erev

er p

ossib

le. In

rur

al ar

eas,

partic

ular e

mpha

sis s

hould

be

given

to m

aintai

ning

the tr

anqu

illity

of the

cou

ntrys

ide. W

here

safe

ty is

not

comp

romi

sed,

highw

ay e

ngine

ering

mea

sure

s sh

ould

refle

ct loc

al ch

arac

ter,

includ

ing la

ndsc

ape

and

cons

erva

tion.

Whe

re a

route

is th

e res

pons

ibility

of m

ore t

han o

ne hi

ghwa

y auth

ority

, the r

eleva

nt au

thoriti

es sh

ould

adop

t a

cons

isten

t app

roac

h to

maint

enan

ce a

nd m

anag

emen

t, inc

luding

the

adop

tion

of ap

prop

riate

spee

d lim

its

by re

feren

ce to

the

road

’s fun

ction

, stan

dard

and

env

iron m

ental

conte

xt. T

he h

armo

nisati

on o

f spe

ed lim

its

To pr

ovide

a mo

re ba

lance

d app

roac

h, re

flecti

ng th

e King

Rev

iew (H

M Tr

easu

ry,

2007

) and

aspe

cts of

the E

dding

ton R

epor

t an

d to r

eflec

t rep

rese

ntatio

ns m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the P

ropo

sed C

hang

es by

the

Regio

nal D

evelo

pmen

t Age

ncy.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the P

ropo

sed C

hang

es.

50

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

acro

ss h

ighwa

y au

thority

bou

ndar

ies s

hould

be

cons

idere

d to

achie

ve c

onsis

tency

on

route

s of

simila

r fun

ction

and

stan

dard

. Max

imum

use

sho

uld b

e ma

de o

f sec

onda

ry an

d re

cycle

d ag

greg

ates

in ro

ad

cons

tructi

on an

d main

tenan

ce sc

heme

s in l

ine w

ith po

licies

EM9

and D

P4.

Loca

l auth

oritie

s sh

ould

work

with

freigh

t, co

ach

and

parki

ng o

pera

tors

to de

velop

plan

s an

d str

ategie

s to

identi

fy sit

es fo

r the

prov

ision

of dr

iver r

est a

nd pa

rking

facil

ities.

8.

15

Route

Man

agem

ent P

lans

shou

ld be

pre

pare

d in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith s

epar

ate g

uidan

ce to

be

deve

loped

by

the N

WRA

Reg

ional

Plan

ning

Body

. Whe

re a

par

ticula

r rou

te is

the re

spon

sibilit

y of m

ore

than

one

highw

ay

autho

rity,

a sin

gle R

oute

Mana

geme

nt Pl

an s

hould

be

deve

loped

and

a c

onsis

tent

appr

oach

to

mana

geme

nt an

d main

tenan

ce ag

reed

.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

8.

16

The

King

Rev

iew (H

M Tr

easu

ry, 2

007)

indic

ates t

hat r

oad

trans

port

has d

rama

ticall

y enh

ance

d the

mob

ility,

econ

omic

pros

perity

and

qua

lity o

f life

for m

illion

s of p

eople

. How

ever

, the

lack

of a

syste

matic

app

roac

h to

highw

ay m

anag

emen

t in

the p

ast h

as c

ontrib

uted

in pa

rt to

a mu

ltitud

e of

differ

ent p

roble

ms, i

nclud

ing

throu

gh tr

affic

using

resid

entia

l stre

ets in

urba

n are

as to

avoid

cong

estio

n at ju

nctio

ns on

main

road

s and

an

incre

asing

use

of u

nsuit

able

local

road

s in

rura

l are

as to

avo

id co

nges

tion

on st

rateg

ic ro

utes (

for e

xamp

le,

the M

6 co

rrido

r thr

ough

Che

shire

). On

the

other

han

d, the

effe

ctive

ope

ratio

n of

some

secti

ons o

f moto

rway

in

the M

anch

ester

City

Reg

ion is

und

ermi

ned

throu

gh e

xtens

ive u

se b

y loc

al tra

ffic m

aking

sho

rt dis

tance

trip

s, pa

rticula

rly d

uring

pea

k per

iods (

for e

xamp

le, th

e M6

2/M60

betw

een

Junc

tions

12

and

18).

In ad

dition

to

the p

roble

m of

cong

estio

n an

d its

impa

ct on

jour

ney

time

relia

bility

, ina

ppro

priat

e us

e of

the h

ighwa

y ne

twor

k ha

s sig

nifica

nt he

alth

and

safet

y im

plica

tions

, inc

luding

road

safe

ty an

d the

env

ironm

ental

and

so

cial c

onse

quen

ces o

f tra

ffic in

town

s, vil

lages

and

the

wide

r cou

ntrys

ide. R

oad

trans

port

has a

sign

ifican

t im

pact

on th

e na

tural,

buil

t and

hist

oric

envir

onme

nt. A

cross

the

North

Wes

t the

re is

gro

wing

con

cern

that

local

comm

unitie

s in

both

urba

n an

d ru

ral a

reas

are

now

suff

ering

from

the

nega

tive

effec

ts of

traffic

, inc

luding

pro

blems

of r

oad

safet

y, po

or a

ir qu

ality,

nois

e, se

vera

nce

and

visua

l intr

usion

. In

rura

l are

as,

wher

e tra

ffic g

rowt

h is

incre

asing

at a

faste

r rate

than

else

wher

e, the

loss

or f

ragm

entat

ion o

f tra

nquil

are

as

and l

ight p

olluti

on ar

e also

issu

es of

conc

ern.

Text

adde

d to p

rovid

e a m

ore b

alanc

ed

appr

oach

and t

o refl

ect r

epre

senta

tions

mad

e du

ring t

he co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d ch

ange

s.

8.

18

EU le

gislat

ion o

blige

s dr

ivers

of fre

ight v

ehicl

es a

nd c

oach

es to

take

stat

utory

brea

ks, c

reati

ng a

nee

d for

ap

prop

riate

shor

t stay

and

for l

orrie

s, in

partic

ular,

over

night

parki

ng fa

cilitie

s. Lo

cal A

uthor

ities s

hould

wor

k wi

th fre

ight,

coac

h an

d pa

rking

ope

rator

s to

deve

lop a

com

preh

ensiv

e ap

proa

ch to

pro

vide

in pr

ovidi

ng

these

facil

ities,

as in

creas

ed pr

essu

re to

deve

lop la

nd in

urba

n are

as ha

s led

to go

ods v

ehicl

es be

ing fo

rced

to pa

rk in

unsu

itable

loca

tions

. In

touris

t and

othe

r are

as th

at att

ract

large

num

bers

of co

ache

s, loc

al au

thoriti

es s

hould

iden

tify s

hort

stay

drop

-off

and

pick-u

p po

ints

close

to a

menit

ies a

long

with

near

by,

secu

re lo

ng st

ay pa

rking

area

s.

Mino

r tex

t ame

ndme

nt to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

RT

5: A

irp

ort

s R

T5

Po

licy R

T5: A

irpor

ts

Plan

s and

stra

tegies

shou

ld su

ppor

t the e

cono

mic a

ctivit

y gen

erate

d and

susta

ined b

y the

Reg

ion’s

airpo

rts,

in pa

rticula

r, the

impo

rtanc

e of

Manc

heste

r Airp

ort a

s a

key

econ

omic

drive

r for

the

North

of E

nglan

d an

d Liv

erpo

ol Jo

hn L

enno

n Ai

rpor

t for

the

Live

rpoo

l Ci

ty Re

gion.

Airp

ort

oper

ators,

in

partn

ersh

ip wi

th

51

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

stake

holde

rs, s

hould

imple

ment

surfa

ce tr

ansp

ort i

nitiat

ives

which

ens

ure

that a

cces

s by

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort,

walki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g for

both

pas

seng

ers

and

emplo

yees

acro

ss th

e sit

e is

conti

nuall

y en

hanc

ed to

redu

ce

car d

epen

denc

y and

ensu

re th

at all

loca

l env

ironm

ental

stan

dard

s are

met.

Fo

r Man

ches

ter, L

iverp

ool J

ohn

Lenn

on a

nd B

lackp

ool A

irpor

ts, th

e fut

ure

oper

ation

al an

d inf

rastr

uctur

e re

quire

ments

, sur

face

acce

ss d

eman

ds a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal im

pacts

for e

ach

airpo

rt sh

ould

be id

entifi

ed a

nd

meas

ures

to a

ddre

ss a

nd m

onito

r the

m inc

luded

in A

irpor

t Mas

ter P

lans

and

other

relev

ant p

lans

and

strate

gies,

base

d on

the

strate

gic fr

amew

ork

for th

e de

velop

ment

of air

port

capa

city

set o

ut in

the W

hite

Pape

r ‘Fu

ture

of Ai

r Tr

ansp

ort’.

For

Carlis

le Ai

rpor

t, pr

opos

als fo

r de

velop

ment

shou

ld be

con

sider

ed

throu

gh th

e loc

al pla

nning

pro

cess

. If p

ropo

sals

exce

ed 2

0,000

air

trans

port

move

ments

ann

ually

by

2030

the

airp

ort s

hould

cons

ider d

evelo

ping a

n Airp

ort M

aster

plan.

Airp

ort

boun

darie

s, as

exis

ting

or a

s pr

opos

ed,

shou

ld be

sho

wn in

loca

l dev

elopm

ent

docu

ments

. De

velop

ment

that w

ould

impe

de th

e op

erati

onal

requ

ireme

nts o

f an

airpo

rt sh

ould

not b

e pe

rmitte

d wi

thin

this

boun

dary.

In d

eterm

ining

requ

ireme

nts fo

r the

exp

ansio

n of

an a

irpor

t bey

ond

its e

xistin

g bo

unda

ry,

plans

and s

trateg

ies sh

ould

take a

ccou

nt of:

• the

scop

e for

inten

sifica

tion a

nd ra

tiona

lisati

on of

activ

ities a

nd fa

cilitie

s with

in the

exist

ing bo

unda

ry;

• the

scop

e for

reloc

ating

exist

ing ac

tivitie

s or f

acilit

ies of

f-site

;

• the

scop

e for

deve

loping

prop

osed

activ

ities o

r fac

ilities

off-s

ite.

Plan

s and

stra

tegies

for a

irpor

ts an

d ad

jacen

t are

as sh

ould

includ

e me

asur

es to

regu

late

the a

vaila

bility

of

car p

arkin

g spa

ce fo

r pas

seng

ers a

nd em

ploye

es ac

ross

the s

ite.

In co

nside

ring a

pplic

ation

s for

deve

lopme

nt at

airpo

rts, a

ccou

nt wi

ll be t

aken

of:

• the

exte

nt to

which

sur

face

acce

ss a

nd c

ar p

arkin

g ar

rang

emen

ts en

cour

age

the u

se o

f pu

blic

trans

port,

walk

ing an

d cyc

ling;

• the

effe

ct of

the p

ropo

sed

deve

lopme

nt on

nois

e an

d atm

osph

eric

pollu

tion,

and

the e

xtent

to wh

ich

this c

an be

mitig

ated;

• the

effec

t of d

evelo

pmen

t on s

ites o

f nati

onal

and i

ntern

ation

al na

ture c

onse

rvatio

n imp

ortan

ce.

• the

effec

t of th

e pro

pose

d dev

elopm

ent o

n the

healt

h and

well

being

of lo

cal c

ommu

nities

; and

• the

adv

erse

effe

cts o

n sit

es o

f nati

onal

and

inter

natio

nal n

ature

cons

erva

tion

impo

rtanc

e to

ensu

re th

at the

se ef

fects

are a

voide

d, mi

tigate

d or c

ompe

nsate

d as a

ppro

priat

e.

In for

mulat

ing p

lans

and

strate

gies,

acco

unt s

hould

be

taken

of t

he c

ontrib

ution

gen

eral

aviat

ion m

akes

to

the re

giona

l and

loca

l eco

nomi

es, a

nd th

e ro

le sm

aller

airfi

elds

have

in p

rovid

ing fo

r both

bus

iness

and

Text

amen

ded t

o enc

oura

ge a

rang

e of

trans

port

optio

ns.

Text

amen

ded t

o enc

oura

ge a

rang

e of

trans

port

optio

ns an

d to r

eflec

t rep

rese

ntatio

ns

made

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

Text

amen

ded a

nd ad

ded t

o clar

ify th

e int

entio

ns of

the p

olicy

.

52

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

leisu

re.

8.

19

This

polic

y sh

ould

be r

ead

in co

njunc

tion

with

RDF

4 (G

reen

Belt

) an

d DP

7 (P

romo

te En

viron

menta

l Qu

ality)

whic

h ar

e pa

rticula

rly re

levan

t give

n the

loca

tion

of so

me o

f the

regio

ns a

irpor

ts. D

evelo

pmen

t at

Liver

pool

John

Len

non

Airp

ort

could

lead

to

impa

cts u

pon

the in

tegrity

of

the s

ites

of int

erna

tiona

l im

porta

nce

found

with

in the

wide

r Live

rpoo

l Bay

are

a Me

rsey E

stuar

y SPA

/Ram

sar,

and

at Ca

rlisle

Airp

ort

on t

he s

ites

asso

ciated

with

the

Solw

ay.

Uppe

r So

lway

Flat

s an

d Ma

rshes

SPA

/Ram

sar,

sites

of

inter

natio

nal

impo

rtanc

e for

natu

re c

onse

rvatio

n. Ac

cord

ingly,

pro

posa

ls an

d pla

ns r

elated

to

airpo

rt de

velop

ment

which

wou

ld be

likely

to h

ave

a sig

nifica

nt eff

ect o

n the

are

as lis

ted a

bove

wou

ld be

subje

ct to

asse

ssme

nt, un

der t

he H

abita

ts Re

gulat

ions.

Text

amen

ded t

o pro

vide g

reate

r clar

ity an

d fle

xibilit

y in t

erms

of th

e site

s ide

ntifie

d and

an

y othe

r futu

re si

tes th

at ma

y be d

esign

ated

in the

futur

e.

8.

20

Airp

orts

gene

rate

emplo

ymen

t, att

ract

busin

esse

s to

the a

rea,

open

up

marke

ts an

d en

cour

age

touris

m an

d vis

itors.

The

Futu

re o

f Air

Tran

spor

t rec

ognis

es th

at bu

ilding

of l

ocal

supp

ly ch

ain a

nd c

apac

ity fo

r the

av

iation

indu

stry c

ould

bring

impo

rtant

bene

fits to

the e

cono

mies

of re

gions

and p

romo

tes th

e esta

blish

ment

of Ce

ntres

of E

xcell

ence

outs

ide th

e So

uth E

ast o

f Eng

land.

Howe

ver,

regio

nally

sign

ifican

t bus

iness

de

velop

ment

that i

s no

t req

uired

for t

he o

pera

tion

of an

airp

ort s

hould

be

locate

d in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e cri

teria

set o

ut in

Polic

y W

2 ab

ove.

Manc

heste

r Airp

ort i

s by

far t

he la

rges

t in

the U

K ou

tside

of t

he S

outh

East

of En

gland

, ser

ving

some

21

millio

n pa

ssen

gers

each

yea

r and

offe

ring

a br

oad

rang

e of

flights

inc

luding

long

-hau

l sch

edule

d se

rvice

s. Mo

re in

tensiv

e us

e of

the tw

o ru

nway

s co

uld s

ee th

e Ai

rpor

t inc

reas

e the

num

ber o

f pas

seng

ers i

t cate

rs for

up

to 50

milli

on p

er a

nnum

. Live

rpoo

l Joh

n Le

nnon

Airp

ort

is the

Nor

th W

est’s

sec

ond

airpo

rt an

d ha

s se

en r

apid

rece

nt gr

owth

in re

cent

year

s wi

th pa

ssen

ger

numb

ers

exce

eding

4 m

illion

ann

ually

. Blac

kpoo

l Airp

ort h

as r

ecen

tly e

xper

ience

d co

nside

rable

rec

ent

grow

th in

sche

duled

route

s an

d no

w ca

ters

cater

ing fo

r aro

und

300,0

00 p

asse

nger

s pe

r yea

r, su

ppor

ting

the re

sort’s

tour

ism-le

d reg

ener

ation

and s

ervin

g the

Cen

tral L

anca

shire

City

Reg

ion.

Mino

r tex

t ame

ndme

nts.

RT

6: P

ort

an

d W

ater

way

s R

T6

Po

licy R

T6: P

orts

and

Wat

erwa

ys

The

regio

n wi

ll opti

mise

the

use

of its

por

ts an

d wa

terw a

ys a

ssets

, for

trad

e an

d lei

sure

, whil

st at

the sa

me

time

prote

cting

the

envir

onme

nt an

d the

integ

rity o

f the

ir bio

diver

sity.

Plan

s an

d str

ategie

s sh

ould

supp

ort

the ec

onom

ic ac

tivity

gene

rated

and s

ustai

ned b

y the

Reg

i on’s

major

ports

and w

aterw

ays,

in pa

rticula

r, the

Po

rt of

Liver

pool,

as

the N

orth

Wes

t’s k

ey in

terna

tiona

l sea

por

t, an

d the

Man

ches

ter S

hip C

anal ,

. Por

t op

erato

rs in

partn

ersh

ip wi

th sta

keho

lders

shou

ld de

velop

land

-side

surfa

ce a

cces

s plan

s to

acco

mmod

ate

exist

ing an

d pro

jected

freig

ht an

d pas

seng

er tr

affic.

The

re sh

ould

be a

pres

umpti

on in

favo

ur of

mak

ing be

st us

e of

exist

ing in

frastr

uctur

e wh

ere

poss

ible,

and

oppo

rtunit

ies to

secu

re th

e tra

nsfer

of p

ort-r

elated

freig

ht fro

m ro

ad to

rail o

r wate

r sho

uld be

explo

red.

It is

reco

mmen

ded

that f

or P

ort o

f Live

rpoo

l, Birk

enhe

ad, t

he M

anch

ester

Ship

Can

al, P

ort o

f Hey

sham

and

Fle

etwoo

d, the

futu

re o

pera

tiona

l an

d inf

rastr

uctur

e re

quire

ments

, su

rface

acc

ess

dema

nds

and

envir

onme

ntal i

mpac

ts for

eac

h po

rt sh

ould

be id

entifi

ed a

nd m

easu

res

to ad

dres

s an

d mo

nitor

them

inc

luded

in P

ort M

aster

plans

and

rele

vant

plans

and

stra

tegies

. For

nav

igatio

ns a

nd w

aterw

ays,

work

shou

ld be

und

ertak

en in

par

tnersh

ip Lo

cal A

uthor

ities

and

oper

ators

shou

ld wo

rk in

partn

ersh

ip wi

th ap

prop

riate

navig

ation

autho

rities

to in

vesti

gate

and i

denti

fy bo

ttlene

cks a

nd de

velop

solut

ions.

Mino

r tex

t cha

nge t

o refl

ect r

epre

senta

tions

ma

de du

ring t

he co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d ch

ange

s. Mi

nor t

ext a

mend

ment

to re

flect

the

orga

nisati

on of

the P

ort o

f Live

rpoo

l and

to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

Text

amen

ded t

o refl

ect th

e asp

iratio

ns fo

r pa

rtner

ship

worki

ng an

d to r

eflec

t re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

53

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

Port

boun

darie

s, as

exis

ting

or a

s pr

opos

ed,

shou

ld be

sho

wn i

n Lo

cal

Deve

lopme

nt Do

cume

nts.

Deve

lopme

nt tha

t wou

ld im

pede

the

oper

ation

al re

quire

ments

of a

por

t sho

uld n

ot be

per

mitte

d wi

thin

this

boun

dary.

The

re sh

ould

be a

stro

ng p

resu

mptio

n in

favou

r of s

afegu

ardin

g lan

d clo

se to

por

ts for

logis

tics,

trans

port

and

port

relat

ed d

evelo

pmen

t whe

re th

ere

is at

least

a re

ason

able

likeli

hood

of r

estitu

tion

to sig

nifica

nt op

erati

onal

use

withi

n fift

een

year

s an

d wh

ere

the a

ltern

ative

use

in c

ontem

platio

n is

one,

such

as

resid

entia

l dev

elopm

ent,

which

will

be d

ifficu

lt to

reve

rse. L

and

with

whar

fside

fron

tages

sho

uld a

lso b

e pr

otecte

d for

futur

e us

es th

at re

quire

a w

ater c

onne

ction

whe

re th

ere

is a

likeli

hood

of s

uch

re-u

se in

the

shor

t term

. In

deter

minin

g re

quire

ments

for t

he e

xpan

sion

of a

port

beyo

nd its

exis

ting

boun

dary,

plan

s and

stra

tegies

sh

ould

take a

ccou

nt of:

• the

scop

e for

inten

sifica

tion a

nd ra

tiona

lisati

on of

activ

ities a

nd fa

cilitie

s with

in the

exist

ing bo

unda

ry;

• the

scop

e for

reloc

ating

exist

ing ac

tivitie

s or f

acilit

ies of

f-site

;

• the

scop

e for

deve

loping

prop

osed

activ

ities o

r fac

ilities

off-s

ite.

Plan

s and

stra

tegies

for p

orts

and

adjac

ent a

reas

shou

ld inc

lude

meas

ures

to re

gulat

e the

ava

ilabil

ity o

f car

pa

rking

spac

es to

acco

mmod

ate ex

isting

and p

rojec

ted fr

eight,

pass

enge

rs an

d emp

loyee

s acro

ss th

e site

. In

cons

iderin

g app

licati

ons f

or de

velop

ment

at po

rts, a

ccou

nt wi

ll be t

aken

of:

• the

exte

nt to

which

land

-side

sur

face

acce

ss c

an a

ssist

the

trans

fer o

f por

t tra

ffic fr

om ro

ad to

rail

and/o

r wate

r;

• the

exten

t to w

hich i

t red

uces

the u

nnec

essa

ry an

d uns

ustai

nable

use o

f por

ts in

other

UK

regio

ns;

• the

effe

ct of

the p

ropo

sed

deve

lopme

nt on

loca

l com

munit

ies a

nd s

ites

of na

tiona

l and

inter

natio

nal

natur

e con

serva

tion i

mpor

tance

and t

he ex

tent to

whic

h this

can b

e mitig

ated.

• the

effec

t of th

e pro

pose

d dev

elopm

ent o

n the

healt

h and

well

being

of lo

cal c

ommu

nities

; and

• the

adv

erse

effe

cts o

n sit

es o

f nati

onal

and

inter

natio

nal n

ature

cons

erva

tion

impo

rtanc

e to

ensu

re th

at the

se ef

fects

are a

voide

d, mi

tigate

d or c

ompe

nsate

d as a

ppro

priat

e.

Text

adde

d to p

rovid

e gre

ater c

larity

to th

e po

licy a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

Mino

r tex

t cha

nge t

o pro

vide c

ertai

nty an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

Mino

r tex

t cha

nge t

o pro

vide c

ertai

nty an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

Text

amen

ded t

o clar

ify th

e inte

ntion

s of th

e po

licy a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

8.

23

This

polic

y sh

ould

be re

ad in

con

juncti

on w

ith p

olicie

s RD

F3 (T

he C

oast)

and

EM6

(Man

aging

the

North

W

est’s

Coa

stline

) and

DP7

(Pro

mote

Envir

onme

ntal Q

uality

). Th

e pr

oxim

ity o

f pote

ntial

port

deve

lopme

nts

at Liv

erpo

ol, B

irken

head

and

the

Man

ches

ter S

hip C

anal

and

the ‘

in-co

mbina

tion’

impa

cts o

f su

ch

deve

lopme

nt on

the

integ

rity a

nd c

onse

rvatio

n ob

jectiv

es o

f the

site

s of

inter

natio

nal i

mpor

tance

foun

d wi

thin

the w

ider L

iverp

ool B

ay a

rea

pSPA

, Mer

sey E

stuar

y SPA

/Ram

sar,

Merse

y Nar

rows

and

Nor

th W

irral

Fore

shor

e pS

PA/pR

amsa

r, De

e Es

tuary

SPA/

Rams

ar a

nd R

ibble

and

Alt E

stuar

ies S

PA/R

amsa

r will

need

Text

amen

ded t

o pro

vide g

reate

r clar

ity an

d fle

xibilit

y in t

erms

of th

e site

s ide

ntifie

d and

an

y othe

r futu

re si

tes th

at ma

y be d

esign

ated

54

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

to as

sess

ed a

nd m

itigate

d ag

ainst.

Sim

ilarly

suc

h as

sess

ment

and

mitig

ation

may

be

nece

ssar

y at

Heys

ham

and

Fleetw

ood,

wher

e the

re m

ay a

lso b

e ‘in

comb

inatio

n’ dis

turba

nce

impa

cts o

f dev

elopm

ent o

n the

integ

rity o

f the

sites

of I

ntern

ation

al Im

porta

nce

asso

ciated

with

Mor

ecam

be B

ay S

AC/S

PA/R

amsa

r and

Liv

erpo

ol Ba

y pS

PA. T

he im

pacts

from

dev

elopm

ent i

nclud

e (b

ut ar

e no

t lim

ited

to) c

onstr

uctio

n an

d sh

ipping

relat

ed d

istur

banc

e an

d po

llutio

n an

d lan

d tak

e lea

ding

to a

poten

tial r

isk o

f “co

astal

squ

eeze

”. “C

oasta

l squ

eeze

” occ

urs

when

rise

s in

sea

levels

alon

g wi

th co

astal

dev

elopm

ent r

educ

e the

ava

ilable

co

astal

strip

betw

een t

he la

nd an

d sea

.

in the

futur

e.

8.

24

The

North

Wes

t por

ts an

d wa

terwa

ys a

re im

porta

nt ga

teway

s for

trad

e an

d tra

vel a

nd p

rovid

e op

portu

nities

to

prom

ote th

e cu

ltura

l dive

rsity

and

histor

y of t

he re

gion.

In 20

05, 4

7.5 m

illion

tonn

es o

f car

go w

as m

oved

thr

ough

the

regio

n’s p

orts.

In a

dditio

n to

hand

ling

freigh

t, the

por

ts pr

ovide

majo

r lei

sure

and

tour

ism

oppo

rtunit

ies fo

r the

regio

n, . 9

84,00

0 pa

ssen

gers

(200

5 ba

sed

figur

es) u

sed

the ro

ll-on,

roll-o

ff (R

o-Ro

) fer

ry se

rvice

s wh

ich o

pera

te fro

m Liv

erpo

ol, B

irken

head

, Hey

sham

and

Flee

twoo

d, wh

ich a

re o

f majo

r im

porta

nce

to the

eco

nomi

es o

f Nor

thern

Irela

nd a

nd E

ire. T

here

are

also

opp

ortun

ities

to de

velop

cru

ise

liner

facil

ities,

partic

ularly

at t

he P

ort o

f Live

rpoo

l. Th

e No

rth W

est P

orts

Econ

omic

Tren

ds a

nd L

and

Use

Stud

y ha

s inf

orme

d po

licy

deve

lopme

nt. N

ation

al po

licy

is se

t out

in ‘M

oder

n Po

rts: A

UK

Polic

y’ wh

ich is

be

ing r

eview

ed.

In the

Nor

th W

est,

Liver

pool,

Man

ches

ter (

Manc

heste

r Sh

ip Ca

nal),

Heys

ham

and

Fleetw

ood

are

categ

orise

d as

majo

r por

ts by

the

Depa

rtmen

t for

Tra

nspo

rt in

that t

hey h

andle

at le

ast o

ne

millio

n ton

nes o

f car

go p

er a

nnum

. Othe

r por

ts ar

e loc

ated

at Ba

rrow-

in-Fu

rnes

s, Si

lloth

and

Wor

kingto

n in

Cumb

ria, G

lasso

n Doc

k nea

r Lan

caste

r and

Gar

ston D

ock o

n the

Rive

r Mer

sey.

Mino

r tex

t cha

nges

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s ma

de du

ring t

he co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d ch

ange

s.

8.

25

Liver

pool

is by

far t

he m

ost d

omina

nt po

rt in

the R

egion

and

in 2

005

hand

led 3

3.7 m

illion

tonn

es o

f car

go,

an a

ll tim

e re

cord

. It o

pera

tes th

e UK

’s lar

gest

Free

port

zone

with

exte

nsive

facil

ities

on b

oth s

ides

of the

Ri

ver M

erse

y, ac

ting

as a

hub

con

necti

ng w

orld-

wide

dee

p-se

a se

rvice

s wi

th an

exte

nsive

netw

ork

of Co

ntine

ntal, U

K an

d Iris

h Se

a sh

ort-s

ea se

rvice

s. Bi

rkenh

ead

in pa

rticula

r and

Sea

forth

Conta

iner T

ermi

nal

have

has t

he po

tentia

l for s

ignific

ant fu

rther

deve

lopme

nt. P

orts

in the

Nor

th W

est a

lso ha

ve a

role

to pla

y in

supp

ortin

g EC

initia

tives

to e

ncou

rage

the

trans

fer o

f fre

ight f

rom

land

to wa

ter tr

ansp

ort (

see

Polic

y RT

7 an

d RT8

).

Addit

ion of

text

to re

flect

the gr

owth

poten

tial

of Se

aforth

Con

taine

r Ter

mina

l and

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

by th

e Nor

th W

est

Envir

onme

nt Ag

ency

. R

T7:

Fre

igh

t T

ran

spo

rt

RT

7

Polic

y RT7

: Fre

ight

Tra

nspo

rt Pl

ans a

nd st

rateg

ies sh

ould

take

acco

unt o

f the

aim

s and

obje

ctive

s of t

he R

egion

al Fr

eight

Stra

tegy.

Loca

l au

thoriti

es s

hould

dev

elop

sub-

regio

nal f

reigh

t stra

tegies

, inc

luding

the

estab

lishm

ent o

f Fre

ight Q

uality

Pa

rtner

ships

to pr

omote

cons

tructi

ve so

lution

s to l

ocal

distrib

ution

prob

lems a

nd is

sues

. Th

e Reg

ional

High

way N

etwor

k, as

detai

led in

App

endix

RT(

c), fo

rms t

he N

orth

Wes

t’s st

rateg

ic ne

twor

k for

the

mov

emen

t of

freigh

t by

roa

d, su

pplem

ented

by

sub-

regio

nal h

ighwa

y ne

twor

ks d

efine

d in

Loca

l Tr

ansp

ort P

lans.

Heav

y Goo

ds V

ehicl

es sh

ould

not b

e res

tricted

from

any r

outes

in th

ese n

etwor

ks.

Loca

l auth

oritie

s sh

ould

work

with

distrib

ution

com

panie

s an

d the

ir cu

stome

rs to

deve

lop a

con

sisten

t ap

proa

ch to

lorry

man

agem

ent,

includ

ing a

cces

s re

strict

ions

and

curfe

ws. S

igning

stra

tegies

sho

uld b

e de

velop

ed an

d intr

oduc

ed fo

r key

freig

ht ro

utes a

nd lo

cal d

estin

ation

s.

55

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

Loca

l auth

oritie

s sh

ould

work

with

rail,

port

and

inlan

d wa

terwa

y op

erato

rs, N

etwor

k Ra

il, an

d the

freig

ht tra

nspo

rt ind

ustry

and

bus

iness

to ca

pitali

se o

n the

opp

ortun

ities a

vaila

ble in

the

North

Wes

t for

incre

asing

the

pro

portio

n of

freigh

t mov

ed b

y sh

ortse

a, co

astal

ship

ping

and

inlan

d wa

terwa

ys. T

his w

ill en

cour

age

a sh

ift fro

m ro

ad ba

sed t

rans

port.

Lo

cal a

uthor

ities s

hould

wor

k with

airp

ort o

pera

tors t

o fac

ilitate

the

deve

lopme

nt of

air fr

eight

at the

regio

n’s

airpo

rts, i

n lin

e wi

th the

Whit

e Pa

per ‘

The

Futur

e of

Air T

rans

port’,

hav

ing p

artic

ular r

egar

d to

the n

eed

to mi

nimise

and m

itigate

envir

onme

ntal im

pacts

(inclu

ding n

ight n

oise)

.

Text

adde

d to h

ighlig

ht the

impo

rtanc

e of r

ail

to tra

nspo

rt fre

ight a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

Text

adde

d to h

ighlig

ht the

aim

of the

polic

y an

d pro

vide g

reate

r clar

ity an

d to r

eflec

t re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

8.

31

The

grow

th in

conta

iner v

olume

s, co

mbine

d wi

th the

tren

d for

con

taine

r line

s to

use

feede

r ser

vices

to

distrib

ute c

ontai

ners

from

hub

ports

by

sea

offer

s sig

nifica

nt po

tentia

l for

the

Rive

r Mer

sey

ports

and

the

Port

of Ma

nche

ster (

Manc

heste

r Ship

Can

al) in

par

ticula

r. Th

e Sh

ip Ca

nal a

lso h

as th

e ca

pabil

ity to

play

a

grea

ter ro

le in

the in

terna

l tra

nspo

rtatio

n of

freigh

t as,

to a

lesse

r deg

ree,

do s

mall w

aterw

ays

such

as

the

Wea

ver N

aviga

tion

and

navig

able

river

s. Ho

weve

r, thi

s can

not b

e ac

hieve

d wi

thout

the n

eces

sary

whar

ves,

ware

hous

ing a

nd fa

cilitie

s to

enab

le int

erch

ange

betw

een

road

, rail

and

wate

r. Th

is in

turn

requ

ires l

and

to be

iden

tified

, allo

cated

and

safe

guar

ded

in Lo

cal D

evelo

pmen

t Fra

mewo

rks fo

r suc

h de

velop

ments

. The

Go

vern

ment’

s Sus

taina

ble D

istrib

ution

Fun

d89

can

prov

ide u

seful

finan

cial c

ontrib

ution

s tow

ards

the

capit

al inv

estm

ent a

ssoc

iated

with

the t

rans

fer of

freig

ht fro

m ro

ad to

wate

r.

Mino

r tex

t cha

nge

RT

8: In

ter-

Mo

dal

Fre

igh

t T

erm

inal

s R

T8

Po

licy R

T8 –

Inte

r-Mod

al Fr

eight

Ter

min

als

Plan

s and

stra

tegies

shou

ld fac

ilitate

the t

rans

fer of

freig

ht fro

m ro

ad to

rail a

nd/or

wate

r by t

he id

entifi

catio

n of

sites

for i

nter-m

odal

freigh

t ter

mina

ls, a

nd b

y en

cour

aging

gre

ater u

se o

f exis

ting

termi

nals

and

priva

te sid

ings.

Cons

idera

tion

shou

ld be

give

n to

the a

lloca

tion

of lan

d for

inter

-mod

al fre

ight t

ermi

nals

in the

follo

wing

br

oad

locati

ons:

• So

uth W

est G

reate

r Man

ches

ter (w

ith ac

cess

to ra

il and

the M

anch

ester

Ship

Can

al);

• W

idnes

(with

acce

ss to

the W

est C

oast

Main

Line (

Liver

pool

Bran

ch));

• Ne

wton

-le-W

illows

(with

acce

ss to

the W

est C

oast

Main

Line a

nd T

rans

-Pen

nine C

hat M

oss r

ail ro

ute);

• Bi

rkenh

ead W

aterfr

ont a

nd E

astha

m Do

cks (

Wirr

al W

aterfr

ont S

IA).

Prop

osals

for in

ter-m

odal

freigh

t term

inals

shou

ld sa

tisfy

the fo

llowi

ng cr

iteria

:

• be

acc

essib

le fro

m the

Reg

ional

High

way

Netw

ork

and

Regio

nal R

ail N

etwor

k as

liste

d in

Appe

ndix

RT(c)

and c

onsis

tent w

ith its

oper

ation

and m

anag

emen

t;

• co

nform

with

rail i

ndus

try s

trateg

ies fo

r fre

ight a

nd n

etwor

k an

d ca

pacit

y uti

lisati

on a

nd th

e Re

giona

l

Mino

r tex

t ame

ndme

nt to

accu

ratel

y refl

ect th

e na

me of

the r

ail ro

ute an

d to r

eflec

t re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

Text

amen

ded t

o clar

ify an

d refl

ect th

e im

porta

nce o

f the r

ail ne

twor

k.

56

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

Plan

ning A

sses

smen

t;

• be

comp

atible

with

the l

ocal

envir

onme

nt an

d adja

cent

land u

ses;

• be

capa

ble of

acco

mmod

ating

, as r

equir

ed,

-

an ap

prop

riate

road

and /

or ra

il lay

out;

-

facilit

ies fo

r wate

r-bor

ne fr

eight;

-

prov

ision

for t

he de

velop

ment

of ac

tivitie

s tha

t add

value

; and

-

scop

e for

furth

er gr

owth;

• de

velop

a si

te Tr

avel

Plan

prio

r to

appr

oval

that s

ets o

ut me

asur

es fo

r pro

viding

gen

uine

acce

ss to

the

site f

or po

tentia

l emp

loyee

s othe

r tha

n by p

rivate

car;

• ad

dres

s pote

ntial

comm

unity

, hea

lth, a

nd q

uality

of li

fe im

pacts

, inclu

ding

air a

nd lig

ht po

llutio

n, vis

ual

intru

sion a

nd no

ise;

• the

effec

t of th

e pro

pose

d dev

elopm

ent o

n the

healt

h and

well

being

of lo

cal c

ommu

nities

; and

• the

adv

erse

effe

cts o

n sit

es o

f nati

onal

and

inter

natio

nal n

ature

cons

erva

tion

impo

rtanc

e to

ensu

re th

at the

se ef

fects

are a

voide

d, mi

tigate

d or c

ompe

nsate

d as a

ppro

priat

e.

Sites

sho

uld b

e all

ocate

d an

d pla

nning

per

miss

ion g

rante

d on

ly wh

ere

the lo

cal p

lannin

g au

thority

is

satis

fied

that i

nterch

ange

betw

een

trans

port

mode

s is

the p

rimar

y pu

rpos

e of

the d

evelo

pmen

t. Lo

cal

autho

rities

sho

uld s

atisfy

them

selve

s tha

t the

prim

e pu

rpos

e is

to fac

ilitate

the

move

ment

of fre

ight b

y ra

il an

d/or w

ater a

nd th

at ra

il acc

ess a

nd as

socia

ted fa

cilitie

s are

avail

able

befor

e the

site

is oc

cupie

d.

A re

view

of the

Gre

en B

elt b

ound

ary

in the

loca

l dev

elopm

ent f

rame

work

would

be

justifi

ed in

ord

er to

ac

comm

odate

an

inter

-mod

al fre

ight t

ermi

nal i

n ac

cord

ance

with

this

polic

y. If

land

is re

move

d fro

m the

Gr

een

Belt

in ac

cord

ance

with

this

polic

y, the

rele

vant

deve

lopme

nt pla

n do

cume

nt sh

ould

includ

e a

pres

umpti

on ag

ainst

its de

velop

ment

for pu

rpos

es ot

her t

han a

n inte

r-mod

al fre

ight te

rmina

l.

Text

adde

d as a

cons

eque

nce o

f HRA

co

mmen

ts an

d to p

rovid

e con

sisten

cy w

ith

amen

ded p

olicie

s RT5

and R

T6.

Text

adde

d to c

larify

the i

ntenti

on of

the p

olicy

an

d to r

eflec

t rep

rese

ntatio

ns m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

8.

32

The

trans

fer o

f mov

emen

t of f

reigh

t fro

m the

high

way

netw

ork

to ra

il or w

ater w

ould

could

pote

ntiall

y yie

ld su

bstan

tial b

enefi

ts in

redu

cing

carb

on e

miss

ions,

and

easin

g ro

ad c

onge

stion

. Atte

mpts

to inc

reas

e the

vo

lume o

f freig

ht mo

ved b

y rail

or w

ater in

the r

egion

could

be co

nstra

ined b

y a sh

ortag

e of fr

eight

termi

nals

and,

in pa

rticula

r, the

lack

of m

ajor i

nter-m

odal

facilit

ies cl

ose

to the

majo

r orig

ins a

nd d

estin

ation

s of f

reigh

t mo

veme

nts in

the

North

Wes

t, wi

th go

od a

cces

s to

the m

otorw

ay n

etwor

k an

d ra

il and

/or w

ater.

Deliv

ery

will,

howe

ver,

be th

roug

h the

priva

te se

ctor,

and t

he fa

ct tha

t sign

ifican

t cap

ital in

vestm

ent is

requ

ired b

efore

su

ch fa

cilitie

s be

come

ope

ratio

nal m

eans

that

inves

tmen

t is

unlik

ely u

nless

ther

e is

clear

evid

ence

of

incre

asing

mar

ket i

ntere

st in

movin

g fre

ight b

y ra

il and

the

rail i

ndus

try is

able

to o

ffer c

ompe

titive

mar

ket

and

servi

ce p

ropo

sition

s. At

tempts

to in

creas

e the

volu

me o

f fre

ight m

oved

by

rail o

r wate

r in

the re

gion

could

be

cons

traine

d by

a s

horta

ge o

f int

er-m

odal

freigh

t ter

mina

ls clo

se t

o the

majo

r or

igins

and

de

stina

tions

of f

reigh

t in th

e No

rth W

est.

Deliv

ery w

ill, h

owev

er, b

e thr

ough

the

priva

te se

ctor,

and

the fa

ct

Text

chan

ge to

high

light

that th

is ap

proa

ch

may r

esult

in re

ducti

ons i

n car

bon e

miss

ions

and r

oad c

onge

stion

and t

o refl

ect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

. Te

xt de

leted

and r

eplac

emen

t text

adde

d tha

t pr

ovide

s gre

ater c

larity

of th

e cur

rent

situa

tion

and t

o refl

ect r

epre

senta

tions

mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

57

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

that

signif

icant

capit

al inv

estm

ent

is re

quire

d be

fore

such

fac

ilities

bec

ome

oper

ation

al me

ans

that

inves

tmen

t is

only

likely

whe

n the

re is

a c

lear m

arke

t opp

ortun

ity a

nd th

e ra

il netw

ork

oper

ator i

s ab

le to

prov

ide th

e ne

cess

ary

train

paths

. Alth

ough

fina

ncial

con

strain

ts ma

ke a

ny s

ignific

ant i

mpro

veme

nt to

loadin

g ga

uge

a lon

g ter

m as

pirati

on, a

dvan

ces i

n wa

gon

techn

ology

offe

r pote

ntial

for d

evelo

pmen

t of t

he

inter

-mod

al fre

ight b

usine

ss in

the

shor

t to

mediu

m ter

m, a

s wi

ll inc

reme

ntal c

apac

ity e

nhan

ceme

nts

throu

gh s

mall-s

cale

meas

ures

suc

h as

impr

ovem

ents

to ter

mina

l and

por

t inf

rastr

uctur

e an

d ac

cess

. Ex

isting

term

inals

and

priva

te sid

ings a

cross

the

regio

n als

o ha

ve a

role

to pla

y, an

d gr

eater

use

could

be

made

of th

ese t

o enc

oura

ge m

odal

shift.

R

T9:

Wal

kin

g a

nd

Cyc

ling

R

T9

Po

licy R

T9: W

alkin

g an

d Cy

cling

Lo

cal A

uthor

ities

shou

ld wo

rk wi

th pa

rtner

s to

deve

lop in

tegra

ted n

etwor

ks o

f con

tinuo

us, a

ttrac

tive

and

safe

route

s for

walk

ing a

nd c

yclin

g to

wide

n ac

cess

ibility

and

cap

italis

e on

their

pote

ntial

envir

onme

ntal,

socia

l an

d he

alth

bene

fits.

A hig

h pr

iority

sho

uld b

e giv

en t

o ro

utes

linkin

g re

siden

tial

area

s wi

th em

ploym

ent a

reas

, tran

spor

t inter

chan

ges,

scho

ols, h

ospit

als an

d othe

r com

munit

y ser

vices

. Lo

cal a

uthor

ities s

hould

ens

ure

that p

ropo

sals

and

sche

mes f

or n

ew d

evelo

pmen

ts inc

orpo

rate

high

quali

ty pe

destr

ian a

nd c

ycle

facilit

ies, i

nclud

ing s

ecur

e cy

cle p

arkin

g. Ro

utes

shou

ld co

nnec

t with

thos

e in

near

by

deve

lopme

nts, a

nd p

rovis

ion o

f all

facilit

ies s

hould

take

into

cons

idera

tion

integ

ratio

n wi

th lik

ely fu

ture

deve

lopme

nt.

Whe

n co

nside

ring

impr

ovem

ents

to the

regio

n’s tr

ansp

ort n

etwor

ks, s

chem

e pr

omote

rs sh

ould

take

the

oppo

rtunit

y to

enha

nce

walki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g pr

ovisi

on,

includ

ing c

ross

ings,

signa

ge,

lane

marki

ngs,

alloc

ation

or re

-allo

catio

n of r

oad s

pace

, and

off-r

oad r

outes

whe

reve

r pos

sible.

Text

adde

d to i

ncor

pora

te a w

ider r

ange

r of

prior

ities a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

The S

ustai

nabil

ity A

ppra

isal re

cogn

ises t

hat

these

text

addit

ions w

ill str

ength

en po

licy

word

ing.

The S

ustai

nabil

ity A

ppra

isal re

cogn

ises t

hat

these

text

addit

ions w

ill str

ength

en po

licy

word

ing.

RT

10:

Pri

ori

ties

fo

r T

ran

spo

r t M

anag

emen

t an

d In

vest

men

t R

T10

Polic

y RT1

0: P

riorit

ies fo

r Tra

nspo

rt Ma

nage

men

t and

Inve

stm

ent

The

gene

ral p

rioriti

es fo

r tra

nspo

rt inv

estm

ent a

nd m

anag

emen

t will

be d

eterm

ined

in ac

cord

ance

with

the

Regio

nal E

cono

mic

Stra

tegy,

RSS

tran

spor

t obje

ctive

s, sp

atial

princ

iples

(DP1

– 9

), an

d the

regio

nal a

nd

sub-

regio

nal s

patia

l fram

ewor

ks in

RDF

1 an

d su

b re

giona

l poli

cies (

chap

ters 1

0-13

14).

Sche

mes f

or w

hich

fundin

g has

been

alloc

ated,

and t

hose

that

are u

nder

inve

stiga

tion o

r pro

pose

d for

inve

stiga

tion,

are l

isted

in

the im

pleme

ntatio

n pla

n. Th

e re

gion’s

prin

ciples

for i

nves

tmen

t are

set o

ut in

the Im

pleme

ntatio

n Pl

an. T

he

Plan

inclu

des

sche

mes

for w

hich

fundin

g ha

s be

en p

rovis

ionall

y all

ocate

d, su

bject

to De

partm

ent f

or

Tran

spor

t app

rova

l, and

thos

e und

er de

velop

ment.

Text

adde

d to h

ighlig

ht the

rang

e of p

olicie

s an

d poli

cy do

cume

nts co

nside

red w

hen

deter

minin

g the

prior

ities f

or tr

ansp

ort

inves

tmen

t and

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s ma

de du

ring t

he co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d ch

ange

s. Ch

ange

due t

o the

inclu

sion o

f Sou

th Ch

eshir

e in

Manc

heste

r City

Reg

ion.

Text

amen

ded t

o pro

vide g

reate

r clar

ity an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

8.

36

The

regio

n’s tr

ansp

ort n

etwor

ks a

re a

valu

able

reso

urce

, but

scop

e for

their

impr

ovem

ent i

s lim

ited

by

finan

cial,

phys

ical,

envir

onme

ntal o

r so

cial c

onstr

aints.

It is

ther

efore

impe

rativ

e tha

t the

se a

ssets

are

58

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

adeq

uatel

y ma

intain

ed a

nd in

par

ticula

r, de

terior

ation

in th

e co

nditio

n of

local

road

s ha

lted.

Ther

e is,

ho

weve

r, sti

ll the

nee

d for

furth

er ta

rgete

d inv

estm

ent i

n ne

w or

impr

oved

roa

ds a

nd p

ublic

tran

spor

t inf

rastr

uctur

e if th

e Visi

on fo

r the

Nor

th W

est is

to be

achie

ved.

Wor

ding r

emov

ed fo

r con

cisen

ess a

nd to

re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

8.37

Th

e im

pleme

ntatio

n pla

n inc

ludes

the

regio

n’s p

rioriti

es fo

r majo

r tra

nspo

rt inv

estm

ent,

base

d on

wor

k un

derta

ken

for th

e NW

RA R

egion

al Pl

annin

g Bo

dy b

y JM

P Co

nsult

ing. I

t inc

ludes

thos

e sc

heme

s wh

ich

have

bee

n giv

en fu

ll app

rova

l by t

he D

epar

tmen

t for

Tra

nspo

rt an

d for

whic

h fun

ding

has b

een

alloc

ated.

It als

o se

ts ou

t the

inve

stmen

t pro

gram

me u

p to

2015

/16, d

epen

ding

on th

e av

ailab

ility

of re

sour

ces,

which

em

erge

d fro

m the

Reg

ional

Fund

ing A

lloca

tion (

RFA)

wor

k. Co

nting

ency

sche

mes s

hould

addit

ional

fundin

g be

come

ava

ilable

or i

f sch

emes

with

in the

inve

stmen

t pro

gram

me re

ceive

fund

ing fr

om o

ther s

ource

s suc

h as

the T

rans

port

Innov

ation

Fun

d are

also

inclu

ded.

Give

n tha

t all s

chem

es ar

e sub

ject to

detai

led ap

prais

al an

d rele

vant

statut

ory p

roce

sses

, it is

poss

ible t

hat d

elive

ry of

some

sche

mes w

ithin

the pr

ogra

mme m

ay be

de

ferre

d or

with

draw

n. Th

e re

gion

may

need

to re

visit

the li

st of

RFA

prior

ities

if re

ques

ted to

do

so b

y Go

vern

ment,

if s

chem

e co

sts in

creas

e or

the

over

all fu

nding

env

elope

redu

ces.

The

imple

menta

tion

plan

also

lists

those

sche

mes i

nclud

es ta

bles s

etting

out

those

sche

mes a

nd b

road

inter

venti

ons c

urre

ntly u

nder

de

velop

ment

for d

elive

ry by

202

1 wh

ich a

re e

ither

und

er in

vesti

gatio

n or

pro

pose

d for

inve

stiga

tion

durin

g the

perio

d to 2

021.

Deliv

ery o

f any

of th

ese b

efore

2021

will

howe

ver d

epen

d on t

he av

ailab

ility o

f res

ource

s wi

thin

the re

levan

t fun

ding

mech

anism

. The

pro

gres

s of

sche

mes

will b

e ke

pt un

der r

eview

as

part

of the

RS

S Im

pleme

ntatio

n, Mo

nitor

ing an

d Rev

iew pr

oces

s.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

Text

amen

ded t

o pro

vide g

reate

r clar

ity an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

8.

38

Decis

ions

abou

t tra

nspo

rt inv

estm

ent p

rioriti

es a

fter b

eyon

d 20

14 m

ay b

e inf

luenc

ed a

nd in

forme

d by

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s s

trateg

ic tra

nspo

rt pla

nning

fram

ewor

k whic

h it w

ill be

seek

ing to

pro

duce

in 2

012

in lin

e wi

th its

resp

onse

to th

e Edd

ington

and

Ster

n rep

orts.

The

inten

ded f

rame

work

will c

ompr

ise a

strate

gy do

cume

nt an

d outp

ut sp

ecific

ation

cove

ring a

ll mod

es.

Mino

r tex

t ame

ndme

nt an

d to r

eflec

t re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

Text

chan

ge m

ade t

o refl

ect th

e con

sider

ation

of

the S

tern R

epor

t and

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

. 9

En

viro

nm

ent,

Min

eral

s, W

aste

an

d E

ner

gy

9.

2 Th

e RS

S is

comm

itted

to us

ing o

ur n

atura

l and

man

-mad

e re

sour

ces

activ

ely, p

rude

ntly

and

effici

ently

, as

well a

s pr

otecti

ng a

nd e

nhan

cing

the R

egion

’s his

toric,

buil

t and

natu

ral e

nviro

nmen

tal a

ssets

, and

uniq

ue

cultu

re an

d her

itage

.

Refer

ence

to “p

rotec

ting”

adde

d to p

rovid

e co

nsist

ency

with

EM1

9.

3 It s

eeks

to:

• pr

omote

a m

ore

integ

rated

app

roac

h to

deliv

ering

a b

etter

env

ironm

ent t

hrou

gh la

nd a

nd w

ater

mana

geme

nt, in

cludin

g be

tter r

elatio

nship

of n

ew d

evelo

pmen

t to

water

reso

urce

s, flo

od ri

sk a

nd

adap

tation

to th

e imp

acts

of cli

mate

chan

ge;

• cre

ate m

ulti-fu

nctio

nal n

etwor

ks of

gree

n spa

ces;

• pr

oduc

e a co

ncise

was

te str

ategy

that:

-

brea

ks th

e link

betw

een e

cono

mic g

rowt

h and

the e

nviro

nmen

tal im

pact

of wa

ste;

-

incre

ases

recy

cling

rates

in th

e Reg

ion;

59

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

-

prov

ides a

fram

ewor

k in w

hich c

ommu

nities

take

resp

onsib

ility f

or th

eir ow

n was

te;

-

deliv

ers a

patt

ern

of fac

ilities

of n

ation

al re

giona

l and

sub-

regio

nal im

porta

nce

includ

ing

supp

ortin

g poli

cies.

• re

duce

ener

gy de

mand

and b

reak

the l

ink be

twee

n ene

rgy d

eman

d and

econ

omic

grow

th;

• pr

omote

and

exp

loit l

ow c

arbo

n an

d re

newa

ble e

nerg

y tec

hnolo

gies

and

incre

ase

the a

moun

t of

electr

icity

and e

nerg

y for

heati

ng fr

om re

newa

ble so

urce

s sup

plied

and c

onsu

med w

ithin

the R

egion

.

To en

sure

that

the po

licy i

s full

y co

mpre

hens

ive.

EM

1: In

teg

rate

d E

nh

ance

men

t an

d P

rote

ctio

n o

f th

e R

egio

n’s

En

viro

nm

enta

l Ass

ets

EM

1

EM1:

Inte

grat

ed E

nhan

cem

ent a

nd P

rote

ctio

n of

the R

egio

n’s E

nviro

nmen

tal A

sset

s Th

e Reg

ion’s

envir

onme

ntal a

ssets

shou

ld be

iden

tified

, pro

tected

, enh

ance

d and

man

aged

. Pl

ans,

strate

gies,

prop

osals

and

sch

emes

sho

uld d

elive

r an

integ

rated

app

roac

h to

cons

ervin

g an

d en

hanc

ing th

e lan

dsca

pe, n

atura

l env

ironm

ent, h

istor

ic en

viron

ment

and w

oodla

nds o

f the r

egion

. Pl

ans

and

strate

gies

shou

ld de

fine

spati

al ob

jectiv

es a

nd p

rioriti

es f

or c

onse

rvatio

n, re

stora

tion

and

enha

ncem

ent a

s ap

prop

riate,

and

pro

vide

area

-bas

ed g

uideli

nes

to dir

ect d

ecisi

ons

and

targe

t res

ource

s. Th

ese w

ill be

foun

ded o

n a so

und u

nder

stand

ing of

the d

iversi

t y, di

stinc

tiven

ess,

signif

icanc

e and

sens

itivity

of

the re

gion’s

env

ironm

ental

ass

ets, a

nd in

forme

d by

sub

-regio

nal e

nviro

nmen

tal fr

amew

orks

. Spe

cial

cons

idera

tion w

ill be

give

n to t

he im

pacts

of cl

imate

chan

ge an

d ada

ptatio

n mea

sure

s. Pr

iority

sho

uld b

e giv

en to

con

servi

ng a

nd e

nhan

cing

area

s, sit

es, f

eatur

es a

nd s

pecie

s of

inter

natio

nal,

natio

nal, r

egion

al an

d loc

al lan

dsca

pe, n

atura

l env

ironm

ent a

nd hi

storic

envir

onme

nt im

porta

nce.

Whe

re p

ropo

sals

and

sche

mes

affec

t the

regio

n’s la

ndsc

ape,

natur

al or

hist

oric

envir

onme

nt or

woo

dland

as

sets,

pro

spec

tive

deve

loper

s an

d/or l

ocal

autho

rities

sho

uld fi

rst s

eek

to av

oid lo

ss o

f or d

amag

e to

the

asse

ts, th

en s

eek

to mi

tigate

any

una

voida

ble d

amag

e an

d wh

ere

appr

opria

te co

mpen

sate

for lo

ss o

r da

mage

thro

ugh o

ffsett

ing ac

tions

with

a fou

ndati

on of

no ne

t loss

in re

sour

ces a

s a m

inimu

m re

quire

ment.

W

ith re

gard

to sp

ecific

elem

ents

of thi

s inte

grate

d app

roac

h, the

follo

wing

shou

ld be

take

n into

acco

unt:

Polic

y EM1

(A):

Land

scap

e Pl

ans,

strate

gies,

prop

osals

and

sch

emes

sho

uld id

entify

, pro

tect,

maint

ain a

nd e

nhan

ce n

atura

l, his

toric

and

other

dist

inctiv

e fea

tures

that

contr

ibute

to the

cha

racte

r of l

ands

cape

s an

d pla

ces

withi

n the

Nor

th W

est.

To s

treng

then a

lignm

ent a

nd co

nsist

ency

with

ke

y prin

ciples

of P

PS9 a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the P

ropo

sed C

hang

es by

a co

nside

rable

nu

mber

of or

ganis

ation

s, inc

luding

RSP

B,

Natur

al En

gland

, Env

ironm

ent A

genc

y, CP

RE

and F

ores

try C

ommi

ssion

.

60

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

They

shou

ld be

infor

med b

y and

reco

gnise

the i

mpor

tance

of:

• De

tailed

land

scap

e ch

arac

ter a

sses

smen

ts an

d str

ategie

s, wh

ich lo

cal a

uthor

ities s

hould

pro

duce

, set

in the

con

text o

f the

Nor

th W

est J

oint C

hara

cter A

rea

Map10

. The

se w

ill be

use

d to

identi

fy pr

iority

ar

eas f

or th

e main

tenan

ce, e

nhan

ceme

nt an

d/or r

estor

ation

of th

at ch

arac

ter an

d will

unde

r-pin

and a

ct as

key c

ompo

nents

of cr

iteria

-bas

ed po

licies

in LD

Fs;

• Th

e sp

ecial

qua

lities

of t

he e

nviro

nmen

t ass

ociat

ed w

ith th

e na

tiona

lly d

esign

ated

area

s of

the L

ake

Distr

ict N

ation

al Pa

rk, th

e Yo

rkshir

e Da

les N

ation

al Pa

rk, th

e Pe

ak D

istric

t Nati

onal

Park,

the

Fore

st of

Bowl

and

Area

of O

utstan

ding

Natur

al Be

auty

(AON

B), t

he A

rnsid

e an

d Si

lverd

ale A

ONB,

the

North

Pe

nnine

s AON

B an

d Solw

ay C

oast

AONB

and t

heir s

etting

s;

• T

he ch

arac

terist

ics an

d sett

ing of

Wor

ld He

ritage

Site

s;

• Ma

ximisi

ng th

e he

alth

bene

fits o

f eng

agem

ent w

ith th

e en

viron

ment

partic

ularly

by

disad

vanta

ged

comm

unitie

s.

Polic

y EM1

(B):

Natu

ral E

nviro

nmen

t Pl

ans,

strate

gies,

prop

osals

and

sch

emes

sho

uld s

eek

to de

liver

sec

ure

a ‘st

ep-ch

ange

’ inc

reas

e in

the

regio

n’s b

iodive

rsity

reso

urce

s by

con

tributi

ng to

the

deliv

ery

of na

tiona

l, re

giona

l and

loca

l biod

iversi

ty ob

jectiv

es a

nd ta

rgets

for m

aintai

ning

exten

t, ac

hievin

g co

nditio

n, re

storin

g an

d ex

pand

ing h

abita

ts an

d sp

ecies

pop

ulatio

ns. T

his s

hould

be

done

thro

ugh

prote

cting

, enh

ancin

g, ex

pand

ing a

nd lin

king

area

s for

wi

ldlife

with

in an

d be

twee

n the

loca

tions

of h

ighes

t biod

iversi

ty re

sour

ces,

includ

ing s

tatuto

ry an

d loc

al wi

ldlife

sites

, and

enco

urag

ing th

e con

serva

tion a

nd ex

pans

ion of

the e

colog

ical fa

bric

elsew

here

. Br

oad

locati

ons

wher

e the

re a

re g

reate

st op

portu

nities

for d

elive

ring

the b

iodive

rsity

targe

ts ar

e sh

own

on

the In

dicati

ve B

iodive

rsity

Reso

urce

and

Opp

ortun

ity D

iagra

m (se

e Di

agra

m 9.1

). Mo

re s

pecif

ic loc

ation

s wi

ll be i

nform

ed by

sub-

regio

nal b

iodive

rsity

maps

and f

rame

works

of st

atutor

y and

loca

l wild

life si

tes.

Loca

l auth

oritie

s sho

uld:

• De

velop

a m

ore

detai

led re

pres

entat

ion o

f this

spa

tial in

forma

tion

for u

se in

their

Loc

al De

velop

ment

Fram

ewor

ks; a

nd

• De

velop

func

tiona

l eco

logica

l fram

ewor

ks th

at wi

ll add

ress

hab

itat f

ragm

entat

ion a

nd sp

ecies

isola

tion,

identi

fying

and

targ

eting

opp

ortun

ities

for h

abita

t ex p

ansio

n an

d re

-conn

ectio

n. Ac

tive

arra

ngem

ents

will b

e nee

ded t

o add

ress

ecolo

gical

cross

-bou

ndar

y iss

ues w

ithin

the re

gion;

and w

ithin

area

s suc

h as

the P

ennin

es, S

olway

Firth

, the

Mer

sey

Estua

ry, th

e Lu

ne E

stuar

y, the

Rive

r Dee

Estu

ary

and

the

Ches

hire M

eres

and M

osse

s, as

well

as in

cludin

g biod

iversi

ty po

licies

in an

y dev

elopin

g Mar

ine S

patia

l

To re

flect

a rec

omme

ndati

on of

the

Healt

h/Ine

quali

ties A

sses

smen

t and

has b

een

amalg

amate

d into

EM3

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

. To

stre

ngthe

n the

Poli

cy an

d ens

ure

cons

isten

cy w

ith P

PS9 a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

Wor

ding u

pdate

d in l

ine w

ith th

e rev

iew of

na

tiona

l biod

iversi

ty tar

gets.

De

letion

of te

xt to

refle

ct tha

t cro

ss-b

ound

ary

issue

s inc

lude t

hose

whic

h affe

ct sit

es ou

tside

of

the re

gion a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions

made

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges i

nclud

ing th

ose m

ade b

y Cou

ntrys

ide

Coun

cil fo

r Wale

s. Re

feren

ce to

the L

une E

stuar

y inc

orpo

rated

to

prov

ide re

cogn

ition t

hat th

is is

also a

n are

a wh

ere a

ctive

arra

ngem

ents

are n

eede

d to

10 S

ee N

orth

Wes

t Join

t Cha

racte

r Are

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61

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

Plan

ning S

ystem

in th

e Iris

h Sea

.

Plan

s, str

ategie

s, pr

opos

als an

d sch

emes

shou

ld pr

otect

and e

nhan

ce th

e reg

ion’s

geolo

gical

and

geom

orph

ologic

al re

sour

ces

includ

ing s

tatuto

ry an

d loc

al sit

es b

y co

ntribu

ting

to the

deli

very

of na

tiona

l, re

giona

l and

loca

l geo

diver

sity o

bjecti

ves a

nd ta

rgets

. Po

licy E

M1 (C

): Hi

stor

ic En

viron

men

t Pl

ans,

strate

gies,

prop

osals

and

sch

emes

sho

uld p

rotec

t, co

nser

ve a

nd e

nhan

ce th

e his

toric

envir

onme

nt su

ppor

ting

cons

erva

tion-

led re

gene

ratio

n in

area

s ric

h in

histor

ic int

eres

t, an

d in

partic

ular e

xploi

ting

the

rege

nera

tion p

otenti

al of:

• Th

e ma

ritime

her

itage

of t

he N

orth

Wes

t coa

st inc

luding

doc

ks a

nd w

atersp

aces

, and

coa

stal r

esor

ts an

d pier

s;

• Th

e Pe

nnine

texti

le mi

ll-tow

n he

ritage

that

exist

s in

East

Lanc

ashir

e an

d Gr

eater

Man

ches

ter; a

nd th

e tex

tile m

ill-tow

n her

itage

of E

ast C

hesh

ire;

• Vi

ctoria

n and

Edw

ardia

n com

merci

al de

velop

ments

in Li

verp

ool a

nd M

anch

ester

city

centr

es;

• Th

e tra

dition

al ar

chite

cture

of ru

ral v

illage

s and

mar

ket to

wns o

f Cum

bria,

Che

shire

and L

anca

shire

;

• Th

e hist

oric

Citie

s of C

arlis

le, C

heste

r and

Lanc

aster

; and

• Th

e Lak

e Dist

rict C

ultur

al La

ndsc

ape.

Polic

y EM1

(D):

Tree

s, W

oodl

ands

and

Fore

sts

Plan

s, str

ategie

s, pr

opos

als an

d sch

emes

shou

ld:

• Su

ppor

t the

aim

s an

d pr

ioritie

s of

the N

orth

Wes

t Reg

ional

Fore

stry

Fram

ewor

k an

d su

b-re

giona

l for

estry

stra

tegies

;

• En

cour

age

a ste

ady

targe

ted e

xpan

sion

of tre

e an

d wo

odlan

d co

ver

and

prom

ote s

ustai

nable

ma

nage

ment

of ex

isting

woo

dland

reso

urce

s to e

nable

the d

elive

ry of

multip

le be

nefits

to so

ciety;

• Su

ppor

t the c

ontin

ued r

ole of

comm

unity

fore

stry;

• Ide

ntify

and p

rotec

t anc

ient s

emi-n

atura

l woo

dland

and v

etera

n tre

es.

addr

ess e

colog

ical c

ross

boun

dary

issue

s be

twee

n Cen

tral L

anca

shire

City

Reg

ion an

d Cu

mbria

and N

orth

Lanc

ashir

e Sub

Reg

ion

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith P

PS9 a

nd to

re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

EM

2: R

emed

iati

ng

Co

nta

min

ated

Lan

d

NO

CH

AN

GE

S

EM

3: G

reen

Infr

astr

uct

ure

E

M3

EM

3: G

reen

Infra

stru

ctur

e

62

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

Plan

s, str

ategie

s, pr

opos

als a

nd s

chem

es s

hould

aim

to d

elive

r wide

r spa

tial o

utcom

es th

at inc

orpo

rate

envir

onme

ntal a

nd so

cio-e

cono

mic b

enefi

ts by

:

• Co

nser

ving a

nd m

anag

ing ex

isting

gree

n infr

astru

cture

;

• Cr

eatin

g new

gree

n infr

astru

cture

;

• En

hanc

ing its

func

tiona

lity, q

uality

, and

conn

ectiv

ity an

d acc

essib

ility.

Loca

l auth

oritie

s sho

uld w

ork w

ith pa

rtner

s to:

• Ide

ntify

partn

ersh

ips a

t an

appr

opria

te sc

ale to

take

forw

ard

gree

n inf

rastr

uctur

e pla

nning

, in

the

conte

xt of

relev

ant e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd s

ocio-

econ

omic

objec

tives

. Gre

en in

frastr

uctur

e sh

ould

includ

e the

iden

tifica

tion,

deve

lopme

nt an

d ma

nage

ment

of ne

w ar

eas

of op

en s

pace

. Th

is sh

ould

be

comp

lemen

ted by

the r

etenti

on, e

nhan

ceme

nt an

d ada

ptatio

n of e

xistin

g site

s; , n

ot jus

t mor

e int

ensiv

e us

e of e

xistin

g are

as of

open

spac

e;

• En

sure

that

a key

aim

of gr

een i

nfras

tructu

re is

the m

ainten

ance

and i

mpro

veme

nt of

biodiv

ersit

y;

• Pr

otect

the in

tegrity

of si

tes of

natio

nal a

nd in

terna

tiona

l impo

rtanc

e inc

luding

the h

istor

ic en

viron

ment;

• Us

e ex

isting

stra

tegies

and

fram

ewor

ks to

dev

elop

cons

ensu

s on

gre

en in

frastr

uctur

e pr

ioritie

s an

d as

socia

ted da

ta ne

eds;

• Co

nside

r ho

w to

impr

ove

acce

ss t

o an

d us

age

of op

en s

pace

s by

disa

dvan

taged

gro

ups

and

comm

unitie

s; Pr

omote

phy

sical

and

menta

l hea

lth b

enefi

ts thr

ough

acc

ess

to an

d us

age

of op

en

spac

es by

disa

dvan

taged

grou

ps an

d com

munit

ies;

• Se

t out

the si

gnific

ant g

reen

infra

struc

ture

need

s acro

ss th

e sp

ectru

m of

econ

omic,

env

ironm

ental

and

so

cial o

bjecti

ves;

• Ide

ntify

and s

ecur

e opp

ortun

ities f

or de

liver

y and

put in

plac

e imp

lemen

tation

plan

s;

• Int

egra

te pr

opos

als to

impr

ove

gree

n inf

rastr

uctur

e in

the d

elive

ry of

new

deve

lopme

nts, p

artic

ularly

thr

ough

area

base

d reg

ener

ation

initia

tives

and m

ajor p

ropo

sals

and s

chem

es;

• Ma

ximize

the r

ole of

gree

n infr

astru

cture

in m

itigati

ng an

d ada

pting

to cl

imate

chan

ge;

• Pr

ovide

ne

w ar

eas

of ap

prop

riate

gree

nspa

ce

wher

e de

velop

ment

would

oth

erwi

se

caus

e un

acce

ptable

recre

ation

al pr

essu

re o

n sit

es o

f inter

natio

nal e

colog

ical im

porta

nce,

for e

xamp

le wh

ere

new

hous

ing is

prop

osed

clos

e to s

uch s

ites.

Loca

l Deli

very

of Gr

een

Infra

struc

ture

Plan

s sho

uld se

ek fir

st to

make

use

of e

xistin

g de

liver

y mec

hanis

ms

supp

lemen

ted by

besp

oke d

elive

ry me

chan

isms w

here

nece

ssar

y. A

Gree

n Infr

astru

cture

Guid

e for

the N

orth

Wes

t has

been

prod

uced

whic

h pro

vides

mor

e deta

iled g

uidan

ce

To re

flect

Susta

inabil

ity A

ppra

isal

reco

mmen

datio

ns an

d refl

ect r

epre

senta

tions

ma

de du

ring t

he co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d ch

ange

s. To

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

To re

flect

HRA

reco

mmen

datio

n to i

nclud

e sit

es of

natio

nal im

porta

nce a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es. R

ecog

nised

that

the

histor

ic en

viron

ment

plays

an im

porta

nt ro

le in

plann

ing fo

r Gre

en In

frastr

uctur

e. To

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es an

d re

comm

enda

tions

of H

ealth

and I

nequ

alitie

s As

sess

ment.

63

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

and w

ill as

sist th

e way

this

polic

y is p

ut int

o pra

ctice

.

9.7

Gree

n inf

rastr

uctur

e is

desc

ribed

as

‘a

plann

ed

netw

ork

of mu

lti-fun

ction

al gr

een

spac

es

and

inter

conn

ectin

g lin

ks th

at is

desig

ned,

deve

loped

and

man

aged

to m

eet t

he e

nviro

nmen

tal, s

ocial

and

ec

onom

ic ne

eds

of co

mmun

ities.

Gree

n inf

rastr

uctur

e is

the re

gion’s

life

supp

ort s

ystem

– th

e ne

twor

k of

gree

n an

d blu

e sp

aces

that

lies

withi

n an

d be

twee

n the

Nor

th W

est’s

citie

s, tow

ns a

nd v

illage

s wh

ich

prov

ides m

ultipl

e so

cial, e

cono

mic a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal b

enefi

ts. G

reen

infra

struc

ture

can

contr

ibute

to a

high

quali

ty na

tural

and

built

envir

onme

nt an

d ca

n en

hanc

e tha

t qua

lity o

f life

for p

rese

nt an

d fut

ure

resid

ents

and v

isitor

s and

deliv

ers “

livea

bility

” for

susta

inable

comm

unitie

s. Th

e gre

en in

frastr

uctur

e app

roac

h call

s for

ne

twor

ks o

f gre

en s

pace

to b

e ma

nage

d in

an in

tegra

ted w

ay th

at all

ows

for th

e pr

ovisi

on o

f wide

r soc

io-ec

onom

ic an

d pu

blic h

ealth

ben

efits

e.g. in

creas

ed o

ppor

tunitie

s for

phys

ical a

ctivit

y, wh

ile at

the s

ame t

ime

contr

ibutin

g to

the d

elive

ry of

regio

nal b

iodive

rsity

targe

ts. O

ther b

enefi

ts of

gree

n inf

rastr

uctur

e inc

lude

the

adap

tation

and

mitig

ation

of c

limate

chan

ge. L

ocal

autho

rities

shou

ld ad

opt a

cros

s disc

iplina

ry ap

proa

ch to

the

iden

tifica

tion,

mana

geme

nt an

d cre

ation

of g

reen

infra

struc

ture.

Ther

e is

a ne

ed fo

r the

plan

ning

syste

m to

work

in tan

dem

with

bodie

s res

pons

ible

for le

isure

, cou

ntrys

ide a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal m

anag

emen

t in o

rder

to

deliv

er w

ider b

enefi

ts. L

DF p

olicy

sho

uld id

entify

and

pro

tect e

xistin

g gr

een

infra

struc

ture

and

seek

to

deliv

er im

prov

emen

ts wh

ere

poss

ible.

Regio

nal P

arks

will

be c

omple

menta

ry to

this

polic

y, inc

orpo

ratin

g se

vera

l elem

ents

of gr

een

infra

struc

ture

prov

ision

(se

e Po

licy

EM4)

. Th

is po

licy

shou

ld be

rea

d in

conju

nctio

n wi

th RT

9 wh

ich p

romo

tes a

regio

nal f

r ame

work

for w

alking

and

cyc

ling

appli

cable

to g

reen

inf

rastr

uctur

e.

To re

place

defin

ition o

f Gre

en In

frastr

uctur

e wi

th the

one u

sed i

n the

Nor

th W

est G

reen

Inf

rastr

uctur

e Guid

e for

cons

isten

cy an

d as p

er

Pane

l Rep

ort p

arag

raph

8.30

and t

o refl

ect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e Pro

pose

d Cha

nges

.

9.

8 Pr

ovisi

on o

f alte

rnati

ve re

creati

onal

spac

e ca

n he

lp to

attra

ct re

creati

onal

user

s aw

ay fr

om s

ensit

ive s

ites,

partic

ularly

thos

e of

inter

natio

nal s

ignific

ance

for n

ature

con

serva

tion,

and

redu

ce a

dditio

nal p

ress

ure

on

them.

Som

e sp

ecies

for w

hich

sites

hav

e be

en d

esign

ated

are

partic

ularly

sens

itive

to do

gs, a

nd m

any d

og

walke

rs ma

y be

hap

py to

be

diver

ted to

othe

r, les

s se

nsitiv

e sit

es. T

he lo

catio

n an

d typ

e of

alter

nativ

e sp

ace

must

be c

arefu

lly d

esign

ed to

be

effec

tive.

A str

ategic

app

roac

h to

the p

rovis

ion o

f alte

rnati

ve

recre

ation

al sp

ace

is lik

ely to

be

partic

ularly

effe

ctiv e

, rath

er th

an sm

all p

iecem

eal p

rovis

ion o

f ope

n sp

ace

in as

socia

tion w

ith in

dividu

al de

velop

ments

.

Focu

sing o

n dist

urba

nce b

y dog

walk

ers n

ot co

nside

red t

o be a

ppro

priat

e con

sider

ing th

e sp

atial

scale

of th

e RSS

and r

eflec

ts re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

EM

4: R

egio

nal

Par

ks

EM

4

EM4:

Reg

iona

l Par

ks

Thre

e Ar

eas o

f Sea

rch fo

r Reg

ional

Parks

hav

e be

en id

entifi

ed a

s sho

wn o

n Di

agra

m 9.2

and

with

in Ta

ble

9.1.

• Th

e Nor

th W

est C

oast;

• Th

e Mer

sey B

asin;

and

• Ea

st La

ncas

hire.

The

NWRA

Reg

ional

Plan

ning

Body

will

work

with

partn

ers t

o pr

epar

e a

Stra

tegic

Fram

ewor

k for

eac

h ar

ea

of se

arch

. The

Stra

tegic

Fram

ewor

k will

prov

ide th

e co

ntext

for th

e de

liver

y of r

egion

al pa

rks in

the

area

of

sear

ch by

settin

g out:

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d

64

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• an

ass

essm

ent o

f ass

ets, o

ppor

tunitie

s, fun

ction

s an

d po

tentia

l to

meet

over

all o

bjecti

ves

of re

giona

l pa

rks se

t out

in Fig

ure 9

.1, in

cludin

g tar

get p

opula

tions

;

• a b

road

visio

n and

objec

tives

; and

• gu

iding

princ

iples

for p

rojec

ts be

ing pr

omote

d with

in its

area

of se

arch

.

The

prote

ction

of E

urop

ean

sites

and

the

enha

ncem

ent o

f biod

iversi

ty sh

ould

form

guidi

ng p

rincip

les fo

r the

St

rateg

ic Fr

amew

orks

. In

partic

ular,

Stra

tegic

Fram

ewor

ks s

hould

inclu

de a

n as

sess

ment

of po

tentia

l im

pacts

on si

tes of

inter

natio

nal n

ature

cons

erva

tion i

mpor

tance

. Pl

ans

and

strate

gies

shou

ld ha

ve re

gard

to th

e St

rateg

ic Fr

amew

orks

and

for e

ach

spec

ific re

giona

l par

k sh

ould:

• ide

ntify

the lo

catio

ns an

d bou

ndar

ies;

• se

cure

succ

essfu

l deli

very

and m

anag

emen

t arra

ngem

ents;

• en

sure

that

acce

ss p

rovis

ion is

only

deli

vere

d wh

ere

acce

ss fo

r rec

reati

on w

ill no

t res

ult in

adv

erse

im

pact

on th

e int

egrity

of a

ny s

ite o

f inte

rnati

onal

natur

e co

nser

vatio

n im

porta

nce.

Whe

re th

is ca

nnot

be en

sure

d, ac

cess

restr

iction

s mus

t be p

ut in

place

to pr

even

t the o

ccur

renc

e of a

ny ad

verse

effec

t;

• as

par

t of t

his p

roce

ss, s

ystem

s sh

ould

be in

plac

e to

ensu

re e

ffecti

ve m

onito

ring

of an

d ap

prop

riate

resp

onse

to

any

impa

ct of

recre

ation

al pr

essu

re o

n sit

es o

f int

erna

tiona

l na

ture

cons

erva

tion

impo

rtanc

e tha

t lie w

ithin

or cl

ose t

o Reg

ional

Parks

;

• ac

cess

to th

e Re

giona

l Par

ks b

y wa

lking

, cyc

ling

and

publi

c tra

nspo

rt sh

ould

be p

romo

ted, a

nd c

ar

trans

port

to the

Reg

ional

Parks

sho

uld b

e ma

nage

d in

orde

r to

ensu

re th

at air

poll

ution

at s

ensit

ive

Euro

pean

sites

is no

t affe

cted b

y the

deve

lopme

nt of

Regio

nal P

arks

.

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

EM

5: In

teg

rate

d W

ater

Man

agem

ent

9.

11

In its

bid

to ac

hieve

integ

rated

wate

r man

agem

ent,

grow

th an

d de

velop

ment,

the

North

Wes

t mus

t res

pect

the ca

pacit

y of t

he w

ater a

nd w

etlan

d en

viron

ments

to co

pe w

ith ch

ange

s in

land

use,

partic

ularly

as i

t can

tak

e be

twee

n 5

and

25 ye

ars t

o pla

n an

d de

velop

new

wate

r res

ource

and

was

te wa

ter d

ispos

al sc

heme

s, an

d av

oid a

dver

se im

pacts

on

sites

of i

ntern

ation

al im

porta

nce

for n

ature

con

serva

tion.

Euro

pean

site

s Co

nside

ratio

n of

the e

ffects

of d

evelo

pmen

t on

sites

of i

ntern

ation

al im

porta

nce

for n

ature

con

serva

tion

shou

ld als

o inc

lude,

wher

e re

levan

t, tho

se s

ites

locate

d ou

tside

of t

he R

egion

, in

partic

ular t

he im

pact

of de

velop

ment

on co

astal

and i

nland

wate

rs in

Wale

s.

To pr

ovide

reco

gnitio

n tha

t con

sider

ation

sh

ould

be gi

ven t

o the

impa

ct on

Eur

opea

n sit

es ou

tside

the r

egion

, par

ticula

rly in

Wale

s as

a sig

nifica

nt pr

opor

tion o

f the N

orth

Wes

t’s

water

is su

pplie

d fro

m W

ales a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

EM

6: M

anag

ing

th

e N

ort

h W

est’

s C

oas

tlin

e

NO

CH

AN

GE

S

EM

7: M

iner

als

Ext

ract

ion

65

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

NO

CH

AN

GE

S

EM

8: L

and

-wo

n A

gg

reg

ates

9.20

As

a la

rge-

scale

use

r of a

ggre

gates

, the

Nor

th W

est r

elies

hea

vily

on im

ports

from

othe

r reg

ions.

MPG6

se

ts ou

t the

curre

nt go

vern

ment

advic

e on

plan

ning

for th

e ne

cess

ary l

evel

of ag

greg

ate su

pplie

s betw

een

2001

and

201

6, wh

ich is

bas

ed o

n tec

hnica

l adv

ice fr

om th

e Re

giona

l Agg

rega

tes W

orkin

g Pa

rties (

RAW

P)

and

studie

s int

o lon

g-ter

m de

mand

. This

amo

unts

to 55

milli

on to

nnes

of s

and

and

grav

el an

d 16

7 mi

llion

tonne

s of

crush

ed ro

ck fr

om p

rimar

y lan

d wo

n so

urce

s in

the N

orth

Wes

t and

an

addit

ional

155

millio

n ton

nes

from

elsew

here

, inc

luding

impo

rts fr

om o

utside

the

regio

n, ma

rine-

dred

ged

sour

ces

and

the u

se o

f se

cond

ary

or re

cycle

d ma

terial

s . T

he N

WRA

Reg

ional

Plan

ning

Body

will

work

togeth

er w

ith R

AWP

to ide

ntify

the le

vel o

f agg

rega

tes th

at sh

ould

be p

rovid

ed fo

r the

per

iod u

ntil 2

021

base

d on

the

advic

e of

the

ODPM

.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

EM

9: S

eco

nd

ary

and

Rec

ycle

d A

gg

reg

ates

E

M9

EM

9: S

econ

dary

and

Recy

cled

Aggr

egat

es

The

NWRA

Reg

ional

Plan

ning

Body

will

work

with

the R

egion

al Ag

greg

ates

Wor

king

Party

, mine

ral a

nd

waste

plan

ning

autho

rities

, and

othe

rs to

maxim

ise th

e ro

le pla

yed

by s

econ

dary

and

recy

cled

sour

ces

of ag

greg

ates i

n mee

ting t

he R

egion

’s re

quire

ments

by:

• wo

rking

with

the

cons

tructi

on in

dustr

y to

achie

ve a

targ

et of

20%

of c

onstr

uctio

n ag

greg

ates t

o be

from

se

cond

ary o

r rec

ycled

sour

ces b

y 201

0 and

25%

by 20

21;

• en

cour

aging

loca

l auth

oritie

s an

d de

velop

ers

to inc

orpo

rate

tempo

rary

mater

ials-r

ecyc

ling

facilit

ies o

n the

sites

of m

ajor d

emoli

tion o

r con

struc

tion p

rojec

ts; an

d

• pla

ns a

nd s

trateg

ies id

entify

ing, s

ites

or c

riteria

for t

he p

rovis

ion o

f per

mane

nt re

cycli

ng p

lants

for

cons

tructi

on an

d dem

olitio

n was

te in

appr

opria

te loc

ation

s.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

EM

10:

A R

egio

nal

Ap

pro

ach

to

Was

te M

anag

emen

t E

M10

EM10

: A R

egio

nal A

ppro

ach

to W

aste

Man

agem

ent

Plan

s, str

ategie

s, pr

opos

als a

nd s

chem

es s

hould

pro

mote

and

requ

ire th

e pr

ovisi

on o

f sus

taina

ble n

ew

waste

man

agem

ent i

nfras

tructu

re, f

acilit

ies a

nd s

ystem

s tha

t con

tribute

to th

e de

velop

ment

of the

Nor

th W

est b

y re

ducin

g ha

rm to

the

envir

onme

nt (in

cludi n

g re

ducin

g im

pacts

on

clima

te ch

ange

), im

prov

ing th

e eff

icien

cy of

reso

urce

s, sti

mulat

ing in

vestm

ent a

nd m

axim

ising

econ

omic

oppo

rtunit

ies.

Plan

s an

d str

ategie

s sh

ould

refle

ct the

prin

ciples

set

out i

n the

Was

te St

rateg

y for

Eng

land

2007

and

PP

S10.

Whe

re p

racti

cable

, the

y sh

ould

seek

to a

chiev

e the

follo

wing

regio

nal w

aste

targe

ts: T

hey

shou

ld se

ek to

achie

ve th

e foll

owing

regio

nal w

aste

targe

ts, an

d to e

xcee

d the

m wh

ere p

racti

cable

:

• gr

owth

in mu

nicipa

l was

te to

be re

duce

d to z

ero b

y 201

4;

• 40

% o

f hou

seho

ld wa

ste to

be

reus

ed, r

ecyc

led o

r com

poste

d by

201

0; 45

% b

y 20

15; a

nd 5

5% b

y

To pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

and t

o refl

ect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

. ‘re

used

’ add

ed to

refle

ct the

Nati

onal

Was

te

66

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

2020

;

• va

lue to

be re

cove

red f

rom

53%

of m

unici

pal s

olid w

aste

by 20

10 (in

cludin

g rec

yclin

g/com

posti

ng);

and

67%

by 20

15 an

d 75%

by 20

20;

• ze

ro fu

ture g

rowt

h in c

omme

rcial

and i

ndus

trial w

astes

;

• re

cycle

35%

of al

l com

merci

al an

d ind

ustria

l was

tes by

2020

;

• va

lue to

be

reco

vere

d fro

m at

least

70%

of c

omme

rcial

and

indus

trial w

astes

by

2020

(inc

luding

re

cycli

ng/co

mpos

ting)

.

Stra

tegy o

bjecti

ves a

nd N

ation

al Ind

icator

192

9.

22

Euro

pean

leg

islati

on,

gove

rnme

nt tar

gets,

inc

reas

ing

waste

ge

nera

tion,

the

need

for

im

prov

ed

envir

onme

ntal p

rotec

tion

and

rising

pub

lic e

xpec

tation

s driv

e the

nee

d for

rapid

chan

ges i

n ou

r app

roac

h to

mana

ging w

aste.

In pa

rticula

r, we

need

to re

duce

our r

elian

ce on

land

fill by

prov

iding

alter

nativ

e fac

ilities

for

repr

oces

sing,

treatm

ent

and

dispo

sal.

The

regio

nal

strate

gy f

or w

aste

sets

out

targe

ts for

was

te mi

nimisa

tion,

recy

cling

and

reco

very

(ene

rgy)

from

both

comm

ercia

l and

indu

strial

was

te an

d mu

nicipa

l wa

ste. T

he ta

rgets

hav

e be

en se

t to

prom

ote th

e mo

veme

nt ma

nage

ment

of wa

ste u

p the

was

te hie

rarch

y an

d to

follow

the

gove

rnme

nt’s

polic

y of

deco

uplin

g wa

ste g

rowt

h fro

m ec

onom

ic gr

owth.

The

natu

re o

f wa

ste m

anag

emen

t and

geo

grap

hic va

riatio

n is

such

that

ta rge

ts for

indiv

idual

local

autho

rity w

ill va

ry wi

th loc

ally

deter

mine

d cir

cums

tance

s. Th

e Re

giona

l Was

te An

nual

Monit

oring

Rep

ort

will

includ

e up

date

perfo

rman

ce as

sess

ments

on a

regio

nal b

asis.

Amen

ded t

o refl

ect th

at it i

s the

mov

emen

t of

treatm

ent m

ethod

s rath

er th

an w

aste

that is

mo

ving u

pwar

ds an

d to r

eflec

t rep

rese

ntatio

ns

made

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

EM

11:

Was

te M

anag

emen

t P

rin

cip

les

EM

11

E

M11

: W

aste

Man

agem

ent

Pri

nci

ple

s

Ever

y effo

rt sh

ould

be m

ade

to mi

nimise

was

te, m

axim

ise re

-use

, and

max

imise

opp

ortun

ities f

or th

e us

e of

recy

cled

mater

ial. S

uch

resid

ual w

aste

as d

oes a

rise

shou

ld be

man

aged

at t

he h

ighes

t pra

ctica

ble le

vel in

the

Gov

ernm

ent’s

was

te hie

rarch

y. Th

e fol

lowi ng

seq

uenc

e of

initia

tives

sho

uld b

e fol

lowed

, an

d ap

prop

riate

facilit

ies pr

ovide

d:

• firs

t, was

te mi

nimisa

tion a

nd re

-use

; then

• ma

ximise

the r

e-us

e of w

aste

for th

e sam

e or a

diffe

rent

purp

ose;

then

• co

mpos

ting

or r

ecyc

ling

(for

instan

ce th

roug

h str

eam e

d “ke

rbsid

e” c

ollec

tions

, “br

ing”

bank

s, civ

ic am

enity

sites

, and

centr

alise

d rec

yclin

g fac

ilities

); the

n

• int

erme

diate

treatm

ent o

f was

tes th

at ca

nnot

read

ily b

e co

mpos

ted o

r rec

ycled

(thr

ough

ana

erob

ic dig

estio

n or m

echa

nical

biolog

ical tr

eatm

ent (

MBT)

); or

• tre

atmen

t to de

al wi

th ha

zard

ous m

ateria

ls; th

en

• pr

oduc

tion o

f refu

se de

rived

fuels

from

was

te; th

en

• re

cove

ry of

ener

gy fr

om re

sidua

l was

te an

d re

fuse

deriv

ed fu

els (b

y a

rang

e of

therm

al tre

atmen

ts);

and f

inally

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith th

e Gov

ernm

ent’s

wa

ste hi

erar

chy a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions

made

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

67

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• dis

posa

l of r

esidu

al wa

stes b

y lan

d-fill

ing (o

r land

-raisi

ng),

includ

ing th

e rec

over

y of e

nerg

y fro

m lan

dfill

gas w

here

prac

ticab

le.

9.

25

Comm

ercia

l and

indu

strial

plan

ning

prop

osals

shou

ld be

enc

oura

ged

to ex

ploit s

ignific

ant o

ppor

tunitie

s tha

t ar

e lik

ely to

exis

t to

incre

ase

the e

xtent

of on

-site

reco

very

of co

mmer

cial a

nd in

dustr

ial w

astes

and

inc

luding

cons

tructi

on an

d dem

olitio

n was

te.

To co

rrect

a mino

r erro

r in th

e pro

pose

d ch

ange

s doc

umen

t and

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

. E

M12

: L

oca

tio

nal

Pri

nci

ple

s

NO

CH

AN

GE

S

EM

13:

Pro

visi

on

of

Nat

ion

ally

, Reg

ion

ally

an

d S

ub

-Reg

ion

ally

Sig

nif

ican

t W

aste

Man

agem

ent

EM

13

E

M13

: P

rovi

sio

n o

f N

atio

nal

ly,

Reg

ion

ally

an

d S

ub

-Reg

ion

ally

Sig

nif

ican

t W

aste

M

anag

emen

t

Plan

s, str

ategie

s, pr

opos

als a

nd s

chem

es s

hould

pro

vide

for a

n ap

prop

riate

type,

size

and

mix

of de

velop

ment

oppo

rtunit

ies to

supp

ort , b

ring f

orwa

rd an

d safe

guar

d site

s for

the w

aste

mana

geme

nt fac

ilities

an

d br

ing fo

rwar

d an

d sa

fegua

rd si

tes fo

r was

te ma

nage

ment

facilit

ies th

at wi

ll deli

ver t

he ca

pacit

y to

deal

with

the in

dicati

ve v

olume

s of

non-

haza

rdou

s co

mmer

cial a

nd in

dustr

ial w

aste,

haz

ardo

us w

aste

and

munic

ipal w

aste

in ea

ch su

b-re

gion,

as se

t out

in Ta

bles 9

.3, 9.

4 and

9.5 r

espe

ctive

ly.

Plan

s and

Stra

tegies

shou

ld ide

ntify

locati

ons f

or w

aste

mana

geme

nt fac

ilities

and

allo

cate

suita

ble si

tes fo

r the

pro

vision

of f

acilit

ies u

p to

2020

. Whe

n ide

ntifyi

ng th

ese

sites

, acc

ount

shou

ld be

take

n of

the sc

ope

for

co-lo

catio

n of

comp

lemen

tary

activ

ities,

such

as

reso

urce

rec

over

y pa

rks, t

o su

ppor

t the

pro

vision

of

adeq

uate

repr

oces

sing a

nd re

-man

ufactu

ring c

apac

ity.

In co

nside

ring

prop

osals

for w

aste

mana

geme

nt fac

ilities

(inc

luding

add

itiona

l land

fill ca

pacit

y) the

abil

ity o

f ex

isting

esta

blish

ed s

ites

to me

et the

nee

ds o

f the

regio

n / s

ub re

gion

shou

ld be

fully

exp

lored

. Whe

reve

r po

ssibl

e, su

ch s

ites

shou

ld be

use

d in

prefe

renc

e to

other

site

s wh

ere

waste

man

agem

ent a

ctivit

ies h

ave

not p

revio

usly

been

loca

ted, p

rovid

ed p

ropo

sals

for th

e de

velop

ment

of wa

ste m

anag

emen

t fac

ilities

satis

fy ge

nera

l plan

ning

and

licen

sing

cond

itions

, inc

luding

the

likely

cum

ulativ

e im

pact

on th

e en

viron

ment,

lan

dsca

pe, c

ultur

al he

ritage

, gro

undw

ater,

the a

menit

y and

hea

lth o

f the

neig

hbou

rhoo

d an

d re

siden

ts, th

e tra

ffic im

pact;

ava

ilable

tran

spor

t link

s; the

pre

venti

on a

nd c

ontro

l of p

olluti

on a

nd a

ny s

pecif

ic tec

hnica

l iss

ues.

For b

oth th

e mu

nicipa

l, and

the

comm

ercia

l and

indu

strial

was

te str

eams

, prim

ary r

ecep

tion,

treatm

ent a

nd

trans

fer fa

cilitie

s sh

ould

be lo

cated

nea

r to

the s

ource

s of

arisi

ngs.

Seco

ndar

y tre

atmen

t and

disp

osal

facilit

ies m

ay b

e loc

ated

on a

sub

-regio

nal s

trateg

ic ba

sis, t

o se

rve a

wide

r catc

hmen

t are

a. Re

giona

lly

signif

icant

facilit

ies m

ay b

e ne

eded

to se

rve th

e Me

rsey B

elt, w

hich

includ

es th

e Ma

nche

ster a

nd L

iverp

ool

conu

rbati

ons.

The

prov

ision

of n

ation

ally s

ignific

ant w

aste

mana

geme

nt fac

ilities

may

be

appr

opria

te wh

ere

the re

gion o

ffers

a par

ticula

r was

te ma

nage

ment

adva

ntage

on a

natio

nal s

cale.

Mino

r rew

ordin

g to p

rovid

e gre

ater c

larity

and

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

. To

ensu

re co

nsist

ency

with

prop

osals

for t

he

refor

m of

regio

nal g

over

nanc

e as s

et ou

t in th

e

68

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

Whe

re it

is ap

prop

riate

at the

sub-

regio

nal le

vel, w

aste

plann

ing, d

ispos

al an

d co

llecti

on a

uthor

ities s

hould

wo

rk tog

ether

to p

rodu

ce jo

int w

aste

mana

geme

nt str

ategie

s in

partn

ersh

ip wi

th the

Env

ironm

ent A

genc

y, the

was

te ma

nage

ment

indus

try, th

e Reg

ional

Plan

ning B

ody N

WRA

and o

ther s

takeh

older

s.

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

Tabl

e 9.3:

Indi

cativ

e Ann

ual C

apac

ity o

f Non

-Haz

ardo

us C

omm

ercia

l and

Indu

stria

l Was

te A

risin

gs to

2020

Su

b Re

gion

al Ar

ea

Indi

cativ

e tot

al wa

ste t

reat

men

t cap

acity

(000

’s To

nnes

) Co

mpo

stin

g / R

ecyc

ling

/ Tre

atm

ent /

The

rmal

Land

fill R

equi

rem

ent (

000’s

Ton

nes)

Ches

hire

689

403

330

346

Cumb

ria

625

297

224

223

Lanc

ashir

e (inc

luding

Blac

kbur

n with

Dar

wen a

nd B

lackp

ool)

1,763

90

0 1,0

21

649

Grea

ter M

anch

ester

1,1

58

1,583

76

3 1,2

28

Merse

yside

and H

alton

73

1 67

7 48

5 78

8 W

arrin

gton

166

134

82

96

North

Wes

t Tot

al 5,1

32

3,998

2,9

05

3,333

EM

14:

Rad

ioac

tive

Was

te

EM

14

E

M14

: R

adio

acti

ve W

aste

Plan

s an

d str

ategie

s sh

ould

conti

nue

to su

ppor

t the

No r

th W

est a

s a

centr

e of

natio

nal a

nd in

terna

tiona

l ex

pertis

e in

the f

ields

of

nucle

ar f

uel

fabric

at ion

, re

proc

essin

g, ra

dioac

tive

waste

man

agem

ent

and

deco

mmiss

ioning

. Na

tiona

l and

regio

nal p

artne

rs sh

ould

work

togeth

er to

pro

mote

an a

gree

d so

lution

to th

e sa

fe lon

g-ter

m ma

nage

ment

of ra

dioac

tive

waste

, bas

ed o

n co

nsult

ation

wi th

all r

eleva

nt int

eres

ts. T

his sh

ould

incor

pora

te a

long-

term

comm

itmen

t to

the re

ducti

on o

f rad

ioacti

ve d

ischa

rges

and

to ra

dioac

tive

waste

mini

misa

tion,

mana

geme

nt an

d safe

stor

age t

echn

iques

.

To co

rrect

an om

ission

in th

e Pro

pose

d Ch

ange

s RSS

and t

o refl

ect r

epre

senta

tions

ma

de du

ring t

he co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d ch

ange

s.

EM

15:

A F

ram

ewo

rk f

or

Su

stai

nab

le E

ner

gy

in t

he

No

rth

Wes

t E

M15

EM

15:

A F

ram

ewo

rk f

or

Su

stai

nab

le E

ner

gy

in t

he

No

rth

Wes

t

Plan

s an

d str

ategie

s sh

ould

prom

ote s

ustai

nable

ene

rgy

prod

uctio

n an

d co

nsum

ption

in a

ccor

danc

e wi

th the

prin

ciples

of t

he E

nerg

y Hi

erar

chy

set o

ut in

Figur

e 9.4

and

with

in the

Sus

taina

ble E

nerg

y St

rateg

y. In

line

with

the N

orth

Wes

t Sus

taina

ble E

nerg

y Stra

tegy,

the N

orth

Wes

t aim

s to

doub

le its

insta

lled

Comb

ined

Heat

and P

ower

(CHP

) cap

acity

by 20

10 fr

om 86

6 MW

e to 1

.5 GW

, if ec

onom

ic co

nditio

ns ar

e fea

sible.

Al

l pub

lic a

uthor

ities s

hould

in th

eir o

wn p

ropo

sals

and

sche

mes (

includ

ing re

furbis

hmen

t) lea

d by

exa

mple

Mino

r tex

t ame

ndme

nt to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n

69

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

to em

phas

ise th

eir c

ommi

tmen

t to

redu

cing

the a

nnua

l con

sump

tion

of en

ergy

and

; the

pote

ntial

for

susta

inable

ene

rgy

gene

ratio

n, an

d fac

ilitate

the

adop

tion

of go

od p

racti

ce b

y the

wide

st ra

nge

of loc

al sta

keho

lders.

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

EM

16:

En

erg

y C

on

serv

atio

n a

nd

Eff

icie

ncy

E

M16

EM

16:

En

erg

y C

on

serv

atio

n a

nd

Eff

icie

ncy

Loca

l auth

oritie

s, en

ergy

sup

plier

s, co

nstru

ction

com

panie

s, de

velop

ers,

trans

port

prov

iders

and

other

or

ganis

ation

s mu

st sh

ould

ensu

re th

at the

ir ap

proa

ch to

ene

rgy

is ba

sed

on m

inimi

sing

cons

umpti

on a

nd

dema

nd, p

romo

ting

maxim

um e

fficien

cy a

nd m

inimu

m wa

ste in

all a

spec

ts of

local

plann

ing, d

evelo

pmen

t an

d en

ergy

con

sump

tion.

To s

uppo

rt thi

s, Di

stribu

tion

Netw

ork

Oper

ators11

and

Loc

al Pl

annin

g Au

thoriti

es

shou

ld ma

ke e

ffecti

ve p

rovis

ion fo

r req

uired

ene

rgy

netw

ork

upgr

ades

in te

rms

of dis

tributi

on c

onne

ction

s an

d sub

statio

ns.

Plan

s an

d St

rateg

ies s

hould

acti

vely

facilit

ate r

educ

tions

in e

nerg

y re

quire

ments

and

impr

ovem

ents

in en

ergy

effic

iency

by

incor

pora

ting

robu

st po

licies

whic

h su

ppor

t the

deli

very

of the

nati

onal

timeta

ble fo

r re

ducin

g emi

ssion

s fro

m do

mesti

c and

non-

dome

stic b

uildin

gs. p

romo

te:

• Mi

nimum

ene

rgy e

fficien

cy st

anda

rds f

or n

ew h

omes

equ

ivalen

t to

Leve

l 3 o

f the

Cod

e for

Sus

taina

ble

Home

s by

201

0, Le

vel 4

by

2013

, and

Lev

el 6

‘zero

car

bon’

by 2

016

(up

until

the d

ate -

curre

ntly

expe

cted

to be

Apr

il 200

8 - w

hen

it is a

nticip

ated

that it

will

beco

mes a

man

dator

y req

uirem

ent t

o me

et the

Cod

e rati

ngs);

• Mi

nimum

ene

rgy e

fficien

cy st

anda

rds f

or a

ll othe

r buil

dings

to ‘v

ery g

ood’

(or w

here

pos

sible,

in u

rban

ar

eas,

‘exce

llent’

) of

the B

uildin

g Re

sear

ch E

stabli

shme

nt’s

Envir

onme

ntal

Asse

ssme

nt Me

thod

(BRE

EAM)

;

• Im

pleme

ntatio

n of

ener

gy co

nser

vatio

n me

asur

es a

nd e

fficien

cy o

f des

ign, la

yout,

loca

tion

and

use

of ma

terial

s and

natur

al re

sour

ces i

n new

build

ings a

nd re

furbis

hmen

t sch

emes

;

• Th

e wide

r ado

ption

of en

ergy

effic

iency

mea

sure

s in e

xistin

g buil

dings

.

Mino

r tex

t ame

ndme

nt To

ensu

re co

nsist

ency

with

Clim

ate C

hang

e PP

S (su

pplem

ent to

PPS

1) w

hich e

nable

s pla

nning

autho

rities

to go

furth

er an

d fas

ter

than t

he na

tiona

l time

table

only

wher

e loc

al cir

cums

tance

s allo

w an

d for

iden

tified

op

portu

nities

(i.e.

not a

n acro

ss th

e piec

e po

licy).

To r

eflec

t rec

ent g

over

nmen

t poli

cy

statem

ents

and a

nnou

ncem

ents.

9.51

In

July

2007

, the

Gov

ernm

ent p

ublis

hed

Build

ing a

Gre

ener

Futu

re, a

poli

cy st

ateme

nt ou

tlining

a tim

etable

for

tigh

tening

nati

onal

Build

ing R

egula

tions

to a

chiev

e a

25%

redu

ction

in c

arbo

n em

ission

s fro

m ne

w ho

mes i

n 20

10, a

nd 4

4% in

201

3, be

fore

reac

hing

zero

carb

on in

201

6. T

he G

over

nmen

t also

ann

ounc

ed

in the

Bud

get 2

008

an a

mbitio

n for

all

new

non-

dome

stic

build

ings

to be

zer

o ca

rbon

from

201

9 wi

th co

nsult

ation

on th

e tim

eline

and i

ts fea

sibilit

y.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith C

limate

Cha

nge

PPS

(supp

lemen

t to P

PS1)

9.

52

The

Plan

ning

and

Clim

ate C

hang

e PP

S (P

PS1

Supp

lemen

t) co

nfirm

s tha

t ther

e wi

ll be

situa

tions

whe

re it

co

uld b

e ap

prop

riate

for lo

cal p

lannin

g au

thoriti

es to

exp

ect h

igher

leve

ls of

build

ing s

ustai

nabil

ity th

an th

e pr

evail

ing s

tanda

rds

set n

ation

ally

throu

gh b

uildin

g re

gulat

ions.

Loc

al re

quire

ments

sho

uld b

e br

ough

t for

ward

thro

ugh d

evelo

pmen

t plan

docu

ments

and f

ocus

on kn

own o

ppor

tunitie

s. Lo

cal p

lannin

g auth

oritie

s ar

e exp

ected

to de

mons

trate

clear

ly the

loca

l circ

umsta

nces

that

warra

nt an

d allo

w the

loca

l requ

ireme

nt.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith C

limate

Cha

nge

PPS

(supp

lemen

t to P

PS1)

9.

53

Whe

n pr

opos

ing a

ny lo

cal r

equir

emen

ts for

sus

taina

ble b

uildin

gs, l

ocal

plann

ing a

uthor

ities

shou

ld, in

line

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith C

limate

Cha

nge

11 T

here

are c

urre

ntly 2

licen

sed D

istrib

ution

Netw

ork O

pera

tors f

or th

e Nor

th W

est –

Unit

ed U

tilitie

s Elec

tricity

and S

cottis

h Pow

er.

70

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

with

the P

PS on

clim

ate ch

ange

, focu

s on d

evelo

pmen

t are

a or s

ite-sp

ecific

oppo

rtunit

ies. T

hey s

hould

fulfil

the

tests

set o

ut in

para

grap

h 33

of t

he su

pplem

ent in

cludin

g en

surin

g tha

t any

requ

ireme

nts a

re e

viden

ce-

base

d an

d via

ble, a

nd c

onsis

tent w

ith s

ecur

ing th

e ex

pecte

d su

pply

and

pace

of h

ousin

g de

velop

ment12

. An

y loc

al re

quire

ments

shou

ld be

spec

ified

in ter

ms o

f the

ach

ievem

ent o

f nati

onall

y des

cribe

d su

staina

ble

build

ings s

tanda

rds,

for ex

ample

, in th

e cas

e of h

ousin

g, by

expe

cting

iden

tified

prop

osals

to be

deliv

ered

at

a spe

cific

level

of the

Cod

e for

Sus

taina

ble H

omes

.

PPS

(supp

lemen

t to P

PS1)

9.

48

9.54

It

may

be a

ppro

priat

e for

regio

nal e

nerg

y eff

icien

cy ta

rgets

in fu

ture

to be

exp

ress

ed in

term

s of

carb

on

savin

gs, b

ut the

re is

cur

rentl

y no

regio

nal a

gree

ment

on th

e ev

idenc

e ba

se to

infor

m the

sett

ing o

f suc

h tar

gets.

The

Clim

ate C

hang

e Ac

tion

Plan

for E

nglan

d’s N

orthw

est13

, the

mec

hanis

m thr

ough

whic

h the

No

rth W

est S

ustai

nable

Ene

rgy

Stra

tegy

will

be im

pleme

nted,

initia

ted re

sear

ch to

dev

elop

a re

giona

l inv

entor

y of

gree

nhou

se g

as e

miss

ions

and

cons

ider t

arge

ts for

emi

ssion

s re

ducti

ons

and

gene

ratio

n of

rene

wable

hea

t. It

is als

o an

ticipa

ted th

at the

forth

comi

ng C

limate

Cha

nge

Bill14

will

prop

ose

natio

nal

emiss

ions t

arge

ts. T

here

fore,

work

to de

velop

targ

ets fo

r red

uced

ene

rgy c

onsu

mptio

n wi

ll be

cons

idere

d in

a fut

ure

revie

w of

RSS.

The

inter

natio

nal im

porta

nce

of mu

ch o

f the

coas

tline

and

all o

f the

majo

r estu

aries

of

the R

egion

for n

ature

cons

erva

tion i

s like

ly to

infor

m ch

oice o

f loca

tion f

or m

arine

sche

mes.

For c

onsis

tency

with

revis

ed E

M16 t

ext

Polic

y rela

tes to

ener

gy ef

ficien

cy no

t re

newa

ble en

ergy

sche

mes.

Ther

efore

HRA

tex

t wou

ld be

mor

e app

ropr

iate i

n sup

portin

g pa

ragr

aphs

to E

M17.

This

refle

cts

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

. E

M17

: R

enew

able

En

erg

y

9.51

9.

57

Each

rene

wable

tech

nolog

y has

its o

wn lo

catio

nal c

hara

cteris

tics a

nd re

quire

ments

and

diffe

rent

area

s will

be b

etter

suit

ed to

diffe

rent

techn

ologie

s. Th

e int

erna

tiona

l impo

rtanc

e of

much

of t

he c

oastl

ine a

nd a

ll of

the m

ajor e

stuar

ies o

f the

Reg

ion fo

r natu

re c

onse

rvati o

n is

likely

to in

form

choic

e of

locati

on fo

r mar

ine

sche

mes.

HRA

text th

at wa

s erro

neou

sly in

serte

d in

para

grap

h 9.48

inco

rpor

ated i

nto pa

ragr

aph

9.51 a

nd re

flects

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing

the co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

. E

M18

: D

ecen

tral

ised

En

erg

y S

up

ply

E

M18

EM18

: Dec

entra

lised

Ene

rgy S

uppl

y Pl

ans

and

strate

gies

shou

ld en

cour

age t

he u

se o

f dec

entra

lised

and

rene

wable

or l

ow-ca

rbon

ene

rgy

in ne

w de

velop

ment

in or

der t

o co

ntribu

te to

the a

chiev

emen

t of t

he ta

rgets

set o

ut in

Table

9.6

and

9.7a-

c. In

partic

ular,

local

autho

rities

shou

ld, in

their

Dev

elopm

ent P

lan D

ocum

ents,

set o

ut:

• tar

gets

for th

e en

ergy

to b

e us

ed in

new

dev

elopm

ent t

o co

me fr

om d

ecen

tralis

ed a

nd re

newa

ble o

r low

-carb

on en

ergy

sour

ces,

base

d on a

ppro

priat

e evid

ence

and v

iabilit

y ass

essm

ents;

and

• the

type

and s

ize of

deve

lopme

nt to

which

the t

arge

t will

be ap

plied

.

In ad

vanc

e of

local

targe

ts be

ing se

t, ne

w no

n re

siden

tial d

evelo

pmen

ts ab

ove

a thr

esho

ld of

1,000

m² a

nd

all re

siden

tial d

evelo

pmen

ts co

mpris

ing 1

0 or

mor

e un

its s

hould

sec

ure

at lea

st 10

% o

f the

ir pr

edict

ed

ener

gy r

equir

emen

ts fro

m de

centr

alise

d an

d re

newa

ble o

r low

-carb

on s

ource

s, un

less

it ca

n be

de

mons

trated

by th

e app

lican

t, ha

ving r

egar

d to t

he ty

pe of

deve

lopme

nt inv

olved

and i

ts de

sign,

that t

his is

To ta

ke ac

coun

t of th

e Sup

pleme

nt to

PPS1

on

Clim

ate C

hang

e, PP

S22 a

nd

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

. The

polic

y reta

ins

the fo

cus o

n DPD

s as b

eing t

he m

echa

nism

to se

t targ

ets fo

r dec

entra

lised

and r

enew

able

or

low-ca

rbon

ener

gy in

new

deve

lopme

nt, bu

t re

cogn

ises t

hat R

SS ca

n pro

vide a

n inte

rim

targe

t for c

ertai

n typ

es an

d size

s of

deve

lopme

nt in

to en

sure

that

this i

ssue

is

addr

esse

d dur

ing th

e per

iod un

til loc

ally

deriv

ed ta

rgets

are i

n plac

e in t

he re

gion.

12

Plan

ning P

olicy

Stat

emen

t 12 –

Loca

l Spa

tial P

lannin

g. Pa

ragr

aph 4

.52. D

epar

tmen

t of C

ommu

nities

and L

ocal

Gove

rnme

nt, Ju

ne 20

08.

13 R

ising

to th

e Cha

lleng

e, A

Clim

ate C

hang

e Acti

on P

lan fo

r Eng

land’s

Nor

thwes

t 200

7-09

, Nor

thwes

t Clim

ate C

hang

e Par

tnersh

ip, N

ovem

ber 2

006.

14 C

limate

Cha

nge B

ill Ma

rch 20

07, D

efra,

CM70

40.

71

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

not fe

asibl

e or v

iable.

Pl

ans a

nd st

rateg

ies sh

ould:

• s

et ou

t targ

ets fo

r the

ener

gy to

be us

ed in

new

deve

lopme

nt to

come

from

dece

ntrali

sed a

nd re

newa

ble

or lo

w-ca

rbon

ener

gy so

urce

s, ba

sed o

n app

ropr

iate e

viden

ce an

d viab

ility a

sses

smen

ts;

• set

out th

e typ

e and

size

of de

velop

ment

to wh

ich th

e tar

get w

ill be

appli

ed;

• enc

oura

ge th

e use

of sm

aller

scale

comm

unity

and o

n site

rene

wable

ener

gy pr

ojects

in or

der t

o ach

ieve

the ta

rgets

set o

ut in

Table

9.6 a

nd 9.

7a-c.

Align

s mor

e clos

ely w

ith th

e app

roac

h re

comm

ende

d in t

he P

anel

Repo

rt, ho

weve

r do

es no

t inclu

de lo

wer t

hres

hold

reco

mmen

ded a

s Pan

el Re

port

indica

ted a

lack o

f evid

ence

to su

ppor

t this

lower

thr

esho

ld.

9.

53

9.59

PP

S1 su

pplem

ent o

n Clim

ate C

hang

e ind

icates

that

expe

cts lo

cal p

lannin

g auth

oritie

s will

need

to pr

ovide

a fra

mewo

rk tha

t pro

motes

and

enc

oura

ges

rene

wable

and

low

carb

on e

nerg

y de

velop

ment.

Loc

al pla

nning

au

thoriti

es sh

ould

have

an

evide

nce-

base

d un

derst

andin

g of

the lo

cal fe

asibi

lity a

nd p

otenti

al for

rene

wable

an

d low

-carb

on te

chno

logies

, inc

luding

micr

ogen

erati

on, t

o su

pply

new

deve

lopme

nt in

their

area

.ens

ure

that t

hey

prep

are

an e

viden

ce b

ase

lookin

g at

the p

otenti

al an

d fea

sibilit

y of

supp

lying

new

dev

elopm

ent

from

dece

ntrali

sed

and

rene

wable

and

low

carb

on te

chno

logies

. Dec

entra

lised

sour

ces o

f sup

ply a

re sm

all

scale

sup

plies

whic

h loc

ally

serve

a d

evelo

pmen

t or s

i te a

nd c

an b

e loc

ated

on s

ite o

r nea

r the

site

. Re

newa

ble a

nd lo

w-ca

rbon

sou

rces

of su

pply

includ

e en

ergy

from

natu

ral s

ource

s inc

luding

sola

r, wi

nd,

hydr

o, wa

ve, b

iomas

s, gr

ound

sou

rce h

eatin

g, co

mbine

d he

at an

d po

wer a

nd e

nerg

y-fro

m-wa

ste. T

arge

ts for

the

perce

ntage

of e

nerg

y to

be u

se in

new

dev

elopm

ent t

o co

me fr

om d

ecen

tralis

ed a

nd re

newa

ble o

r low

-carb

on e

nerg

y so

urce

s sh

ould

be s

et ou

t and

teste

d in

Deve

lopme

nt Pl

an D

ocum

ents

to en

sure

they

ar

e ev

idenc

e-ba

sed,

viable

and

sho

uld n

ot be

ove

rly p

resc

riptiv

e an

d sh

ould

be b

ased

upo

n the

ava

ilable

ev

idenc

e an

d via

bility

and

can

be

set f

or d

evelo

pmen

t are

as o

r at s

ite le

vel.

Targ

ets s

hould

be

cons

isten

t wi

th en

surin

g hou

sing a

nd af

forda

ble ho

using

supp

ly is

not in

hibite

d.

Defin

ition o

f dec

entra

lised

ener

gy an

d re

newa

ble an

d low

carb

on so

urce

s mov

ed to

the

glos

sary.

10 M

anch

este

r C

ity

Reg

ion

10.1

Th

e Ma

nche

ster C

ity R

egion

has

a w

ide a

rea

of inf

luenc

e str

etchin

g int

o Hi

gh P

eak

and

it ha

s str

ong

econ

omic

and

trans

port

links

with

the

city

regio

ns o

f Cen

tral L

anca

shire

, Live

rpoo

l, an

d Le

eds.

For t

he

purp

oses

of

artic

ulatin

g RS

S po

licy

the s

ub r

egion

is d

efine

d as

the

ten

Gre

ater

Manc

heste

r loc

al au

thoriti

es,

Cong

leton

, Ma

ccles

field,

and

War

ringto

n. Ea

st Ch

eshir

e (fo

rmer

ly Lo

cal

Autho

rities

of

Macc

lesfie

ld, C

ongle

ton an

d Cre

we an

d Nan

twich

) and

War

ringto

n.

To re

flect

gove

rnme

nt re

orga

nisati

on.

MC

R1:

Man

ches

ter

Cit

y R

egio

n P

rio

riti

es

MC

R1

Po

licy M

CR1:

Man

ches

ter C

ity R

egio

n Pr

iorit

ies

Plan

s and

Stra

tegies

in th

e Man

ches

ter C

ity R

egion

shou

ld:

• su

ppor

t inte

rventi

ons

nece

ssar

y to

achie

ve a

sign

ifican

t imp

rove

ment

in the

sub

-regio

n’s e

cono

mic

perfo

rman

ce b

y en

cour

aging

inv

estm

ent

and

susta

inable

dev

elopm

ent

in the

Reg

ional

Centr

e, su

rroun

ding

inner

are

as, t

he to

wns/c

ities

and

acce

ssibl

e su

burb

an c

entre

s as

set

out i

n RD

F1 a

nd

other

key l

ocati

ons w

hich

acco

rd w

ith th

e sp

atial

princ

iples

poli

cies (

DP1-

9) a

nd th

e cri

teria

in po

licies

W

2 and

W3 i

n ord

er to

contr

ibute

to the

grow

th op

portu

nities

iden

tified

in po

licy W

1;

• se

cure

impr

ovem

ents,

inclu

ding

the e

nhan

ceme

nt of

pub li

c tra

nspo

rt lin

ks, w

hich

will e

nable

the

inner

To al

ign w

ith R

DF1.

72

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

area

s an

d the

nor

thern

par

t of t

he C

ity R

egion

to c

aptur

e gr

owing

leve

ls of

inves

tmen

t and

redu

ce

sub-

regio

nal d

ispar

ities.

Partic

ular a

ttenti

on sh

ould

be g

iven

to as

sistin

g wi

th pr

ogra

mmes

to a

ddre

ss

workl

essn

ess;

• Ac

comm

odate

hou

sing

deve

lopme

nt in

locati

ons t

hat a

re a

cces

sible

by p

ublic

tran

spor

t to

area

s wi

th str

ong

econ

omic

pros

pects

of e

cono

mic

grow

th. A

high

leve

l of r

eside

ntial

deve

lopme

nt wi

ll be

en

cour

aged

in th

e inn

er ar

eas t

o sec

ure a

sign

ifican

t incre

ase i

n the

popu

lation

of th

ese a

reas

;

• pr

ovide

high

qua

lity h

ousin

g to

repla

ce o

bsole

te sto

ck a

nd w

here

app

ropr

iate

refur

bish

exist

ing

prop

ertie

s, to

meet

the n

eeds

of e

xistin

g re

siden

ts, a

nd a

ttrac

t and

retai

n ne

w po

pulat

ion in

ord

er to

su

ppor

t eco

nomi

c gro

wth;

• im

prov

e the

City

Reg

ion’s

inter

nal a

nd e

xtern

al tra

nspo

rt lin

ks in

line

with

the p

rioriti

es fo

r tra

nspo

rt inv

estm

ent a

nd m

anag

emen

t set

out in

Poli

cy R

T10;

• ma

intain

the r

ole of

Man

ches

ter A

irpor

t as t

he N

orth

of En

gland

’s ke

y inte

rnati

onal

gatew

ay in

line w

ith

Polic

y RT5

;

• de

velop

the

role

of Ma

nche

ster a

s a n

ation

al pu

blic t

rans

port

gatew

ay to

the

regio

n in

line

with

Polic

y RT

3 an

d en

hanc

e the

acc

essib

ility

of the

Reg

ional

Centr

e by

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort t

o su

ppor

t eco

nomi

c gr

owth

and

enab

le the

ben

efits

of its

wide

rang

e of

econ

omic,

cult

ural

and

other

opp

ortun

ities

to be

sh

ared

. Inv

estm

ent s

hould

supp

ort P

olicie

s MCR

2 an

d MC

R4 in

par

ticula

r and

alig

n wi

th pr

ioritie

s in

RT10

;

• De

velop

the

roles

of W

igan,

and

War

ringto

n an

d Cr

ewe

as re

giona

l pub

lic tr

ansp

ort g

atewa

ys in

line

with

Polic

y RT3

;

• Fo

cus e

nviro

nmen

tal im

prov

emen

ts wh

ere

they a

re m

ost n

eede

d an

d wi

ll hav

e the

gre

atest

bene

fit to

facilit

ate t

he s

ustai

nable

dev

elopm

ent

of the

Reg

ional

Centr

e an

d Inn

er A

reas

. Th

is inc

ludes

int

egra

ted fl

ood

mana

geme

nt wo

rks, t

he re

media

tion

of co

ntami

nated

land

, and

pro

vision

of h

i gh

quali

ty gr

een i

nfras

tructu

re as

part

of co

mpre

hens

ive re

gene

ratio

n sch

emes

;

• Pr

opos

als an

d sch

emes

will

be di

recte

d prim

arily

towa

rds l

ocati

ons w

here

they

can c

ontrib

ute to

thes

e pr

ioritie

s.

Not c

hang

ed in

Pro

pose

d Cha

nges

in er

ror.

Crew

e inc

luded

in M

anch

ester

City

Reg

ion to

re

flect

Loca

l Gov

ernm

ent r

eorg

anisa

tion a

nd

repr

esen

tation

s by t

he ne

w Ea

st Ch

eshir

e Lo

cal A

uthor

ities a

t Pro

pose

d Cha

nges

co

nsult

ation

.

Manc

hest

er C

ity R

egio

n an

d So

uth

Ches

hire

Diag

ram

MC

R2:

Reg

ion

al C

entr

e an

d In

ner

Are

as o

f M

anch

este

r C

ity

Reg

ion

M

CR

2

Polic

y MCR

2: R

egio

nal C

entre

and

Inne

r Are

as o

f Man

ches

ter C

ity R

egio

n Pl

ans

and

Stra

tegies

sho

uld e

nsur

e tha

t the

Reg

ional

Centr

e of

the M

anch

ester

City

Reg

ion c

ontin

ues

to de

velop

as

the p

rimar

y ec

onom

ic dr

iver,

prov

iding

the

main

focus

for b

usine

ss, r

etail,

leisu

re, c

ultur

al an

d tou

rism

deve

lopme

nt in

the C

ity R

egion

. The

expa

nsion

of th

e kno

wled

ge ec

onom

y thr

ough

out th

e Reg

ional

Centr

e, an

d pa

rticula

rly re

lated

to th

e Ar

c of O

ppor

tunity

the

Unive

rsitie

s and

Cen

tral M

anch

ester

hos

pitals

, wi

ll be a

partic

ular p

riority

;

To pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

and t

o refl

ect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

by N

orth

Wes

t

73

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• pr

opos

als a

nd s

chem

es fo

r res

identi

al de

velop

ment

in the

Reg

ional

Centr

e wi

ll be

acce

ptable

whe

re

they a

re p

art o

f mixe

d us

e em

ploym

ent s

chem

es th

at co

mpris

e a

good

rang

e of

hous

ing si

zes,

types

, ten

ures

and a

fford

abilit

y and

whe

re th

ey co

ntribu

te to

the vi

tality

and v

iabilit

y of th

e Reg

ional

Centr

e;

In the

inne

r are

as:

• re

siden

tial d

evelo

pmen

t sho

uld b

e foc

usse

d in

the in

ner a

reas

adja

cent

to the

Reg

ional

Centr

e in

orde

r to

secu

re a

sign

ifican

t inc

reas

e in

their

popu

lation

, to

supp

ort

major

reg

ener

ation

acti

vity

includ

ing th

e Man

ches

ter-S

alfor

d Hou

sing M

arke

t Ren

ewal

Pathf

inder

, and

to se

cure

the i

mpro

veme

nt of

comm

unity

fac

ilities

and

the

cre

ation

of

susta

inable

com

munit

ies.

The

emp

hasis

will

be o

n pr

ovidi

ng a

goo

d ra

nge

of qu

ality

hous

ing, i

n ter

ms o

f size

, typ

e, ten

ure

and

affor

dabil

ity, w

ith a

high

qu

ality

envir

onme

nt an

d acc

essib

le loc

al fac

ilities

and e

mploy

ment

oppo

rtunit

ies;

• Pl

ans a

nd st

rateg

ies sh

ould

prov

ide fo

r emp

loyme

nt wi

thin

the in

ner a

reas

in a

ccor

danc

e wi

th po

licies

W

2 and

W3 a

nd M

CR1

Deve

lopme

nt Ag

ency

. Su

b-he

ading

adde

d to p

rovid

e gre

ater c

larity

. To

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

10

.6

The

Regio

nal C

entre

of M

anch

ester

City

Reg

ion co

mpris

es M

anch

ester

City

Cen

tre a

nd C

entra

l Par

k to

the

East,

the

highe

r Edu

catio

n Pr

ecinc

t and

Cen

tral M

anch

ester

Hos

pitals

to th

e so

uth, a

nd S

alfor

d Un

iversi

ty,

Salfo

rd Q

uays

, Tra

fford

Wha

rfside

and

Pom

ona

Dock

s to

the W

est.

The

Inner

Are

as s

urro

undin

g the

Re

giona

l Cen

tre c

ompr

ise o

f Nor

th Ma

nche

ster,

East

Manc

heste

r and

Cen

tral M

anch

ester

rege

nera

tion

area

s, Tr

affor

d Pa

rk, N

orth

Traff

ord

and

Centr

al Sa

lford

. Th

e Ar

c of

Oppo

rtunit

y ex

pans

ion o

f the

kn

owled

ge b

ased

eco

nomy

will

be a

prio

rity in

the

area

whic

h str

etche

s fro

m Un

iversi

ty of

Salfo

rd in

the

Wes

t to

Picc

adilly

Stat

ion in

the

east,

via

the H

igher

Edu

catio

n Pr

ecinc

t and

the

Centr

al Ma

nche

ster

Hosp

itals

camp

us.

Detai

led b

ound

ary

defin

itions

for

the

se a

reas

will

need

to

be s

et ou

t in

Loca

l De

velop

ment

Fram

ewor

ks an

d will

nece

ssita

te clo

se cr

oss a

uthor

ity w

orkin

g

Arc o

f opp

ortun

ity de

leted

to al

ign w

ith re

ps of

RD

A an

d to r

eflec

t rep

rese

ntatio

ns m

ade

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

10

.9

The

Inner

Are

as h

ave

enor

mous

pote

ntial,

whic

h, if l

eft u

ntapp

ed, w

ill lim

it the

abil

ity o

f the

Reg

ional

Centr

e to

secu

re in

vestm

ent a

nd g

ener

ate fu

rther

gro

wth.

Deve

lopme

nt wi

thin

the In

ner A

reas

will

boos

t ove

rall

econ

omic

grow

th in

the C

ity R

egion

, red

uce

local

inequ

alitie

s (su

ch a

s wo

rkles

snes

s) an

d de

priva

tion

and

prov

ide a

clea

r alte

rnati

ve to

furth

er d

ecen

tralis

ation

and

the

unsu

staina

ble co

mmuti

ng p

atter

ns a

ssoc

iated

wi

th it.

Includ

ed ba

sed o

n evid

ence

of in

equa

lities

ma

ps.

MC

R3:

So

uth

ern

Par

t o

f th

e M

anch

este

r C

ity

Reg

ion

M

CR

3

Polic

y MCR

3: S

outh

ern

Part

of th

e Man

ches

ter C

ity R

egio

n Pl

ans a

nd S

trateg

ies in

the s

outhe

rn pa

rt of

the C

ity R

egion

shou

ld su

stain

and p

romo

te ec

onom

ic pr

ospe

rity co

nsist

ent w

ith th

e env

ironm

ental

char

acter

of th

e are

a and

the c

reati

on of

attra

ctive

and

susta

inable

comm

unitie

s by:

• foc

using

emp

loyme

nt de

velop

ment

in the

town

s as

set

out i

n RD

F 1

and

on b

rown

field

sites

whic

h ac

cord

with

the

spati

al pr

incipl

es (p

olicie

s DP1

-9) a

nd th

e cri

teria

in Po

licies

W2

and

W3

and

MCR1

, in

orde

r to

supp

ort t

he o

vera

ll eco

nomi

c gro

wth

of the

City

Reg

ion, t

o me

et loc

al ne

eds a

nd re

gene

ratio

n re

quire

ments

and

to a

ddre

ss w

orkle

ssne

ss. S

ites s

hould

be

of an

app

ropr

iate

scale

, and

acc

essib

le by

pu

blic t

rans

port,

walk

ing an

d cyc

ling;

To im

prov

e cro

ss-re

feren

cing a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n ma

de on

the P

ropo

sed C

hang

es by

En

viron

ment

Agen

cy.

74

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• all

owing

resid

entia

l dev

elopm

ent t

o su

ppor

t loc

al re

gene

ratio

n str

ategie

s an

d to

meet

identi

fied

local

need

s (p

artic

ularly

for a

fford

able

hous

ing),

in su

staina

ble lo

catio

ns w

hich

are

well

serve

d by

pub

lic

trans

port;

•

Supp

ort a

nd d

iversi

fy the

rura

l eco

nomy

and

impr

ove

acce

ss to

ser

vices

in th

e ru

ral a

reas

focu

sing

deve

lopme

nt in

locati

ons w

hich a

ccor

d with

RDF

2.

10

.12

The

south

ern

area

of t

he c

ity re

gion

has

a str

ong

inter

relat

ionsh

ip wi

th pa

rts o

f the

loca

l auth

ority

are

a of

High

Pea

k, wh

ich is

par

t of t

he w

ider M

anch

ester

City

Reg

ion (s

ee C

ity R

egion

Diag

ram)

. High

Pea

k fal

ls wi

thin

the E

ast M

idlan

ds R

egion

and

is n

ot co

vere

d by

Nor

th W

est R

SS, h

owev

er th

e NW

RA R

PB w

ill wo

rk wi

th its

Eas

t Midl

ands

cou

nterp

art t

o de

velop

a c

onsis

tent p

olicy

for t

he p

arts

of the

bor

ough

that

are

cons

idere

d to l

ie wi

thin t

he M

anch

ester

City

Reg

ion.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

MC

R4:

So

uth

Ch

esh

ire

11

.1

10.1

3 Th

e ar

ea o

f Sou

th Ch

eshir

e pr

imar

ily re

lates

to d

evelo

pmen

t in

the to

wn c

ompr

ises

of Cr

ewe

and

the

surro

undin

g ru

ral a

rea,

includ

ing N

antw

ich B

orou

gh. S

outh

Ches

hire

is wi

thin

the M

anch

ester

City

Reg

ion,

but l

ies o

n its

per

ipher

y an

d ha

s ce

rtain

econ

omic

links

with

both

whic

h is

betw

een

the M

anch

ester

City

Re

gion

and

the N

orth

Staff

ords

hire/

Potte

ries

urba

n ar

ea a

nd h

as c

ertai

n ec

onom

ic lin

ks w

ith b

oth. T

here

ar

e pa

rticula

r opp

ortun

ities t

o bu

ild u

pon

exist

ing lin

kage

s with

the

Manc

heste

r City

Reg

ion in

par

ticula

r the

oth

er pa

rts of

Eas

t Che

shire

Con

gleton

and V

ale R

oyal

and C

heste

r in Li

verp

ool C

ity R

egion

.

To re

flect

move

ment

of So

uth C

hesh

ire in

to Ma

nche

ster C

ity R

egion

by vi

rtue o

f Loc

al Go

vern

ment

reor

ganis

ation

and t

he ch

ange

of

the in

dividu

al dis

tricts

into E

ast C

hesh

ire fr

om

April

2009

.

MC

R4

MC

R4: S

outh

Che

shire

Pl

ans a

nd st

rateg

ies sh

ould:

• ha

rnes

s Cr

ewe’s

pote

ntial

for s

ustai

nable

eco

nomi

c gr

owth

supp

ort s

ustai

nable

eco

nomi

c gr

owth

in Cr

ewe

and

focus

dev

elopm

ent o

n sit

es w

hich

acco

rd w

ith R

DF1,

the S

patia

l Prin

ciples

( po

licies

DP1

-9)

, the c

riteria

in W

2 and

W3 a

nd M

CR1;

• Pr

omote

the r

ole of

Cre

we as

a re

giona

l pub

lic tr

ansp

ort g

atewa

y/inte

rchan

ge to

the r

egion

;

• Pr

ovide

for r

egen

erati

on to

impr

ove t

he en

viron

ment,

econ

omy a

nd im

age o

f Cre

we;

• Co

ntinu

e the

pro

tectio

n an

d en

hanc

emen

t of t

he h

istor

ic en

viron

ment

of Na

ntwich

and

its co

ntribu

tion

to the

sub-

regio

n’s ec

onom

y, tou

rism,

quali

ty of

life an

d reg

ener

ation

;

• su

ppor

t and

dive

rsify

the ru

ral e

cono

my a

nd im

prov

e ac

cess

to s

ervic

es in

the

rura

l are

as fo

cusin

g de

velop

ment

in loc

ation

s whic

h acc

ord w

ith R

DF2.

To re

flect

amen

dmen

ts to

RDF1

and t

o refl

ect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

made

on th

e Pro

pose

d Cha

nges

by

Envir

onme

nt Ag

ency

.

MC

R5:

No

rth

ern

Par

t o

f th

e M

anch

este

r C

ity

Reg

ion

M

CR

5

MCR5

: Nor

ther

n Pa

rt of

the M

anch

este

r City

Reg

ion

Plan

s and

stra

tegies

for t

he no

rther

n par

t of th

e City

Reg

ion sh

ould

supp

ort th

e tra

nsfor

matio

n of th

e loc

al ec

onom

y, re

gene

rate

comm

unitie

s, an

d enh

ance

the e

nviro

nmen

t. The

y sho

uld:

• se

cure

impr

ovem

ents

which

ena

ble th

e ar

ea to

com

pete

more

effe

ctive

ly for

eco

nomi

c inv

estm

ent

75

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

now

and

in the

futur

e, he

lping

to a

chiev

e sig

nifica

nt im

prov

emen

ts in

prod

uctiv

ity a

nd c

reati

ng th

e co

nditio

ns fo

r sus

taina

ble g

rowt

h. T

his w

ill re

quire

sign

ifican

t inte

rventi

ons

to im

prov

e sk

ill lev

els

withi

n the

lab

our

marke

t, to

deliv

er a

ppro

priat

e de

velop

ment

sites

, an

d to

secu

re n

eces

sary

infra

struc

ture i

mpro

veme

nts;

• foc

us e

mploy

ment

deve

lopme

nt in

the to

wn/ci

ties

as s

et ou

t in

RDF1

and

at o

ther l

ocati

ons

which

ac

cord

with

the

spati

al pr

incipl

es (p

olicie

s DP1

-9),

and

the cr

iteria

in P

olicie

s W2

and

W3

and

MCR1

, to

supp

ort th

e ove

rall e

cono

mic g

rowt

h of th

e sub

regio

n, to

enco

urag

e the

‘spin

-off’

of fun

ction

s link

ed

to the

Reg

ional

Centr

e and

to ad

dres

s wor

kless

ness

;

• ex

pand

the

quali

ty an

d ch

oice

of ho

using

(in

terms

of s

ize, t

ype,

tenur

e an

d aff

orda

bility

) in

line

with

the ap

proa

ch se

t out

in Po

licy L

4;

• us

e the

HMR

Path

finde

r in

Oldh

am a

nd R

ochd

ale a

s an

opp

ortun

ity fo

r wide

rang

ing c

hang

e in

the

econ

omic

and

hous

ing r

ole o

f the

se a

reas

, the

ren

ewal

of co

mmun

ities

and

inves

tmen

t in

new

infra

struc

ture;

• Su

ppor

t and

dive

rsify

the ru

ral e

cono

my a

nd im

prov

e ac

cess

to s

ervic

es in

the

rura

l are

as fo

cusin

g de

velop

ment

in loc

ation

s whic

h acc

ord w

ith R

DF2.

To im

prov

e cro

ss-re

feren

cing a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n ma

de on

the P

ropo

sed C

hang

es by

En

viron

ment

Agen

cy.

MC

R6:

Str

ateg

ic F

ram

ewo

rk f

or

War

rin

gto

n

MC

R6

Po

licy M

CR6:

Stra

tegi

c Fra

mew

ork f

or W

arrin

gton

In

War

ringto

n plan

s and

stra

tegies

shou

ld:

• su

ppor

t sus

taina

ble e

cono

mic

grow

th in

War

ringto

n an

d its

role

harn

ess

War

ringto

n’s p

otenti

al for

su

staina

ble e

cono

mic

grow

th an

d as

a s

ource

of e

mploy

ment

for a

n ar

ea in

cludin

g W

arrin

gton,

Know

sley,

Halto

n, St

Hele

ns an

d Wiga

n;

• foc

us d

evelo

pmen

t on

sites

whic

h ar

e ac

cess

ible

by p

ublic

tran

spor

t, wa

lking

and

cycli

ng a

nd a

ccor

d wi

th po

licy

RDF1

, the

spa

tial p

rincip

les (p

olicie

s DP

1-9)

and

the

criter

ia in

polic

ies W

2 an

d W

3 an

d MC

R1, f

ocus

ing p

artic

ularly

on

brow

nfield

site

s to

ensu

re n

o fur

ther s

ignific

ant e

xpan

sion

onto

open

lan

d;

• su

ppor

t reg

ener

ation

and r

estru

cturin

g of th

e olde

r urb

an ar

eas;

• su

ppor

t War

ringto

n’s ro

le as

a re

giona

l tran

spor

t gate

way/i

nterch

ange

;

• su

ppor

t and

dive

rsify

the ru

ral e

cono

my a

nd im

prov

e ac

cess

to s

ervic

es in

the

rura

l are

as fo

cusin

g de

velop

ment

in loc

ation

s whic

h acc

ord w

ith R

DF2.

To al

ign w

ith R

DF1.

To re

flect

Pane

l Rec

omme

ndati

on in

relat

ion

to op

en la

nd, p

rovid

e gre

ater c

larity

and t

o re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

11 S

ou

th C

hes

hir

e

SO

UT

H C

HE

SH

IRE

CH

AP

TE

R M

OV

ED

TO

MC

R4.

AL

L F

OL

LO

WIN

G C

HA

PT

ER

S H

AV

E B

EE

N R

EN

UM

BE

RE

D A

CC

OR

DIN

GL

Y.

11 L

iver

po

ol C

ity

Reg

ion

76

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

LC

R1:

Liv

erp

oo

l Cit

y R

egio

n P

rio

riti

es

LC

R1

Po

licy L

CR1:

Live

rpoo

l City

Reg

ion

Prio

rities

Pl

ans a

nd st

rateg

ies in

the L

iverp

ool C

ity R

egion

shou

ld:

• Su

ppor

t inte

rventi

ons

nece

ssar

y to

achie

ve a

sign

ifican

t imp

rove

ment

in the

sub

-regio

n’s e

cono

mic

perfo

rman

ce b

y en

cour

aging

inv

estm

ent

and

susta

inable

dev

elopm

ent

in the

Reg

ional

Centr

e, su

rroun

ding

inner

are

as, t

he to

wns/c

ities

as s

et ou

t in

RDF1

and

othe

r ke

y loc

ation

s, inc

luding

ac

cess

ible

subu

rban

centr

es w

hich

acco

rd w

ith th

e sp

atial

princ

iples

poli

cies (

DP1-

9) a

nd th

e cri

teria

in po

licies

W2 a

nd W

3 in o

rder

to co

ntribu

te to

the gr

owth

oppo

rtunit

ies id

entifi

ed in

polic

y W1;

• Fo

cus

susta

ined

and

co-o

rdina

ted p

rogr

amme

s to

maxim

ise e

cono

mic

poten

tial a

nd p

romo

te ur

ban

rena

issan

ce a

nd so

cial in

clusio

n wi

thin

the R

egion

al Ce

ntre

and

its su

rroun

ding

Inner

Are

a (th

e Ne

w He

artla

nds H

ousin

g Mar

ket R

enew

al Ar

ea);

• Fo

cus

a su

fficien

t pro

portio

n of

new

hous

ing d

evelo

pmen

t and

ren

ewal

(and

rela

ted s

ocial

and

en

viron

menta

l infr

astru

cture

) with

in the

inne

r are

as to

mee

t the

obje

ctive

s of

the H

ousin

g Ma

rket

Rene

wal In

itiativ

e an

d, co

nsist

ent w

ith th

is, m

ake

prov

ision

for a

n inc

reas

e in

the su

pply

of aff

orda

ble

and

marke

t hou

sing

requ

ired

to ad

dres

s de

mogr

aphic

nee

ds a

nd to

sup

port

econ

omic

grow

th an

d re

gene

ratio

n;

• En

hanc

e the

acc

essib

ility

by p

ublic

tra

nspo

rt of

the N

ew H

eartla

nds

Hous

ing M

arke

t Re

newa

l Pa

thfind

er A

rea

and

impr

ove

trans

port

links

betw

een

this

(and

othe

r disa

dvan

taged

are

as) a

nd k

ey

emplo

ymen

t, edu

catio

n and

healt

hcar

e loc

ation

s. P

artic

ular a

ttenti

on sh

ould

be gi

ven t

o ass

isting

with

pr

ogra

mmes

to ad

dres

s wor

kless

ness

;

• In

the o

uter p

art in

the

Liver

pool

City

Regio

n, pr

omote

eco

nomi

c dev

elopm

ent,

addr

ess w

orkle

ssne

ss,

urba

n re

naiss

ance

and

soc

ial in

clusio

n, co

mplem

entar

y to

the p

rogr

amme

s wi

thin

Liver

pool

City

Centr

e and

the I

nner

Are

as;

• Ma

ximise

the

emp

loyme

nt po

tentia

l of

the S

trateg

ic Inv

estm

ent

Area

s (S

IAs)

and

Econ

omic

Deve

lopme

nt Zo

nes

(EDZ

s). D

etaile

d bo

unda

ry de

finitio

ns w

ill be

set

out i

n Lo

cal D

evelo

pmen

t Fr

amew

orks

;

• Pr

omote

the

susta

inable

gro

wth,

local

rege

nera

tion

initia

tives

and

dev

elopm

ent o

ppor

tunitie

s in

Wes

t Ch

eshir

e/Nor

th Ea

st W

ales

sub-

regio

n an

d in

Vale

Roya

l. Ma

intain

the

role

of the

sub

are

a an

d Ch

ester

in p

artic

ular a

s an

impo

rtant

comp

onen

t of t

he L

CR e

cono

my a

nd p

romo

te joi

nt wo

rking

be

twee

n Auth

oritie

s and

Age

ncies

for it

s stra

tegic

plann

ing an

d man

agem

ent;

• Im

prov

e the

City

Reg

ion’s

inter

nal a

nd e

xtern

al tra

nspo

rt lin

ks in

line

with

the p

rioriti

es fo

r tra

nspo

rt inv

estm

ent a

nd m

anag

emen

t set

out in

Poli

cy R

T10;

• Su

ppor

t and

dev

elop

the ro

les o

f Live

rpoo

l Joh

n Le

nnon

Airp

ort a

nd th

e Me

rseys

ide P

orts,

in lin

e wi

th Po

licies

RT5

and

RT6

, esp

ecial

ly the

Por

t of L

iver p

ool a

s the

only

Por

t of n

ation

al sig

nifica

nce

for

deep

-sea t

rade

in th

e Nor

th of

Engla

nd;

To al

ign w

ith R

DF1.

To ad

dres

s iss

ue hi

ghlig

hted b

y ine

quali

ties

map.

To pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

and t

o refl

ect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

77

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• De

velop

the

role

of Liv

erpo

ol as

a n

ation

al/ re

giona

l pu

blic

trans

port

gatew

ay/ i

nterch

ange

to th

e Re

gion

in lin

e wi

th Po

licy

RT3

and

enha

nce

the a

cces

sibilit

y of

the R

egion

al Ce

ntre,

partic

ularly

by

publi

c tra

nspo

rt wa

lking

and c

yclin

g to s

uppo

rt its

role

as th

e main

econ

omic

focus

for t

he C

ity R

egion

;

• Fo

cus e

nviro

nmen

tal im

prov

emen

ts wh

ere

they a

re m

ost n

eede

d an

d wi

ll hav

e the

gre

atest

bene

fit to

facilit

ate th

e su

staina

ble d

evelo

pmen

t of t

he R

egion

al Ce

ntre

and

Inner

Are

as. T

his in

clude

s the

re

media

tion

of co

ntami

nated

land

and

pro

vision

of

high

quali

ty gr

een

infra

struc

ture

as p

art

of co

mpre

hens

ive re

gene

ratio

n sc

heme

s. Pr

otect

exist

ing e

nviro

nmen

tal a

ssets

in li

ne w

ith D

P7 a

nd

EM1,

in pa

rticula

r sit

es o

f inte

rnati

onal

impo

rtanc

e for

natu

re c

onse

rvatio

n su

ch a

s the

Mer

sey

Estua

ry.

Pr

opos

als a

nd s

chem

es s

hould

be

direc

ted p

rimar

ily to

ward

s loc

ation

s wh

ere

they

can

contr

ibute

to the

se

prior

ities.

12

.5

11.5

RS

S po

licy

for t

he L

iverp

ool C

ity R

egion

is in

tende

d to

secu

re a

high

leve

l of

grow

th an

d ad

dres

s re

gene

ratio

n ne

eds.

Sign

ifican

t lev

els o

f dev

elopm

ent s

hould

be

focus

sed

withi

n the

Reg

ional

Centr

e an

d Inn

er A

reas

in o

rder

to e

nsur

e inv

estm

ent a

nd re

gene

ratio

n re

sour

ces

are

direc

ted to

thos

e ar

eas

most

in ne

ed. I

n the

oute

r pa

rts o

f the

City

Reg

ion th

ere

is a

clear

nee

d for

dev

elopm

ent t

o be

focu

sed

on

addr

essin

g reg

ener

ation

, wor

kless

ness

and h

ousin

g mar

ket r

estru

cturin

g. Th

e Reg

ional

Centr

e, Inn

er A

reas

an

d Ou

ter A

reas

cov

er m

ost

of the

Mer

seys

ide a

uthor

ities

and

includ

e the

tow

n of

Skelm

ersd

ale.

Deve

lopme

nt in

Wes

t Che

shire

(Elle

smer

e Po

rt &

Nesto

n, Va

le Ro

yal a

nd C

heste

r) an

d Va

le Ro

yal w

ill be

foc

used

on

harn

essin

g op

portu

nities

for s

ustai

nable

gro

wth

and

local

rege

nera

tion,

comp

lemen

tary

to the

Ci

ty Re

gions

spati

al de

velop

ment

prior

ities.

To cl

arify

area

s inc

luded

in W

est C

hesh

ire.

12

.6

11.6

Im

prov

ing e

nviro

nmen

tal p

erfor

manc

e is

also

reco

gnize

d as

a k

ey p

art

of de

liver

ing s

ustai

nable

co

mmun

ities

and

unde

rpins

the

Liver

pool

City

Regio

n po

licies

. W

ell-m

anag

ed g

reen

spa

ce a

nd a

high

qu

ality

local

envir

onme

nt pla

y an

impo

rtant

part

in the

qua

lity o

f life

expe

rienc

ed b

y peo

ple w

ithin

all o

f the

Ci

ty Re

gions

’ neig

hbou

rhoo

ds in

cludin

g tho

se w

hich

are

most

depr

ived.

The

prote

ction

of e

nviro

nmen

tal

asse

ts wi

ll inc

lude t

he as

sess

ment,

avoid

ance

and m

itigati

on of

the p

otenti

al eff

ects

of de

velop

ment

on si

tes

of int

erna

tiona

l impo

rtanc

e for

natu

re co

nser

vatio

n ou

t side

the

regio

n, su

ch a

s coa

stal a

nd in

land

water

s in

Wale

s.

To re

flect

that p

otenti

al im

pacts

on si

tes of

int

erna

tiona

l impo

rtanc

e for

natur

e co

nser

vatio

n outs

ide th

e reg

ion in

Wale

s wer

e ide

ntifie

d as p

art o

f the H

RA of

the s

ubmi

tted

Draft

RSS

and t

o refl

ect r

epre

senta

tions

mad

e du

ring t

he co

nsult

ation

on P

ropo

sed C

hang

es

by C

ountr

yside

Cou

ncil f

or W

ales.

LC

R2:

Th

e R

egio

nal

Cen

tre

and

Inn

er A

reas

of

Liv

erp

oo

l Cit

y R

egi o

n

LC

R2

Po

licy L

CR2:

The

Reg

iona

l Cen

tre a

nd In

ner A

reas

of L

iverp

ool C

ity R

egio

n Th

e Re

giona

l Cen

tre is

the

prim

ary

econ

omic

drive

r of t

he L

iverp

ool C

ity R

egion

and

plan

s an

d str

ategie

s sh

ould

supp

ort a

nd en

hanc

e this

role

by:

• Fo

cusin

g ap

prop

riate

comm

ercia

l, reta

il, lei

sure

, cult

ural

and

touris

m de

velop

ment

withi

n the

Reg

ional

Centr

e dev

elopin

g its

role

as th

e prim

ary r

etail c

ent re

, main

emplo

ymen

t loca

tion a

nd pr

imar

y eco

nomi

c dr

iver o

f the C

ity R

egion

;

• Pr

ovidi

ng ou

tside

area

s of h

ousin

g mar

ket r

enew

al, pr

ovidi

ng fo

r pro

posa

ls an

d sch

emes

for r

eside

ntial

deve

lopme

nt in

the R

egion

al Ce

ntre

wher

e the

y ar

e pa

rt of

mixe

d us

e em

ploym

ent s

chem

es th

at co

mpris

e a

good

rang

e of

hous

ing s

izes,

types

tenu

res

and

affor

dabil

ity a

nd w

here

they

con

tribute

to

To en

sure

that

hous

ing m

arke

t ren

ewal

activ

ity

in the

HMR

IP ar

eas l

ocate

d with

in the

regio

nal

centr

e is n

ot pr

ejudic

ed by

this

polic

y pa

rticula

rly gi

ven t

he pr

ioritis

ation

of

rege

nera

tion a

nd ho

using

mar

ket r

estru

cturin

g

78

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

the vi

tality

and v

iabilit

y of th

e Reg

ional

Centr

e;

• Ex

pand

ing th

e kn

owled

ge e

cono

my w

ithin

the re

giona

l cen

tre p

artic

ularly

by

maxim

ising

the

rese

arch

an

d de

velop

ment

roles

of t

he U

niver

sities

and

deli

verin

g kn

owled

ge n

uclei

site

s an

d the

exp

ansio

n of

profe

ssion

al se

rvice

s.

They

sho

uld fo

cus

resid

entia

l dev

elopm

ent i

n the

Inne

r Are

as a

djace

nt to

the R

egion

al Ce

ntre

in or

der t

o se

cure

a sig

nifica

nt inc

reas

e in p

opula

tion a

nd to

supp

ort m

ajor r

egen

erati

on ac

tivity

. This

will

entai

l: •

Maint

aining

and

enh

ancin

g the

roles

of B

irken

head

and

Boo

tle to

pro

vide

comm

unity

facil

ities,

servi

ces

and e

mploy

ment;

• Th

e de

velop

ment

of the

New

Hea

rtland

s Ho

using

Mar

ket R

enew

al Pa

thfind

er to

revit

alise

hou

sing

in Liv

erpo

ol, S

efton

, and

Wirr

al thr

ough

comp

rehe

nsive

area

base

d reg

ener

ation

sche

mes;

• Su

ppor

ting t

he de

velop

ment

of the

Mer

sey P

orts

and t

he m

aritim

e eco

nomy

;

• Su

staini

ng in

vestm

ent in

the M

erse

y Wate

rfron

t Reg

ional

Park;

and

• Pr

ovidi

ng fo

r emp

loyme

nt wi

thin t

he in

ner a

reas

in ac

cord

ance

with

W2 a

nd W

3 and

LCR1

.

The

emph

asis

will b

e on

pro

viding

a g

ood

rang

e of

quali

ty ho

using

in th

e inn

er a

reas

in te

rms o

f size

, typ

e, ten

ure

and

affor

dabil

ity w

ith a

high

qua

lity e

nviro

nmen

t and

acc

essib

le loc

al fac

ilities

and

emp

loyme

nt op

portu

nities

.

set o

ut in

polic

y RDF

1. To

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

To im

prov

e cro

ss-re

feren

cing a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n ma

de on

the P

ropo

sed C

hang

es by

En

viron

ment

Agen

cy.

12

.7

11.7

Th

e Re

giona

l Cen

tre o

f Live

rpoo

l City

Reg

ion c

ompr

ises

the w

hole

of the

are

a wi

thin

the C

ity C

entre

St

rateg

ic Inv

estm

ent A

rea

and

the L

iverp

ool V

ision

Urb

an R

egen

erati

on C

ompa

ny A

rea,

includ

ing th

e Un

iversi

ty Ed

ge K

nowl

edge

Nuc

lei s

ite. T

he R

egion

al Ce

ntre

includ

es th

e pr

imar

y re

tail a

rea

but i

s mo

re

exten

sive

than

it. Th

ere

are

area

s of H

ousin

g Ma

rket R

enew

al an

d es

tablis

hed

resid

entia

l are

as w

ithin

the

Regio

nal C

entre

. In

these

are

as th

e em

phas

is sh

ould

be p

artic

ularly

on

impr

ovem

ent o

f the

qua

lity a

nd m

ix of

hous

ing in

cludin

g aff

orda

ble h

ousin

g, in

orde

r to

assis

t with

rege

nera

tion

and

restr

uctur

ing o

f hou

sing

marke

ts. T

he In

ner

Area

s co

mpris

e the

New

Hea

rtland

s Ho

using

mar

ket R

enew

al ar

ea. T

he d

etaile

d bo

unda

ries

of the

Reg

ional

Centr

e in

partic

ular w

ill ne

ed to

be

addr

esse

d as

par

t of L

ocal

Deve

lopme

nt Fr

amew

orks

.

To ex

plain

seco

nd bu

llet o

f the p

olicy

.

12

.8

11.8

Liv

erpo

ol’s

Regio

nal C

entre

is fu

ndam

ental

to th

e ec

onom

ic gr

owth

of the

Live

rpoo

l City

Reg

ion. I

t is

the

major

centr

e for

the

metro

polita

n ar

ea a

nd fo

rms t

he st

rateg

ic hu

b in

terms

of it

s tra

nspo

rt inf

rastr

uctur

e; its

ed

ucati

onal

estab

lishm

ents;

its

cultu

ral,

retai

l, bu

sines

s, lei

sure

and

tour

ism a

ssets

; and

its

finan

cial a

nd

profe

ssion

al se

rvice

s. Liv

erpo

ol’s

status

as

Euro

pean

Cap

ital o

f Cult

ure

2008

, has

bro

ught

signif

icant

boos

ts to

touris

m as

well

as

prov

iding

a la

sting

lega

cy in

term

s of

inves

tor c

onfid

ence

and

sus

taine

d ec

onom

ic gr

owth.

Live

rpoo

l has

bee

n aw

arde

d Eu

rope

an C

apita

l of C

ultur

e 20

08, w

hich

will

signif

icantl

y bo

ost it

s tou

rism

indus

try a

s well

as p

rovid

ing a

lasti

ng le

gacy

in te

rms o

f inve

stor c

onfid

ence

and

susta

ined

econ

omic

grow

th. T

he fo

rtune

s of

the s

urro

undin

g inn

er a

rea

are

crucia

l to

the d

elive

ry of

susta

inable

ec

onom

ic an

d so

cial b

enefi

ts in

the C

ity R

egion

. This

are

a is

one

of sig

nifica

nt ch

allen

ges a

nd o

ppor

tunitie

s for

both

hou

sing

and

econ

omic

deve

lopme

nt, p

artic

ularly

in re

lation

to th

e Me

rsey

Ports

and

the

New

Hear

tland

s Ho

using

Mar

ket R

enew

al Pa

thfind

er s

chem

e. It

is a

lso h

ome

to pa

rt of

the M

erse

y W

aterfr

ont

To up

date

text.

79

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

Regio

nal P

ark,

which

prov

ides v

aluab

le gr

een i

nfras

tructu

re at

the h

eart

of the

City

Reg

ion.

LC

R3:

Ou

ter

Par

t o

f th

e L

iver

po

ol C

ity

reg

ion

L

CR

3

Polic

y LCR

3: O

uter

par

t of t

he L

iverp

ool C

ity R

egio

n In

the ou

ter pa

rt of

the C

ity R

egion

Plan

s and

stra

tegies

shou

ld:

• Fo

cus e

cono

mic d

evelo

pmen

t in th

e tow

n/citie

s as s

et ou

t in R

DF1

and

at oth

er lo

catio

ns w

hich

acco

rd

with

the sp

atial

princ

iples

(poli

cies D

P1-9

), an

d the

crite

ria in

Poli

cies W

2 an

d W

3 an

d LC

R1. P

artic

ular

atten

tion s

hould

be gi

ven t

o add

ress

ing w

orkle

ssne

ss;

• Su

ppor

t sign

ifican

t inter

venti

on in

are

as w

here

hou

sing

marke

t res

tructu

ring

is re

quire

d in

line

with

the

appr

oach

set o

ut in

Polic

ies L3

and L

4;

• Ex

pand

the q

uality

and c

hoice

of ho

using

in lin

e with

the a

ppro

ach s

et ou

t in P

olicy

L4;

• Ma

intain

and

enh

ance

the

roles

of t

he r

egion

al tow

ns, k

ey s

ervic

e ce

ntres

and

loca

l cen

tres

in ac

cord

ance

with

Poli

cy R

DF2;

• Ide

ntify,

defi

ne a

nd m

aintai

n the

role

of s

ubur

ban

centr

es in

acc

orda

nce

with

RDF1

and

spa

tial

princ

iples

DP1

-9.

To im

prov

e cro

ss-re

feren

cing a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n ma

de on

the P

ropo

sed C

hang

es by

En

viron

ment

Agen

cy.

To re

flect

inequ

alitie

s map

s. To

align

with

RDF

1 and

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e con

sulta

tion

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.

12.8

11

.9

The

outer

par

t of L

iverp

ool c

ompr

ises

those

par

ts of

Liver

pool

and

Sefto

n wh

ich a

re o

utside

the

Regio

nal

Centr

e an

d Inn

er A

reas

, the

eas

tern

area

of W

irral

(to th

e ea

st of

the M

53),

the d

istric

ts of

Know

sley,

St

Helen

s, Ha

lton

and

the to

wn o

f Ske

lmer

sdale

in W

est L

anca

shire

. Elle

smer

e Po

rt for

the

purp

oses

of

artic

ulatin

g po

licy i

s inc

luded

in W

est C

hesh

ire. H

owev

er, it

is cl

ear t

hat E

llesm

ere

Port

shar

es m

any o

f the

ch

arac

terist

ics an

d has

stro

ng lin

ks w

ith th

e Oute

r are

a of th

e Live

rpoo

l City

Reg

ion.

The n

umbe

r 12.8

was

dupli

cated

in th

e RSS

Pr

opos

ed C

hang

es. F

ollow

ing pa

ragr

aphs

ha

ve be

en re

numb

ered

acco

rding

ly.

To re

flect

that E

llesm

ere P

ort h

as si

milar

ch

arac

terist

ics as

Oute

r Live

rpoo

l City

Reg

ion

as ev

idenc

ed by

stati

stics

on un

emplo

ymen

t GV

A pe

r hea

d and

quali

ficati

ons l

evels

.

12.9

11

.10

It is

impo

rtant

that t

he ro

les o

f sub

urba

n/urb

an c

entre

s, ke

y se

rvice

cen

tres

and

local

centr

es w

ithin

the

outer

par

t of t

he C

ity R

egion

are

reco

gnise

d in

relat

ion to

their

rege

nera

tion

need

s an

d op

portu

nities

in

terms

of r

etail,

acce

ss to

loca

l ame

nities

, jobs

and

servi

ces.

Thes

e ce

ntres

shou

ld be

supp

orted

to co

ntinu

e the

ir re

gene

ratio

n an

d im

prov

emen

t pro

viding

a c

omple

menta

ry fun

ction

to L

iverp

ool C

ity C

entre

and

the

Inner

Are

as, r

eflec

ting t

heir i

ndivi

dual

char

acter

and l

ocati

on an

d mee

ting l

ocal

need

s.

To al

ign w

ith R

DF1.

12

.11

11.1

2 Th

ere

are

other

loca

tions

acro

ss th

e Ci

ty Re

gion,

partic

ularly

in th

e ou

ter p

arts,

whic

h ex

perie

nce

prob

lems

simila

r to

that f

ound

in th

e Ne

w He

artla

nds

Pathf

inder

are

a, su

ch a

s va

canc

ies, p

oor e

nviro

nmen

t, po

or

hous

ing st

ock c

ondit

ion a

nd a

lack

of q

uality

comm

unity

facil

ities,

altho

ugh

not t

o the

same

leve

l of s

ever

ity.

Thes

e ar

eas

are

identi

fied

in ind

ividu

al dis

tricts’

hou

sing

strate

gies

as b

eing

in ne

ed o

f reg

ener

ation

. Va

rious

meth

ods

are

being

imple

mente

d to

addr

ess

these

issu

es o

f low

dem

and

for e

xamp

le, d

emoli

tions

an

d re

build

and

stoc

k tra

nsfer

. In

terms

of n

ew h

ouse

buil

ding,

these

are

as s

hould

also

be

a pr

iority

loc

ation

, toge

ther w

ith th

e pro

vision

of as

socia

ted co

mmun

ity fa

cilitie

s in o

rder

to se

cure

rena

issan

ce. T

here

ar

e als

o iss

ues

of wo

rkles

snes

s an

d the

nee

d to

redu

ce h

ealth

and

skil

ls ine

quali

ties

these

issu

es a

re

illustr

ated i

n the

ineq

ualiti

es m

aps 2

.2-2.6

.

To pr

ovide

emph

asis

for is

sues

high

lighte

d in

inequ

alitie

s map

s.

LC

R4:

Th

e R

emai

nin

g R

ura

l Par

ts o

f L

iver

po

ol C

ity

Reg

ion

80

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

LC

R4

LC

R4 T

he re

main

ing

rura

l par

ts o

f Live

rpoo

l City

Reg

ion

In the

rema

ining

rura

l par

ts of

the Li

verp

ool C

ity R

egion

plan

s and

stra

tegies

shou

ld:

• su

ppor

t and

dive

rsify

the ru

ral e

cono

my a

nd im

prov

e ac

cess

to s

ervic

es in

the

rura

l are

as fo

cusin

g de

velop

ment

in loc

ation

s whic

h acc

ord w

ith R

DF2;

• be

cons

isten

t with

othe

r reg

ener

ation

prog

ramm

es an

d poli

cies;

• en

sure

the p

rovis

ion of

hous

ing to

addr

ess b

arrie

rs to

affor

dabil

ity an

d to m

eet id

entifi

ed lo

cal n

eeds

.

For c

larific

ation

. L

CR

5: W

est

Ch

esh

ire

– N

ort

h E

ast

Wal

es a

nd

Val

e R

oya

l L

CR

5

Polic

y LCR

5: W

est C

hesh

ire –

North

Eas

t Wale

s and

Vale

Roy

al Pl

ans

and

strate

gies

withi

n Va

le Ro

yal a

nd th

ose

parts

of W

est C

hesh

ire –

Nor

th Ea

st W

ales

sub-

regio

n co

vere

d by R

SS fo

r the

NW

of E

nglan

d sho

uld:

• foc

us d

evelo

pmen

t in

the to

wn/ci

ties

as s

et ou

t in

RDF1

and

at o

ther l

ocati

ons

which

acc

ord

with

LCR1

, the s

patia

l prin

ciples

(poli

cies D

P1-9

), an

d the

crite

ria in

Poli

cies W

2 and

W3 a

nd LC

R1;

• ha

rnes

s the

pote

ntial

of Ch

ester

for s

ustai

nable

gro

wth,

as a

key s

ub-re

giona

l cen

tre fo

r emp

loyme

nt,

shop

ping,

leisu

re, c

ultur

e an

d tou

rism,

ens

ure

deve

lopme

nt is

comp

atible

with

hav

ing d

ue re

gard

to

the co

nser

vatio

n an

d en

hanc

emen

t of t

he h

istor

ic Ci

ty an

d its

settin

g an

d the

nee

d to

impr

ove

quali

ty of

life an

d pro

mote

rege

nera

tion i

n Wes

t Che

ster;

• su

ppor

t the

sus

taina

ble e

cono

mic

grow

th an

d re

gene

ratio

n op

portu

nities

of E

llesm

ere

Port

throu

gh

susta

ined

and

co-o

rdina

ted p

rogr

amme

s for

dev

el opm

ent

and

inves

tmen

t, wi

th em

phas

is on

de

velop

ing E

llesm

ere

Ports

repu

tation

for ‘

high

tech’

manu

factur

ing, t

hrou

gh th

e div

ersif

icatio

n of

the

econ

omy a

nd th

e imp

rove

ment

of the

imag

e, qu

ality

of life

and p

erce

ption

of E

llesm

ere P

ort;

• su

ppor

t sus

taina

ble e

cono

mic

grow

th, in

vestm

ent a

nd re

gene

ratio

n op

portu

nities

in N

orthw

ich fo

cus

deve

lopme

nt on

sup

portin

g loc

al re

gene

ratio

n pr

ioritie

s in

Vale

Roya

l and

focu

s on

mee

ting

local

need

s;

• im

prov

e the

inter

nal a

nd e

xtern

al tra

nspo

rt lin

ks, i

n pa

rticula

r with

Nor

th Ea

st W

ales

, in

line

with

the

prior

ities f

or tr

ansp

ort in

vestm

ent s

et ou

t in P

olicy

RT1

0;

• de

velop

the r

ole of

Che

ster a

s a re

giona

l pub

lic tr

ansp

ort g

atewa

y in l

ine w

ith P

olicy

RT3

;

• en

hanc

e lin

ks b

etwee

n ar

eas

of op

portu

nity

and

area

s of

need

, inc

luding

thos

e re

gene

ratio

n ar

eas

serve

d by t

he fo

llowi

ng tr

ansp

ort c

orrid

ors:

-

Wre

xham

– Bi

dston

– Liv

erpo

ol ra

il cor

ridor

;

-

Wre

xham

- Ch

ester

;

Wes

t Che

shire

defin

ed in

para

11.5

To im

prov

e cro

ss-re

feren

cing a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the c

onsu

ltatio

n ma

de on

the P

ropo

sed C

hang

es by

En

viron

ment

Agen

cy.

To re

flect

the P

anel

Reco

mmen

datio

n R12

.4 an

d to r

eflec

t rep

rese

ntatio

ns m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the P

ropo

sed C

hang

es by

En

glish

Her

itage

. To

refle

ct loc

al go

vern

ment

reor

ganis

ation

.

81

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

-

Route

lead

ing to

the F

lintsh

ire C

oasta

l Cor

ridor

; and

-

Othe

r cor

ridor

s ra

diatin

g ou

t fro

m Ch

ester

, in

partic

ular l

inks

to El

lesme

re P

ort a

nd

Brou

ghton

. Th

e en

hanc

emen

t of r

oad

links

doe

s no

t imp

ly the

pro

vision

of a

dditio

nal

capa

city;

• en

sure

the s

trateg

ic pla

nning

and m

anag

emen

t of th

e su

b-re

gion’s

econ

omy,

hous

ing m

arke

t, tra

nspo

rt ne

twor

k an

d en

viron

menta

l and

cult

ural

asse

ts thr

ough

joint

wor

king

with

Autho

rities

and

Age

ncies

ac

ross

the s

ub-re

gion;

• en

sure

the p

rovis

ion of

hous

ing to

mee

t loca

l nee

ds an

d add

ress

barri

ers t

o affo

rdab

ility;

• fur

ther d

evelo

p the

skills

base

of th

e lab

our f

orce

and p

romo

te ac

cess

to em

ploym

ent; a

nd

• su

ppor

t and

dive

rsify

the ru

ral e

cono

my in

line

with

polic

y RDF

2 an

d im

prov

e ac

cess

to se

rvice

s in

the

rura

l are

as.

12

.13

11.1

4 W

est C

hesh

ire/N

orth

East

Wale

s an

d Va

le Ro

yal c

ompr

ises

the b

orou

ghs

of El

lesme

re P

ort a

nd N

eston

an

d Ch

ester

and

Vale

Roy

al an

d is

part

of a

sub

regio

n wh

ich e

xtend

s int

o W

ales

(Flin

tshire

and

W

rexh

am).T

he su

b reg

ion ha

s a lin

ks to

a wi

der r

efere

nce a

rea s

whic

h com

prise

s Den

bighs

hire,

The W

irral,

W

arrin

gton

and

Halto

n. El

lesme

re P

ort h

as cl

ose

links

with

the

outer

are

as o

f the

Live

rpoo

l City

Reg

ion a

nd

shar

es m

any

of the

issu

es a

nd c

hara

cteris

tics

of the

se a

reas

. It i

s lik

ely it

will

work

close

ly wi

th Ou

ter

Liver

pool

City

Regio

n loc

al au

thoriti

es a

nd d

evelo

p sim

ilar

appr

oach

es t

o ad

dres

sing

the c

ommo

n ch

allen

ges i

t face

s.

To pr

ovide

clar

ificati

on th

at El

lesme

re P

ort

shar

es ch

arac

terist

ics w

ith O

uter L

iverp

ool

City

Regio

n.

12 C

entr

al L

anca

shir

e C

ity

Reg

ion

C

LC

R1

CL

CR

1

Polic

y CLC

R1:

Cent

ral L

anca

shire

City

Reg

ion

Prio

rities

Pl

ans a

nd st

rateg

ies fo

r the

Cen

tral L

anca

shire

City

regio

n sho

uld:

• foc

us in

vestm

ent a

nd su

staina

ble de

velop

ment

in the

city

of Pr

eston

and 3

town

s of B

lackb

urn,

Burn

ley

and B

lackp

ool ,

raisi

ng ec

onom

ic pe

rform

ance

, par

ticula

rly th

roug

h:

-

touris

m an

d hou

sing-

led re

gene

ratio

n in B

lackp

ool;

-

know

ledge

-bas

ed d

evelo

pmen

t (inc

luding

adv

ance

d ma

nufac

turing

and

aer

ospa

ce) i

n Pr

eston

and B

lackb

urn;

-

rege

nera

tion a

nd re

struc

turing

of th

e Eas

t Lan

cash

ire ec

onom

y (inc

luding

actio

ns ta

ken

unde

r the

Elev

ate T

rans

forma

tiona

l Age

nda)

; -

en

hanc

ed e

duca

tiona

l opp

ortun

ities

which

will

impr

ove

the s

kill-b

ase

of the

resid

ent

popu

lation

; -

de

velop

ing n

ew e

mploy

ment

oppo

rtunit

ies in

acc

orda

nce

with

Polic

ies W

1 to

W3

and

addr

essin

g loc

alise

d pro

blems

of w

orkle

ssne

ss;

• pr

ovide

for a

rang

e of g

ood q

uality

hous

ing, a

cces

sible

to loc

al fac

ilities

;

82

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• im

prov

e the

City

Reg

ion’s

inter

nal a

nd e

xtern

al tra

nspo

rt lin

ks, in

line

with

the tr

ansp

ort in

vestm

ent a

nd

mana

geme

nt pr

ioritie

s set

out in

Poli

cy R

T10;

• de

velop

the r

ole of

Blac

kpoo

l Airp

ort, i

n line

with

Poli

cy R

T5;

• de

velop

the

role

of Pr

eston

as

a re

giona

l tra

nspo

rt ga

teway

in li

ne w

ith P

olicy

RT3

and

har

ness

its

poten

tial fo

r eco

nomi

c gro

wth i

n sus

taina

ble w

ays;

• im

prov

e the

acc

essib

ility o

f emp

loyme

nt loc

ation

s by s

ustai

nable

tran

spor

t mod

es, w

ith p

riority

give

n to

the E

levate

Hou

sing R

enew

al Pa

thfind

er ar

ea;

• su

ppor

t and

dive

rsify

the ru

ral e

cono

my a

nd im

prov

e ac

cess

to s

ervic

es in

the

rura

l are

as fo

cusin

g de

velop

ment

in loc

ation

s whic

h acc

ord w

ith R

DF2.

Prop

osals

and s

chem

es w

ill be

dire

cted p

rimar

ily to

ward

s loc

ation

s whe

re th

ey ca

n con

tribute

to th

ese

prior

ities.

To al

ign w

ith R

DF1.

13

.6

12.6

Th

e Gr

eater

Pre

ston

“core

are

a” o

f the

City

Reg

ion, b

ased

on

the a

dmini

strati

ve a

reas

of P

resto

n, So

uth

Ribb

le an

d Ch

orley

, pro

vides

a s

ignific

ant e

cono

mic

focus

for t

he s

ub-re

gion

as e

xpre

ssed

in th

e Pr

eston

Ci

ty Vi

sion.

Wor

k is

ongo

ing o

n a

joint

core

stra

tegy,

which

will

be a

tran

slated

into

Loca

l Dev

elopm

ent

Fram

ewor

k doc

umen

ts an

d loc

al ec

onom

ic str

ategie

s pro

duce

d by f

or th

e thr

ee au

thoriti

es.

To al

ign w

ith P

anel

Repo

rt. N

ot ch

ange

d at

Prop

osed

Cha

nges

in er

ror.

13

.8

12.8

Bl

ackp

ool i

s a

reso

rt of

natio

nal r

epute

, but

as m

any

of its

com

munit

ies d

o no

t ben

efit f

rom

the to

urist

ec

onom

y, it

is als

o ho

me to

larg

e po

ckets

of d

epriv

ation

. The

Blac

kpoo

l Mas

terpla

n15 a

ims

to re

dres

s thi

s sit

uatio

n by

stre

ngthe

ning

Blac

kpoo

l’s to

urism

eco

nomy

. , c

hiefly

thro

ugh

Regio

nal C

asino

dev

elopm

ent

(see P

olicy

W8)

– a m

ove t

hat is

likely

to in

volve

sign

ifican

t phy

sical

chan

ge in

the r

esor

t.

To al

ign w

ith de

letion

of W

8.

CL

CR

2: F

ocu

s fo

r D

evel

op

men

t an

d In

vest

men

t in

Cen

tral

Lan

cash

ire

Reg

ion

C

LC

R2

Po

licy C

LCR2

: Fo

cus f

or D

evelo

pmen

t and

Inve

stm

ent i

n Ce

ntra

l Lan

cash

ire C

ity R

egio

n De

velop

ment

in the

Cen

tral L

anca

shire

City

Reg

ion w

ill be

loca

ted pr

imar

ily in

the c

ity of

Pre

ston a

nd th

e thr

ee to

wns o

f Blac

kbur

n, Bl

ackp

ool a

nd B

urnle

y, giv

ing pr

iority

to th

e cen

tre an

d inn

er ar

eas a

nd si

tes in

an

d aro

und t

heir c

entre

s and

at ot

her lo

catio

ns w

hich a

ccor

d with

RDF

1, DP

1-9 a

nd th

e crite

ria in

polic

ies

W2 a

nd W

3. De

velop

ment

shou

ld be

pursu

ed in

a ma

nner

that

addr

esse

s wor

kless

ness

, enh

ance

s urb

an

quali

ty, an

d con

tribute

s to t

he en

hanc

emen

t of th

e natu

ral s

etting

of th

e city

/town

s. Ou

tside

the C

ity an

d tow

ns id

entifi

ed ab

ove,

deve

lopme

nt in

the C

entra

l Lan

cash

ire C

ity R

egion

will

be la

rgely

confi

ned t

o Key

Se

rvice

Cen

tres a

nd Lo

cal S

ervic

e Cen

tres,

in lin

e with

Poli

cy R

DF2.

To al

ign w

ith R

DF1.

13

.9

12.9

Pr

eston

, Blac

kbur

n, Bl

ackp

ool a

nd B

urnle

y all

hav

e str

ong,

functi

onal

links

with

sma

ller t

owns

, inc

luding

so

me in

neig

hbou

ring

distric

ts.

Focu

sing

new

deve

lopme

nt he

re re

flects

their

exis

ting

key r

oles w

ithin

the

Centr

al La

ncas

hire

City

Regio

n an

d co

nsoli

dates

their

abil

ity to

serve

their

hint

erlan

ds, p

romo

ting

enha

nced

ec

onom

ic gr

owth

and

a be

tter q

uality

of l

ife. B

lackp

ool i

s the

cen

tre o

f a w

ider F

ylde

coas

t inc

luding

Fle

etwoo

d, Th

ornto

n, Cl

evele

ys a

nd L

ytham

St A

nnes

. Bu

rnley

is th

e pr

incipa

l tow

n in

an a

rea

that

stretc

hes f

rom

Padih

am, th

roug

h Brie

rfield

and N

elson

to C

olne.

Pre

ston i

s stro

ngly

linke

d to s

ubur

bs to

the

15

“Blac

kpoo

l Mas

ter P

lan –

Exec

utive

Sum

mary”

, Blac

kpoo

l Bor

ough

Cou

ncil 2

003.

“Blac

kpoo

l Mas

ter P

lan –

Upda

te Br

ochu

re”,

Blac

kpoo

l Bor

ough

Cou

ncil 2

005.

83

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

south

of t

he R

iver R

ibble

cons

isting

of P

enwo

rtham

, Los

tock H

all, W

alton

-le-D

ale, B

ambe

r Brid

ge, C

layton

Br

ook

and

Whit

tle-le

-Woo

ds.

Blac

kbur

n inc

ludes

Whit

ebirk

and

Wilp

shire

. The

poli

cy b

ound

aries

of t

he

towns

and

the

defi

nition

of

surro

undin

g ke

y an

d loc

al se

rvice

cen

tres

shou

ld be

set

out

in Lo

cal

Deve

lopme

nt Fr

amew

orks

. Po

licy C

LCR2

build

s on t

he id

entifi

ed st

reng

ths an

d opp

ortun

ities o

f eac

h cen

tre, w

hich a

re as

follo

ws:

BLAC

KPOO

L • ma

jor to

urist

centr

e with

poten

tial fo

r cas

ino an

d con

feren

ce de

velop

ment;

•

need

for e

cono

mic g

rowt

h to u

nder

pin ur

ban r

estru

cturin

g; •

focal

point

for c

oasta

l hou

sing m

arke

t ren

ewal;

•

spec

ialist

med

ical s

ervic

es ce

ntred

on B

lackp

ool V

ictor

ia Ho

spita

l; •

centr

e for

retai

ling,

servi

ces,

publi

c adm

inistr

ation

and f

urthe

r edu

catio

n; •

publi

c tra

nspo

rt hu

b for

the F

ylde P

enins

ula;

• air

port

with

poten

tial fo

r incre

ased

use.

PRES

TON

• foc

al po

int at

the i

nterse

ction

of no

rth-so

uth an

d eas

t-wes

t tran

spor

t cor

ridor

s; •

centr

e for

cultu

re, le

isure

and q

uality

city

living

; •

estab

lishe

d adv

ance

d eng

ineer

ing an

d aer

ospa

ce in

dustr

ies;

• ce

ntre o

f pub

lic ad

minis

tratio

n, jus

tice a

nd fin

ancia

l ser

vices

; •

Unive

rsity

of Ce

ntral

Lanc

ashir

e, wi

th lin

ks to

know

ledge

-bas

ed bu

sines

s; •

spec

ialist

med

ical s

ervic

es ce

ntred

on R

oyal

Pres

ton H

ospit

al;

• re

giona

l pub

lic tr

ansp

ort g

atewa

y and

inter

chan

ge;

• re

tail a

nd se

rvice

centr

e high

er or

der r

etailin

g and

servi

ces.

BLAC

KBUR

N • foc

al po

int fo

r eco

nomi

c gro

wth a

nd re

struc

turing

in E

ast L

anca

shire

; •

estab

lishe

d adv

ance

d eng

ineer

ing an

d aer

ospa

ce in

dustr

ies;

• foc

al po

int fo

r Elev

ate H

ousin

g Mar

ket R

enew

al Ini

tiativ

e; •

spec

ialist

med

ical s

ervic

es ce

ntred

on R

oyal

Blac

kbur

n Que

en’s

Park

Hosp

ital;

• ce

ntre

of hig

her

and

furthe

r ed

ucati

on,

publi

c ad

minis

tratio

n, an

d jus

tice

and

legal

servi

ces;

• tra

nspo

rt hu

b; •

retai

l and

servi

ce ce

ntre.

BURN

LEY

• foc

al po

int fo

r eco

nomi

c res

tructu

ring;

• hig

h valu

e man

ufactu

ring;

To pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

. To

align

with

W5 a

nd to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions

made

durin

g the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed

chan

ges.

To be

factu

ally c

orre

ct.

To pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

.

84

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• loc

al po

int fo

r Elev

ate H

ousin

g Mar

ket R

enew

al Ini

tiativ

e; •

herita

ge-b

ased

rege

nera

tion a

long c

anal

corri

dor a

nd in

Wea

ver’s

Tria

ngle;

•

spec

ialist

med

ical s

ervic

es ce

ntred

on B

urnle

y Gen

eral

Hosp

ital;

• fur

ther e

duca

tion c

entre

; •

publi

c tra

nspo

rt hu

b; •

retai

l and

servi

ce ce

ntre f

or P

ennin

e Lan

cash

ire;

• ce

ntre o

f pub

lic ad

minis

tratio

n. C

LC

R3:

Gre

en C

ity

CL

CR

3

Polic

y CLC

R3: G

reen

City

Th

e un

ique

‘gree

n’ ch

arac

ter o

f the

Cen

tral L

anca

shire

City

Reg

ion, a

nd th

e ad

vanta

ges

it off

ers

for

recre

ation

and f

or at

tracti

ng pe

ople

and i

nves

tmen

t, will

be pr

otecte

d and

furth

er en

hanc

ed by

:

• ma

intain

ing th

e gen

eral

exten

t of th

e Gre

en B

elt in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith P

olicy

RDF

4;

• pr

otecti

ng th

e For

est o

f Bow

land A

ONB,

in ac

cord

ance

with

Poli

cy E

M1;

• the

furth

er d

evelo

pmen

t of t

he C

ity R

egion

’s thr

ee R

egion

al Pa

rks (E

ast L

anca

shire

, Ribb

le Es

tuary

and M

orec

ambe

Bay

) in ac

cord

ance

with

Poli

cy E

M4, th

roug

h:

-

impr

oving

acc

ess

to op

en s

pace

netw

orks

, enh

ancin

g the

urb

an f

ringe

, re

claim

ing

dere

lict la

nd, e

nhan

cing r

ecre

ation

al an

d edu

catio

nal fa

cilitie

s, an

d pro

viding

publi

c art;

-

prom

oting

the

cons

erva

tion,

prote

ction

and

enh

ance

ment

of the

phy

sical

and

natur

al en

viron

ment,

and s

uppo

rting b

iodive

rsity;

and

-

the in

clusio

n of

appr

opria

te po

licies

and

pro

jects,

and

the

delin

eatio

n of

Regio

nal P

ark

boun

darie

s in

Loca

l Dev

elopm

ent F

rame

works

in lin

e wi

th str

ategic

fram

ewor

ks a

s set

out in

EM4

;

• the

gre

ening

of

urba

n ar

eas,

throu

gh m

easu

res

includ

ing t

he r

enov

ation

of

exist

ing p

arks

; the

re

clama

tion

of de

relic

t lan

d for

‘soft

’ end

use

s; the

utili

satio

n of

open

spa

ce a

djace

nt to

water

ways

, su

ch a

s the

Lee

ds-L

iverp

ool C

anal;

and

the

creati

on o

f gre

en w

edge

s ex

tendin

g int

o the

cou

ntrys

ide

from

urba

n are

as a

nd in

line w

ith po

licy E

M3.

To al

ign w

ith R

DF4

To pr

ovide

impr

oved

cros

s-refe

renc

ing,

grea

ter cl

arity

and a

lign w

ith E

M4.

13

.11

12.1

1 On

e of th

e stre

ngths

of C

entra

l Lan

cash

ire’s

polyc

entric

grow

th is

the po

tentia

l to m

axim

ise th

e ben

efits

offer

ed by

the c

lose p

roxim

ity of

high

quali

ty co

untry

side a

nd en

viron

menta

l ass

ets to

a lar

ge pr

opor

tion o

f the

popu

lation

– the

‘Gre

en C

ity’ c

once

pt. T

he G

reen

Belt

, the F

ores

t of B

owlan

d AON

B an

d the

Reg

ional

Parks

will

form

impo

rtant

eleme

nts in

the C

ity R

egion

’s gr

een i

nfras

tructu

re to

gethe

r with

impr

oved

gree

n sp

aces

in ur

ban a

reas

. Suc

h are

as co

uld of

fer si

gnific

ant o

ppor

tunitie

s for

cycli

ng an

d walk

ing (

RT9)

and

co

uld as

sist in

addr

essin

g hea

lth in

equa

lities

.

To ad

dres

s iss

ues i

denti

fied i

n ine

quali

ties

maps

in re

lation

to P

resto

n are

a.

14 C

um

bri

a an

d N

ort

h L

anca

shir

e C

NL

1: O

vera

ll S

pat

ial P

olic

y fo

r C

um

bri

a C

NL

1

Polic

y CNL

1: O

vera

ll Spa

tial P

olicy

for C

umbr

ia

85

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

Plan

s and

stra

tegies

in C

umbr

ia sh

ould:

•

focus

majo

r dev

elopm

ents

withi

n Ba

rrow

in Fu

rnes

s and

Whit

ehav

en, a

nd W

orkin

gton,

and

in the

City

of

Carlis

le in

line w

ith po

licy R

DF1 a

nd sp

atial

princ

iples

DP1

-9;

• pr

ovide

for d

evelo

pmen

t in th

e key

servi

ce ce

ntres

and l

ocal

servi

ce ce

ntres

in lin

e with

RDF

2;

• pr

ovide

a p

ortfo

lio o

f emp

loyme

nt sit

es in

acc

orda

nce

with

RDF1

and

the

criter

ia in

Polic

ies W

2 an

d W

3;

• su

ppor

t the r

estru

cturin

g of h

ousin

g mar

kets

in W

est C

umbr

ia an

d Fur

ness

;

• im

prov

e Cum

bria’

s inte

rnal

and e

xtern

al tra

nspo

rt lin

ks in

line w

ith th

e prio

rities

for t

rans

port

inves

tmen

t an

d man

agem

ent s

et ou

t in P

olicy

RT1

0;

• de

velop

the

role

of Ca

rlisle

as a

regio

nal

publi

c tra

nspo

rt ga

teway

to th

e re

gion

in lin

e wi

th Po

licy R

T1

and h

arne

ss its

poten

tial fo

r eco

nomi

c gro

wth i

n sus

taina

ble w

ays;

• en

sure

that

netw

ork

mana

geme

nt me

asur

es a

re u

tilise

d to

make

bes

t and

mos

t app

ropr

iate

use

of av

ailab

le hig

hway

infra

struc

ture

and

to im

prov

e ro

ad s

afety

and

journ

ey ti

me re

liabil

ity, w

ith p

riority

giv

en to

impr

oving

the o

pera

tion o

f rou

tes lin

king F

urne

ss an

d Wes

t Cum

bria

to the

M6;

• giv

e pr

iority

to im

prov

ing a

cces

s to

emplo

ymen

t, se

rvice

s an

d ed

ucati

on/tr

aining

facil

ities

on fo

ot an

d by

cyc

le, a

nd b

y pu

blic

trans

port,

in C

arlis

le, W

orkin

gton/

Whit

ehav

en a

nd B

arro

w-in

Furn

ess,

and

in Ke

y Ser

vice C

entre

s, es

pecia

lly K

enda

l;

• su

ppor

t the d

evelo

pmen

t of s

ustai

nable

tour

ism in

Cum

bria;

and

• su

ppor

t the

dev

elopm

ent o

f high

er v

alue

know

ledge

bas

ed a

nd s

pecia

list i

ndus

try b

ased

emp

loyme

nt op

portu

nities

.

Prop

osals

and s

chem

es w

ill be

dire

cted p

rimar

ily to

ward

s loc

ation

s whe

re th

ey ca

n con

tribute

to th

ese

prior

ities.

To al

ign w

ith ot

her r

egion

al se

ction

s and

to

prov

ide cr

oss r

efere

nce t

o main

over

arch

ing

polic

ies.

CN

L2:

Su

b-a

rea

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pri

ori

ties

fo

r C

um

bri

a C

NL

2

With

in the

sub-

area

s of C

umbr

ia, pl

ans a

nd st

rateg

ies sh

ould

acco

rd w

ith C

NL1 a

nd fo

cus o

n: •

supp

ortin

g su

staina

ble g

rowt

h in

Carlis

le. B

uildin

g on

Car

lisle

city’s

sign

ifican

t pote

ntial

to att

ract

susta

inable

dev

elopm

ent i

nto C

umbr

ia. T

he c

ity w

i ll en

hanc

e its

role

as th

e su

b-re

giona

l cen

tre fo

r bu

sines

s, sh

oppin

g, lei

sure

, cult

ure

and

touris

m, s

ervin

g Cu

mbria

and

the

adjoi

ning

parts

of S

cotla

nd

and

North

Eas

t Eng

land.

It w

ill als

o de

velop

its h

igher

edu

catio

n fun

ction

thro

ugh

the e

stabli

shme

nt of

the n

ew U

niver

sity

of Cu

mbria

, wh

ich s

hould

help

attr

act

inves

tmen

t in

the k

nowl

edge

– b

ased

ec

onom

y. En

sure

dev

elopm

ent i

s co

mpati

ble w

ith th

e co

nser

vatio

n an

d en

hanc

emen

t Due

reg

ard

To im

prov

e cro

ss-re

feren

cing.

To be

cons

isten

t with

the a

ppro

ach t

aken

by

the P

anel

on th

e hist

oric

city o

f Che

ster a

nd to

re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on P

ropo

sed C

hang

es by

Eng

lish

86

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

shou

ld be

paid

to the

cons

erva

tion o

f the h

istor

ic cit

y cen

tre;

• en

hanc

ing th

e Re

gene

ratio

n Pr

iority

Are

a of

Wes

t Cum

bria,

par

ticula

rly th

roug

h de

velop

ing th

e ro

les o

f the

exis

ting

centr

es o

f W

hiteh

aven

, W

orkin

gton,

and

also

in C

leator

Moo

r an

d Ma

rypor

t in

a co

mplem

entar

y ma

nner

. Ef

forts

shou

ld be

mad

e to

explo

it the

pote

ntial

offer

ed b

y a

local

workf

orce

wi

th ex

pertis

e in

the fie

ld of

nucle

ar re

sear

ch, d

evelo

pmen

t and

dec

ommi

ssion

ing; a

nd th

e pr

esen

ce o

f the

Nati

onal

Nucle

ar L

abor

atory.

The

loca

tion

of pa

rt of

the U

niver

sity

of Cu

mbria

in th

is ar

ea c

ould

incre

ase i

ts po

tentia

l for t

he de

velop

ment

of a k

nowl

edge

-bas

ed ec

onom

y. T

he po

tentia

l of th

e are

a for

tou

rism-

base

d dev

elopm

ent s

hould

also

be ex

plore

d;

• co

ncen

tratin

g de

velop

ment

withi

n the

Fur

ness

Reg

ener

ation

Prio

rity A

rea

in Ba

rrow

in Fu

rnes

s, to

facilit

ate d

iversi

ficati

on o

f the

loc

al ec

onom

y, an

d en

able

oppo

rtunit

ies f

or d

evelo

pmen

t an

d re

gene

ratio

n to

be b

roug

ht for

ward

in th

e wi

der F

urne

ss P

enins

ula.

Effor

ts sh

ould

be m

ade

to ex

ploit

spec

ialist

mar

ine en

ginee

ring s

kills

and o

ppor

tunitie

s, an

d to d

evelo

p the

area

’s po

tentia

l for t

ouris

m;

• en

surin

g tha

t the

nee

ds o

f loc

al pe

ople

in So

uth &

Eas

t Cum

bria

are

met w

ith a

focu

s on

sec

uring

inw

ard

inves

tmen

t and

impr

oving

ser

vice

prov

ision

with

in Ke

ndal

and

Penr

ith. H

igh p

riority

sho

uld b

e pla

ced o

n the

furth

er pr

ovisi

on of

affor

dable

hous

ing w

ithin

the su

b-ar

ea.

Herita

ge.

14

.9

13.9

A

high p

riority

in S

outh

and E

ast C

umbr

ia wi

ll be g

iven t

o mee

ting l

ocal

affor

dable

hous

ing ne

eds,

in pe

rpetu

ity. A

rang

e of o

ption

s to m

eet a

fford

able

hous

ing ne

eds a

re se

t out

in po

licy L

6 L5.

Opp

ortun

ities

will b

e tak

en to

secu

re in

ward

inve

stmen

t, new

busin

esse

s and

servi

ces t

o the

key s

ervic

e cen

tres o

f Ke

ndal

and P

enrith

.

To re

flect

polic

y ren

umbe

ring.

CN

L3:

Sp

atia

l Po

licy

for

the

Lak

e D

istr

ict

CN

L3

Po

licy C

NL3:

Spa

tial P

olicy

for t

he L

ake D

istric

t Pl

ans a

nd st

rateg

ies sh

ould

give p

riority

to th

e pro

tectio

n of th

e lan

dsca

pe an

d cult

ural

herita

ge of

the L

ake

Distr

ict N

ation

al Pa

rk.

In ad

dition

they

shou

ld:

• pr

omote

furth

er di

versi

ficati

on an

d dev

elopm

ent o

f its e

cono

mic b

ase;

• re

dres

s hou

sing

imba

lance

s thr

ough

the

prov

ision

of a

fford

able

and

local

need

s hou

sing

in ac

cord

ance

wi

th Po

licies

L4 an

d L6 L

5;

• de

velop

pro

gram

mes

for im

prov

emen

ts to

the p

ubl ic

rea

lm a

nd e

ffecti

ve t

raffic

man

agem

ent

in W

inder

mere

, Amb

leside

and

Kes

wick

, to

enha

nce

the u

rban

fabr

ic an

d su

ppor

t the

ir re

creati

onal

and

touris

m ro

les;

• ma

nage

recre

ation

al an

d sus

taina

ble to

urist

activ

ities,

in su

itable

loca

tions

;

• en

sure

that

publi

c tra

nspo

rt se

rvice

s ar

e im

prov

ed a

nd b

etter

integ

rated

, and

that

the p

ropo

rtion

of tra

vel to

and w

ithin

the N

ation

al Pa

rk by

susta

inable

mod

es is

incre

ased

; and

For c

onsis

tency

with

polic

y W1.

To re

flect

polic

y ren

umbe

ring.

87

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• ad

dres

s the

relat

ionsh

ip of

the N

ation

al Pa

rk wi

th its

wide

r are

a, an

d de

velop

a su

itable

fram

ewor

k for

me

eting

loca

lly ge

nera

ted ne

eds. CN

L4:

Sp

atia

l Po

licy

for

No

rth

Lan

cash

ire

CN

L4

Po

licy C

NL4:

Spa

tial P

olicy

for N

orth

Lan

cash

ire

Plan

s and

stra

tegies

will:

•

secu

re th

e re

gene

ratio

n of

More

camb

e thr

ough

the

deve

lopme

nt of

touris

m an

d the

restr

uctur

ing o

f the

ho

using

mar

ket ;

• Su

ppor

t sus

taina

ble g

rowt

h in

Lanc

aster

in lin

e wi

th RD

F1, t

he sp

atial

princ

iples

DP1

-9 a

nd th

e cri

teria

in W

2 and

W3 a

nd C

NL1,

ensu

ring d

evelo

pmen

t is co

mpati

ble w

ith th

e con

serva

tion o

f the h

istor

ic cit

y;

• ha

rnes

s opp

ortun

ities f

or su

staina

ble gr

owth

in La

ncas

ter h

aving

due r

egar

d to t

he hi

storic

char

acter

of

the ci

ty;

• bu

ild on

the s

treng

ths an

d opp

ortun

ities o

ffere

d by L

anca

ster U

niver

sity a

nd th

e Univ

ersit

y of C

umbr

ia;

• en

sure

an in

creas

e in t

he su

pply

of aff

orda

ble ho

using

;

• su

ppor

t the r

ole of

the P

ort o

f Hey

sham

in lin

e with

Poli

cy R

T6; a

nd

• de

velop

pro

posa

ls for

the

safe

and

effec

tive

mana

geme

nt of

traffic

in L

anca

ster a

nd M

orec

ambe

to

enha

nce t

he pu

blic r

ealm

and s

uppo

rt the

ir leis

ure a

nd to

urism

roles

.

To al

ign w

ith R

DF1,

to im

prov

e cro

ss-

refer

encin

g and

to re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s ma

de du

ring t

he co

nsult

ation

mad

e on t

he

Prop

osed

Cha

nges

by E

nviro

nmen

t Age

ncy.

To be

cons

isten

t with

the a

ppro

ach t

aken

by

the P

anel

on th

e hist

oric

city o

f Che

ster a

nd to

re

flect

repr

esen

tation

s mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on P

ropo

sed C

hang

es by

Eng

lish

Herita

ge.

14

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n, M

on

ito

rin

g a

nd

Rev

iew

IM

1: Im

ple

men

tati

on

IM

1

Polic

y IM

1: Im

plem

enta

tion

Im

plem

enta

tion

In ad

dition

to th

e stat

utory

requ

ireme

nt for

Env

ironm

ental

Impa

ct An

alysis

, eco

nomi

c, he

alth,

trans

port

and

other

impa

ct as

sess

ments

shou

ld be

carri

ed ou

t in ap

prop

riate

case

s. Th

e NW

RA R

egion

al Pl

annin

g Bod

y alon

g with

othe

r par

tners

will e

nsur

e the

RSS

Imple

menta

tion

Fram

ewor

k is r

eview

ed an

d dev

elope

d. Pl

an-M

onito

r-Man

age

Plan

s and

polic

ies sh

ould

be su

fficien

tly fle

xible

to re

spon

d to r

obus

t mon

itorin

g info

rmati

on w

hich w

ill re

veal

wheth

er:

• the

y are

havin

g the

desir

ed im

pact/

outco

me;

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

88

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

• the

y are

being

imple

mente

d as i

ntend

ed;

• cir

cums

tance

s hav

e cha

nged

and t

here

shou

ld be

appr

opria

te me

chan

isms t

o trig

ger a

revie

w of

polic

y, if n

eces

sary.

The R

egion

al Pl

annin

g Bod

y NW

RA w

ill wo

rk wi

th loc

al au

thoriti

es an

d othe

r par

tners

to se

cure

, as f

ar as

po

ssibl

e, a c

ommo

n evid

ence

base

, targ

ets an

d ind

icator

s, av

oid du

plica

tion a

nd im

prov

e the

effic

iency

of

monit

oring

activ

ity.

They

will

keep

the R

SS m

onito

ring f

rame

work

unde

r con

stant

revie

w an

d ann

ually

prep

are a

Mon

itorin

g Ma

nual

and M

onito

ring r

epor

t.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on

15

.3

14.3

Tr

aditio

nally

the

grea

test r

espo

nsibi

lity fo

r deli

very

of RS

S ha

s fal

len u

pon

Loca

l Auth

oritie

s thr

ough

the

prep

arati

on an

d deli

very

of Lo

cal D

evelo

pmen

t Plan

s and

Com

munit

ies S

trateg

ies an

d now

also

thro

ugh t

he

deliv

ery o

f Loc

al an

d Mu

lti Ar

ea A

gree

ments

. Whil

st thi

s will

conti

nue

to be

the

case

, Loc

al Au

thoriti

es a

nd

NWRA

the

Regio

nal P

lannin

g Bo

dy w

ill ne

ed to

wor

k clo

sely

with

a wi

de ra

nge

of oth

er o

rgan

isatio

ns to

en

sure

the

more

spati

al na

ture

of RS

S is

refle

cted

in, a

nd d

elive

red

by, t

he p

lans a

nd st

rateg

ies o

f a w

ide

rang

e of

orga

nisati

ons.

The

Imple

menta

tion

Plan

will

be u

seful

in cl

early

iden

tifying

the

orga

nisati

ons w

hich

will h

ave

the p

otenti

al to

deliv

er R

SS, i

n ad

dition

to L

ocal

Autho

rities

. The

NW

RA R

egion

al Pl

annin

g Bo

dy

will

need

to w

ork

with

poten

tial d

elive

ry pa

rtner

s to

raise

awa

rene

ss o

f RSS

and

the

relev

ance

of i

ts ob

jectiv

es to

their

own

org

anisa

tions

aim

s and

obje

ctive

s. In

this w

ay p

artne

rship

orga

nisati

ons w

ill ha

ve a

cle

arer

sha

red

inter

est

in de

liver

ing R

SS,

in or

der

to me

et the

ir ow

n tar

gets

and

objec

tives

. Ma

ny

orga

nisati

ons

need

ear

ly inv

olvem

ent i

n RS

S po

licy

prep

arati

on in

ord

er th

at fun

ding

to de

liver

RSS

ob

jectiv

es ca

n be

iden

tified

in th

eir o

wn lo

nger

term

plan

s and

stra

tegies

. Con

sulta

tion

has t

aken

plac

e wi

th a

wide

ran

ge o

f org

anisa

tions

thro

ugho

ut the

pre

para

tion

of RS

S, b

ut the

con

tacts

made

sho

uld b

e ma

intain

ed a

nd s

treng

thene

d thr

ough

the

regu

lar u

pdati

ng o

f the

Imple

menta

tion

Fram

ewor

k an

d the

es

tablis

hmen

t of

deliv

ery

grou

ps.

It is

impo

rtant

that

awar

enes

s ra

ising

and

ann

ual f

eedb

ack

of ke

y im

pleme

ntatio

n the

mes

and

monit

oring

infor

matio

n co

ntinu

e to

impr

ove

to en

cour

age

wide

r par

ticipa

tion

in the

deli

very

of RS

S. I

t wi

ll als

o be

impo

rtant

to en

sure

tha

t tar

gets

and

indica

tors

includ

ed in

the

Im

pleme

ntatio

n Fra

mewo

rk ali

gn w

ith th

ose i

n RES

.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

15

.5

14.5

Al

ong

with

the L

ocal

Autho

rities

and

the

NWRA

Reg

ional

Plan

ning

Body

, the

Nor

th W

est D

evelo

pmen

t Ag

ency

(NW

DA) i

s als

o a

signif

icant

agen

t of c

hang

e in

the re

gion.

The

need

for t

he R

egion

al Ec

onom

ic an

d Sp

atial

Stra

tegies

to b

e co

mplem

entar

y an

d ali

gned

has

bee

n a

clear

prio

rity o

f RSS

. The

July

200

7 pu

blica

tion,

the R

eview

of S

ub-N

ation

al Ec

onom

ic De

velop

ment

and

Rege

nera

tion

- whic

h ha

s be

come

kn

own

as th

e su

b-na

tiona

l rev

iew -

set o

ut a

numb

er o

f stru

ctura

l refo

rms

includ

ing th

e int

rodu

ction

of a

sin

gle r

egion

al str

ategy

in e

ach

regio

n. T

his w

ill br

ing to

gethe

r the

Reg

ional

Spati

al St

rateg

y an

d the

Re

giona

l Eco

nomi

c St

rateg

y an

d wi

ll se

t out

the e

cono

mic,

socia

l and

env

ironm

ental

obje

ctive

s for

eac

h re

gion.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

15

.6

14.6

PP

S11

emph

asise

s the

nee

d to

regu

larly

monit

or th

e eff

ectiv

enes

s of

RSS

again

st its

main

obje

ctive

s. In

July

2008

CLG

publi

shed

a ne

w se

t of c

ore i

ndica

tors.

Ther

efore

the R

PB an

d LPA

s will

need

to en

sure

that

syste

ms ar

e esta

blish

ed to

mon

itor t

hese

and e

nsur

e tha

t this

is tak

en in

acco

unt in

futur

e rev

iews.

In Ma

rch

2005

the

Offic

e of

the D

eputy

Prim

e Mi

nister

pub

lishe

d a

set o

f cor

e na

tiona

l indic

ators

that a

ll Reg

ional

Plan

ning

Bodie

s are

requ

ired

to mo

nitor

on

an a

nnua

l bas

is, a

nd is

soon

to re

lease

a re

vised

goo

d pr

actic

e

To pr

ovide

upda

ted in

forma

tion.

89

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

guide

on

monit

oring

RSS

. Bo

th of

these

doc

umen

ts ha

ve b

een

taken

into

acco

unt d

uring

the

prep

arati

on o

f thi

s stra

tegy.

15

.7

14.7

By

the

end

of Fe

brua

ry ea

ch y

ear,

the N

WRA

Reg

ional

Plan

ning

Body

will

prod

uce

an A

nnua

l Mon

itorin

g Re

port

(AMR

) on R

SS, th

e main

purp

oses

of w

hich w

ill be

to:

• As

sess

the i

mpac

t ove

r tim

e of R

SS ag

ainst

its m

ain ob

jectiv

es;

• Co

nside

r whe

ther R

SS is

being

carri

ed ou

t cor

rectl

y, in

line w

ith its

main

objec

tives

;

• Of

fer ex

plana

tions

whe

re po

licies

are n

ot be

ing pu

t into

prac

tice;

• Ou

tline t

he m

easu

res t

o be t

aken

whe

re R

SS po

licies

are n

ot be

ing pu

t into

prac

tice;

• Pr

ovide

infor

matio

n on n

et an

d gro

ss ad

dition

s to t

he ho

using

stoc

k.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

15

.8

14.8

Th

e AMR

will

comp

rise:

• co

ntextu

al ind

icator

s rela

ting

to ar

eas w

here

RSS

has

only

indir

ect in

fluen

ce. T

hese

pro

vide

infor

matio

n on

the

wide

r soc

ial, e

cono

mic,

envir

onme

ntal,

phys

ical a

nd d

emog

raph

ic ba

ckgr

ound

aga

inst w

hich

RSS

is be

ing im

pleme

nted;

• a

small

num

ber o

f “he

adlin

e ind

icator

s” re

lating

to th

e ce

ntral

princ

ipals

of thi

s RS

S, w

hich

will

be

analy

sed

on a

n an

nual

basis

to p

rovid

e an

ear

ly ind

icatio

n of

any e

merg

ing tr

ends

that

may n

eed

to be

ad

dres

sed;

• fur

ther i

ndica

tors m

easu

red

on a

year

ly or

thre

e y e

arly

basis

to d

emon

strate

the

over

all p

rogr

ess m

ade

towar

ds sp

ecific

RSS

polic

ies.

To pr

ovide

comp

rehe

nsive

list a

nd to

be

factua

lly co

rrect.

15

.11

14.1

1 Th

e su

cces

s of R

SS m

onito

ring

will d

epen

d up

on e

xtens

ive co

oper

ation

from

, and

coor

dinati

on w

ith a

wide

ra

nge

of or

ganis

ation

s in

the re

gion.

The

role

of loc

al pla

nning

auth

oritie

s in

regu

larly

colle

cting

data

on

hous

ing, la

nd u

se ch

ange

and

othe

r info

rmati

on w

ill be

par

ticula

rly im

porta

nt. T

here

are

clea

r link

s betw

een

the m

onito

ring

of RS

S an

d loc

al pla

nning

auth

oritie

s’ ow

n LD

F mo

nitor

ing p

racti

ces.

The

NWRA

Reg

ional

Plan

ning

Body

will

work

with

local

autho

rities

to e

nsur

e, wh

ere

poss

ible,

the d

evelo

pmen

t of a

com

mon

evide

nce

base

so

as to

avo

id du

plica

tion

and

achie

ve g

reate

r effic

iency

in th

e mo

nitor

ing o

f both

. A

regio

nal m

onito

ring g

roup

has b

een e

stabli

shed

, mad

e up o

f rep

rese

ntativ

es fr

om lo

cal a

uthor

ities;

the th

ree

coun

ty co

uncil

s an

d tw

o for

mer c

ounty

cou

ncils

; GON

W, N

WDA

, and

with

atte

ndee

s fro

m oth

er re

giona

l bo

dies s

uch a

s the

Env

ironm

ent A

genc

y, Na

tural

Engla

nd an

d the

ONS

regio

nal p

rese

nce.

To en

sure

cons

isten

cy w

ith pr

opos

als fo

r the

re

form

of re

giona

l gov

erna

nce a

s set

out in

the

Gove

rnme

nt’s R

eview

of su

b-na

tiona

l ec

onom

ic de

velop

ment

and r

egen

erati

on an

d to

refle

ct re

pres

entat

ions m

ade d

uring

the

cons

ultati

on on

the p

ropo

sed c

hang

es.

15

.12

14.1

2 Th

e ne

ed to

revie

w RS

S ca

n be

iden

tified

as

part

of the

mon

itorin

g pr

oces

s wh

en p

olicie

s ar

e no

t bein

g de

liver

ed o

r are

hav

ing u

ndes

irable

or u

ninten

ded

cons

eque

nces

, or w

hen

there

is a

nee

d to

addr

ess

spec

ific d

eficie

ncies

. In

partic

ular,

the H

ousin

g Gr

een

Pape

r ind

icated

the

need

to u

nder

take

partia

l rev

iews

of RS

S to

refle

ct Go

vern

ment

targe

ts to

addr

ess

hous

ing a

fford

abilit

y an

d oth

er c

hang

es s

uch

as H

ousin

g Gr

owth

Point

s. Ho

weve

r, the

re w

ill be

the

need

to in

stiga

te an

imme

diate

revie

w of

certa

in as

pects

RSS

in

orde

r to

addr

ess

spec

ific d

eficie

ncies

. The

nec

essit

y for

a p

romp

t rev

iew o

f RSS

has

bee

n giv

en fu

rther

ur

genc

y by t

he p

ublic

ation

of d

ocum

ents

such

as t

he H

ousin

g Gr

een

Pape

r, wi

th its

clea

r emp

hasis

on

the

deliv

ery o

f incre

ased

leve

ls of

hous

ing to

refle

ct cu

rrent

hous

ehold

proje

ction

s. In

addit

ion, th

e pub

licati

on of

the

Sub

Nati

onal

Revie

w ha

s ide

ntifie

d tha

t a si

ngle

regio

nal s

trateg

y is l

ikely

repla

ce R

ES a

nd R

SS in

the

To re

flect

upda

ted po

sition

.

90

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

near

futur

e an

d the

imme

diate

revie

w of

RSS

shou

ld he

lp to

infor

m the

dev

elopm

ent o

f a fu

ture

single

re

giona

l stra

tegy.

15

.13

14.1

3 Th

e sc

ope

and

timeta

ble o

f an

inter

im o

r a p

artia

l revie

w of

RSS

will b

e wa

s con

sulte

d up

on in

the

Sprin

g of

early

200

8. Th

e ini

tial

stage

of

the r

eview

is

in pr

ogre

ss w

ith H

owev

er,

a re

view

will

includ

e the

co

nside

ratio

n of th

e foll

owing

issu

es id

entifi

ed as

a the

prior

ity:

• Ho

using

– th

e re

vision

of d

istric

t hou

sing

figur

es in

line

with

the

Hous

ing G

reen

Pap

er c

halle

nges

, tak

ing a

ccou

nt of

envir

onme

ntal c

apac

ity, t

he s

upply

of s

uitab

le lan

d, the

hou

sing

need

s in

each

ho

using

mar

ket a

rea a

nd th

e like

ly im

pact

of su

pply

on af

forda

bility

;

• Re

newa

ble en

ergy

– the

iden

tifica

tion o

f bro

ad ar

eas s

uitab

le for

rene

wable

ener

gy de

velop

ment;

• W

aste

– the

iden

tifica

tion o

f the n

umbe

r and

type

of fa

cilitie

s req

uired

and t

heir b

road

loca

tion.

To re

flect

upda

ted po

sition

.

14

.14

Cons

idera

tion i

s to b

e give

n to t

he be

st wa

y to t

ake t

he re

view

of the

se is

sues

forw

ard,

taking

acco

unt o

f the

curre

nt ho

using

mar

ket c

ondit

ions,

the N

ation

al Ho

using

and

Plan

ning

Unit's

adv

ice, p

ropo

sals

for n

ew

hous

ing g

rowt

h po

ints,

and

the n

eed

to ma

nage

the

trans

it ion

to the

Sing

le Re

giona

l Stra

tegy

which

will

repla

ce th

e RES

and R

SS in

the n

ear f

uture

.

To re

flect

rece

nt ad

vice a

nd re

spon

se to

NH

PAU

repo

rt.

15

.14

14.1

5 An

iInter

im re

views

of R

SS a

nd a

futur

e sin

gle re

giona

l stra

tegyie

s will

be in

forme

d by

add

itiona

l res

earch

. On

going

rese

arch

inclu

des

sub

regio

nal c

ross

bor

der s

tudies

for S

outh

Ches

hire

and

North

Staf

fords

hire,

and

the M

anch

ester

City

Reg

ion a

nd H

igh P

eak,

the re

vision

of P

arkin

g St

anda

rds,

prov

ision

for g

ypsie

s an

d tra

velle

rs an

d as

sess

ment

of de

finitio

ns o

f ho

using

mar

ket

area

s. Ho

weve

r, the

The

imme

diate

prior

ities f

or fu

ture r

esea

rch w

ill re

late t

o the

prior

ities i

denti

fied f

or in

terim

RSS

Rev

iew in

14.13

abov

e.

Mino

r tex

t cha

nges

to pr

ovide

grea

ter cl

arity

.

15 A

sses

smen

t o

f R

epla

ced

an

d P

ote

nti

ally

Sav

ed S

tru

ctu

re P

lan

Po

licie

s

16.1

15

.1

Thro

ugh

the P

lannin

g an

d Co

mpuls

ory

Purch

ase

Act

2004

a m

echa

nism

was

incor

pora

ted w

here

by

Stru

cture

Plan

poli

cies c

an b

e we

re ‘s

aved

’ for a

per

iod o

f up

to thr

ee ye

ars f

rom

the o

n co

mmen

ceme

nt of

the A

ct or

for t

hree

year

s fro

m the

time ,

or fo

rmal

adop

tion

of the

Stru

cture

Plan

, whic

heve

r is l

ater,

unles

s re

place

d by

an

RSS

or th

e So

fS d

irects

to e

xtend

the

3 ye

ar p

eriod

und

er S

ched

ule 8

to th

e Ac

t. Th

is me

chan

ism h

as b

een

incor

pora

ted to

avo

id an

y pote

ntial

polic

y void

occ

urrin

g. Th

e thr

ee S

tructu

re P

lans i

n the

Nor

th W

est R

egion

are

the

Joint

Lan

cash

ire S

tructu

re P

lan (A

dopte

d Ma

rch 2

005)

; the

Join

t Cum

bria

and

Lake

Dist

rict J

oint S

tructu

re P

lan 2

001-

2016

(Ado

pted

April

2006

) – M

odific

ation

s (S

eptem

ber 2

005)

; an

d the

Che

shire

Stru

cture

Plan

2016

– Al

terati

on ( A

dopte

d Dec

embe

r 200

5).

To im

prov

e clar

ity.

15

.2

The 3

year

‘sav

ed’ p

eriod

for t

he Jo

int La

ncas

hire S

tructu

re P

lan co

nclud

ed be

fore t

he pu

blica

tion o

f this

plan a

nd ac

cord

ingly

the S

ecre

tary o

f Stat

e dire

cted t

hat a

ll Join

t Lan

cash

ire S

tructu

re P

lan po

licies

be

exten

ded.

In re

lation

to C

hesh

ire an

d Join

t Cum

bria

and L

ake D

istric

t Stru

cture

Plan

, the 3

year

‘sav

ed’

perio

d fro

m ad

optio

n had

not y

et co

nclud

ed.

To im

prov

e clar

ity.

16

.2

15.3

Th

e tab

les b

elow

set o

ut tho

se e

xtend

ed a

nd s

aved

Gov

ernm

ent O

ffice

North

Wes

t’s (G

ONW

) opin

ion o

n wh

ich s

tructu

re p

lan p

olicie

s ar

e re

place

d by

the

polic

ies c

ontai

ned

in the

Nor

th W

est o

f Eng

land

Plan

Re

giona

l Spa

tial S

trateg

y. Fo

llowi

ng e

ach

of the

table

s the

re is

a lis

t of s

tructu

re p

lan p

olicie

s wh

ich h

ave

been

exte

nded

bec

ause

they

hav

e no

t bee

n re

place

d by

Th e

Nor

th W

est o

f Eng

land

Plan

and

,whic

h wi

ll co

ntinu

e to

be s

aved

unti

l the

y ar

e re

place

d by

a fu

ture

RSS

revis

ion. A

s se

t out

in the

Cha

pter o

n Im

pleme

ntatio

n, Mo

nitor

ing a

nd R

eview

, rev

iew o

f this

RSS

is b

eing

prog

ress

ed. L

ocal

Autho

rities

in th

e re

gion

are

enco

urag

ed to

con

sider

whe

ther t

hose

stru

cture

plan

poli

ces

not c

over

ed b

y the

RSS

can

be

To im

prov

e clar

ity.

91

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

expr

esse

d with

in the

appr

opria

te Lo

cal A

uthor

ities L

ocal

Deve

lopme

nt Fr

amew

ork.

P

olic

y L

ists

Follo

wing

cons

ultati

on on

Pro

pose

d Cha

nges

dis

cuss

ions t

ook p

lace b

etwee

n the

majo

r sta

keho

lders

and f

urthe

r rec

omme

ndati

ons f

or

save

d poli

cies w

ith ju

stific

ation

s wer

e put

to GO

NW by

the R

egion

al Pl

annin

g Bod

y. Fu

ll co

pies o

f thes

e tab

les ca

n be m

ade

avail

able.

In co

ming

to a

decis

ion ab

out w

hich

polic

ies sh

ould

be sa

ved,

cons

idera

tion h

as

been

give

n to t

he re

pres

entat

ions o

f the b

oth

the C

ounty

Stru

cture

Plan

Auth

oritie

s and

the

Regio

nal P

lannin

g Bod

y in t

he lig

ht of

any

furthe

r cha

nges

prop

osed

as pa

rt of

publi

shed

RS

S.

A

pp

end

ix R

T

Ap

pen

dix

R

T (

a)

Na

tiona

l Pub

lic T

rans

port

Corri

dor

Key M

arke

t(s)

Prin

cipal

Prov

ider

(s)

Lond

on &

the S

outh

East/

Birm

ingha

m/So

uth

Wale

s/Sou

th W

est

– Man

ches

ter C

ity R

egion

/Live

rpoo

l City

Reg

ion/C

rewe

– Ch

ester

– No

rth W

ales/C

entra

l Lan

cash

ire C

ity R

egion

/C

umbr

ia/Sc

otlan

d

Comm

uter

Busin

ess

Leisu

re

Rail

Expr

ess C

oach

Ch

arter

Coa

ch

Newc

astle

City

Reg

ion/T

ees V

alley

City

Reg

ion/Le

eds

City

Regio

n/She

ffield

City

Regio

n – M

anch

ester

City

Re

gion/L

iverp

ool C

ity R

egion

/Che

ster –

Nor

th W

ales

Comm

uter

Busin

ess

Leisu

re

Rail

Expr

ess C

oach

Links

to/fr

om M

anch

ester

Airp

ort

Bu

sines

s Le

isure

Rail

Loca

l Bus

Ex

pres

s Coa

ch

Airlin

es

Re

giona

l Pub

lic T

rans

port

Corri

dor

Links

to/fr

om Li

verp

ool A

irpor

t

Busin

ess

Leisu

re

Rail

Loca

l Bus

Ai

rlines

Manc

heste

r City

Reg

ion -

Centr

al La

ncas

hire C

ity R

egion

- C

umbr

ia

Comm

uter

Busin

ess

Leisu

re

Rail

Expr

ess C

oach

Lo

cal B

us

92

Po

licy

Par

a.

Tex

t R

easo

n f

or

chan

ge

Liver

pool

City

Regio

n – C

entra

l Lan

cash

ire C

ity R

egion

Ra

il Ex

pres

s Coa

ch

Loca

l Bus

Centr

al La

ncas

hire C

ity R

egion

– Le

eds C

ity R

egion

Comm

uter

Busin

ess

Leisu

re

Rail

Wes

t Cum

bria

– Car

lisle

– New

castl

e City

Reg

ion

Bu

sines

s Co

mmute

r Le

isure

Rail

Coac

h

Addit

ion of

the w

ord ‘

coac

h’ to

refle

ct the

ex

isten

ce of

a bu

s ser

vice b

etwee

n Wes

t Cu

mbria

- Ca

rlisle

- New

castl

e City

Reg

ion

and t

o refl

ect r

epre

senta

tions

mad

e dur

ing th

e co

nsult

ation

on th

e pro

pose

d cha

nges

.