Sophie Moreton

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Sophie Moreton

• Yorkshire Forward
• Sustainable Development Manager- Planning

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Structure of presentation

• Introduction
• The regional set up connections, roles,
  responsibilities
• Focus on Yorkshire Forward
• - production of RES
• - sustainable development at Yorkshire Forward
• - Sustainability appraisal

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The Regional Bodies
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Regional Strategies
Regional Sustainable Development Framework
Regional Economic Strategy
Regional Planning Guidance
Other Regional Strategies/Plan

Sub-regional action plan
Regional Action Plan
Local Planning Documents
Local Partnerships, strategies community plans
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Yorkshire Forward

• Regional Development Agency for Yorkshire and the
  Humber
• Aim of revitalising the regions economy
• Yorkshire Forward is the driving force behind the
  economic regeneration of the region, delivering a
  programme of change that will make a positive
  difference to our people, our business and our
  environment

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Government Office for Yorkshire Humber

• Regional arm of national government
• Provide financial accountability for YF
• Their planning role is to
• Consider development plans submitted to them by
  local authorities
• Consider individual planning applications which
  raise issues of more than local importance

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Yorkshire Humber Assembly

• The voice of the region working with others to
  improve the regions performance and deliver a
  better quality of life for all.Thirty-six
  members who are the Leaders of the regions
  twenty-two local authorities and social, economic
  and environmental partners.

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Role

• To promote the region and lobby for the best
  deals for Yorkshire and the Humber nationally
  and in Europe
• Regional planning body, agreeing where and what
  types of development will meet the future needs
  of the region.
• Scrutiny of Yorkshire Forward to achieve the best
  possible results in the region, in line with the
  Regional Economic Strategy.

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Documents- Regional Planning Guidance

• Covers land use and transport issues
• Broad development framework for a 15 to 20 year
  period
• Sets context for local development plans
• Informs other regional strategies
• Approved by GOYH

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Documents- Regional Sustainable Development
Framework

• Regions strategy for sustainable development and
  seeks to ensure that sustainable development is
  an integral part of policy and decision making at
  regional, sub-regional and local levels
  throughout the Yorkshire and Humber region.
• 15 Aims
• Action Plan to integrate sustainability and
  support policy development

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Who are Yorkshire Forward?

• The Regional Development Agency for Yorkshire and
  the Humber
• sponsored by Department for Trade Industry
• Formed from 6 existing regional organisations
• Budget of 300m per year in a 57bn regional
  economy
• Business led board
• One funding stream

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Role

• Drive the Regions Economic Strategy in order to
  make a lasting difference to our economy, our
  businesses, and through them to the quality of
  life and prosperity the regions people enjoy
• Help the region to achieve its vision to be
  world class

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Responsibilities

• To further economic development and regeneration
• To promote business efficiency, investment and
  competitiveness
• To promote employment
• To enhance development and application of skill
  relevant to employment
• To contribute to sustainable development

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Vision

• To be world class, prosperous, self-reliant and
  sustainable

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How we arrived at the vision

• Board away day
• Looked at where we are and where we want to be
• Consultation process on vision as part of RES
  consultation process

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Objectives
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How we developed the objectives

• Led by Strategy Director
• Identified 6 key issues that would achieve the
  vision
• Focused objectives that cover all elements
• Consulted on as part of RES process
• Refined in 2nd edition of RES

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Documents What is the Regional Economic
Strategy?

• Its a ten year strategy about Yorkshire and
  Humber, an English region determined to achieve
  its vision to be world class. It provides a
  framework of common priorities around which
  businesses, public agencies, voluntary groups and
  communities can focus their investment and
  effort. The strategy is owned, and can only be
  delivered by the whole region working together.

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Progress in the Region

• provides an analysis of economic and policy
  drivers affecting the Region, and its performance
  across a spread of economic, social and
  environmental indicators

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Regional Action Plan

• The Regional Action Plan for the Yorkshire and
  Humber economy sets out region-wide actions to
  implement the Regional Economic Strategy (RES).
  Together with action plans for each of Yorkshire
  and Humber's four sub-regions

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The RES Process
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Consultation How?

• 5 major events to allow organisations to debate
  revisions
• Short questionnaires to businesses
• RES re-draft incorporating comments - widely
  disseminated for further consultation
• Further revisions
• Government consultation draft approval

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Consultation Why?

• Ownership Buy In YF cannot deliver RES on its
  own we need to deliver through partners
• Suggestions - YF dont have a monopoly on good
  ideas
• Result is a stronger document
• Government requirement

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Consultation Who?

• Business Competitiveness and Investment
• Inclusion
• Environment and Infrastructure
• Cities as Drivers of Regional Growth
• Sub-region Humber Trade Zone Urban Renaissance
  RES and the EU Objective One Programme Rural
  Renaissance

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How is RES monitored and evaluated?

• Progress in the Region
• Targets
• Project level monitoring
• Indicators
• Key partners provide progress reports
• RES review every 3 years
• Scrutiny by YHA

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How is Sustainable Development interpreted by
Yorkshire Forward?

• Increasing environmental, social and economic
  capital at the same time
• Our natural environment is unique and cannot be
  replicated elsewhere
• The environment presents economic opportunities

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Yorkshire Forwards commitment to Sustainable
Development

• Yorkshire Forward is committed to establishing
  the Region at the leading edge of sustainable
  development practice. We recognise that
  sustainability demands consideration in all our
  areas of activity and influence, and that it
  presents major opportunities for the region.

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Sustainability Appraisal

• Systematic and iterative process which identifies
  and reports on the extent to which the
  implementation of the plan or strategy would
  achieve the environmental, economic and social
  objectivesin order that the performance of the
  strategy and policies is improved

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The Tasks

• Establish baseline situation
• Do proposed changes work towards or against the
  achievement of RSDF aims?
• Is revised RES an improvement on existing?
• Is there synergy between RES and RPG?

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The Questions Asked

• Will the objective move towards or away from
  achievement of SD aims?
• Will the effect be seen during lifetime of RES or
  beyond?
• Is the effect significant or marginal?
• Is there a rural/urban or national/international
  dimension?

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Who was involved?

• Yorkshire Forward, Yorkshire and Humber Assembly,
  Government Office for YH commissioned
  independent consultants ENTEC
• Environment Agency, environmental organisations,
  local authority, health authority, social
  inclusion team

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How we did it

• Steering group of YF, GOYH, YHA
• Brief covered RES, FRESA, RPG
• Independent consultants
• First draft judged against RSDF aims
• Consultation with key stakeholders on
  recommendations for change
• Amendments to RES
• Final Sustainability Appraisal against RSDF

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How did it benefit the RES?

• Environmental Cross-Cutting Theme strengthened
• SD stressed as an overarching concept
• Objectives diagram shows SD as central
• Resource efficiency stressed
• Priority for physical development in urban
  centres to facilitate urban renaissance

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Lessons weve learnt

• Value in being open and keeping people informed
• Value in including key stakeholders in the
  process and listening to them and acting on their
  reactions
• Value of a good evidence base
• Importance of clarity

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Summary Diagram
I N D I C A T O R S
R S D F
Sustainability Appraisal
RPG
SA of projects
RES