Regional Planning Committee 31 July 2002

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Regional Planning Committee31 July 2002
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ORBIT Transport Solutions around
LondonProvisional Strategy

• Presentation to invited audience 12 July
• Largest of Multi-Modal Studies
• M25 corridor orbital travel around London
• Final report to Assembly Autumn 2002
• Looks to 2016 and beyond
• Provisional strategy

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ORBIT Transport Solutions around
LondonProvisional Strategy

• Summary
• Traffic management of M25 to use capacity better
• Reduction in the demand for travel through
  congestion charging and other measures
• Improvements to public transport
• Orbital coach network
• Support for Crossrail, Thameslink 200 (as
  inter-regional services)
• New orbital rail services
• System of public transport hubs

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ORBIT Transport Solutions around
LondonProvisional Strategy

• Widening of the M25 selectively
• Combined with four options to manage demand
• Physical and fiscal measures
• Road charging necessary
• An Invest and Manage approach

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The Future Development of Air Transport in the
United Kingdom

• 4 Regional Reports for England
• South East
• Midlands
• South West
• North
• Forecasts and Development to 2030
• Options for Debate
• Consultation to 30 November 2002
• Government to publish White Paper next year

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The Future Development of Air Transport in the
United Kingdom

• High levels of traffic growth
• Limited scope for diversion to Regional Airports
• International hub role in South East
• Strong European competition
• One hub or two?

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The Future Development of Air Transport in the
United Kingdom

• Major options in the South East
• Base case (no development)
• Max. use of existing runways only
• Heathrow one new runway
• Stansted one new runway
• Stansted two new runways
• Heathrow Stansted one new runway each
• Stansted three new runways
• Heathrow one new runway Stansted two new
  runways
• Cliffe four runways

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The Future Development of Air Transport in the
United Kingdom

• No Gatwick
• Little development at Regional Airports
• Process Task Group and consultants working
• Regional Planning Committee 15 October
• Executive Committee 25 October
• Full Assembly Plenary 20 November

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1. Housing Update

• Chancellors Statement 13 July
• Deputy Prime Ministers Statement - 18 July
• Responses to Chairs letter
• Next steps

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2. Chancellors Statement

• Recognises serious housing supply problem,
  especially affordable housing
• Housing to receive additional 1.4 billion
• To fund significant increase in affordable
  housing in South East
• Planning system to help deliver increased supply
• Planning system to receive 350 million resources
• Planning Improvement Grants (PIG)
• Some greater involvement of RDAs

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3. Deputy Prime Ministers Statement

• We are building too few homes, especially in
  South
• Step change needed, all must play part
• Local authorities in South East must deliver RPG
  numbers
• Existing growth proposals for
• Thames Gateway
• Milton Keynes and South Midlands
• Ashford
• to be accelerated and longer-term growth
  determined

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3. Deputy Prime Ministers Statement

• Meetings with Project Steering Groups to take
  place
• Higher densities to be pursued
• Applications of less than 30 dwellings per
  hectare called in
• Details of affordable housing funding to be
  announced in Autumn
• Single Housing Inspectorate

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3. Deputy Prime Ministers Statement

• Planning
• Statutory Regional Spatial Strategies
• Sub-regional dimension
• Formal county role structure plans abolished
• Local Development Frameworks
• Core strategy
• Proposals map
• Area Action Plans
• Can cover more than one District

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3. Deputy Prime Ministers Statement

• CPOs to go ahead
• Tariffs not to be pursued
• S 106 to be improved
• Parliamentary inquiry process dropped
• Business Planning Zones to be implemented
• Resources 50 million 2003/04
• 130 million 2004/05
• 170 million 2005/06
• Grant linked to performance improvement measures
• Legislation in Autumn

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Response to Chairs Letter

• 35 Responses to date
• Positive on Assembly initiative
• Recognise seriousness of problem
• Some impressive local actions
• Several recurring key issues

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Response to Chairs Letter

• Key Issues
• Resources
• Government Support through planning
  decisions/Guidance
• Infrastructure
• Housing Corporation backing
• Removal of Circular 6/98
• Public attitudes
• Densities are rising
• Sharing Good Practice

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Next Steps

• Full analysis of responses
• Housing Advisory Group to devise Action Programme
• Regional Housing Forum to consider
• Further discussions with ODPM on priorities
• Begin Best Practice Network/web-pages
• Develop Mutual Learning programme
• Report back to October Committee

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