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Regeneration

Rural change

Thames Gateway

Decentralisation, urban growth and SE England

  This page last updated 05/02/03
"Regional change is occurring in some MEDCs as population and employment are decentralising. This counter-urbanisation process complicates attempts to distinguish between urban and rural areas. The increasing but selective use of the countryside for residential, industrial and leisure purposes has many impacts on the rural area, and may lead to conflict between different interest groups. There is a need for careful management." WJEC specification generalisation (AS Aspects of Rural Change.)
Thames Gateway - in the news

Thames Gateway Proposals for the expansion of London eastwards with a series of new townships to relieve overcrowding in the capital and provide affordable homes for people priced out of the housing market. A multibillion pound "linear city" along 40 miles of the Thames to Essex and Kent could lead to around 200,000 new houses over the next 15 years. Guardian news story (Jan 2003). http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,877337,00.html BBC news (Feb 2003) - includes maps http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2727399.stm

CPRE view There is considerable opposition to the continual building of new housing on green fields. http://www.cpre.org.uk/

Saffron Walden FoE A more localised opposition view in January 2003 newsletter: "The next year may well see then end of life as we have known it in our area." http://www.saffire.org.uk/saffire/environ/foe.html

Takeley village, Essex Residents fear their village will be destroyed by the Prescott plan. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2729869.stm

Chartered Institute of Housing South East Region news story http://www.cihse.co.uk/main/news.php?news_id=92
 

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Jobs and services Dartford Park A mixed-use scheme for a Science Park with Innovation Centre, housing, local centre, primary school, leisure and recreational uses, open space and wildlife areas. A key feature of the development is the proposed Fastrack dedicated public transport system. http://www.kent-thameside.org.uk/html/northdartfordvision.htm

Suffolk What businesses in Suffolk say they want. http://www.eeda.org.uk/compdetails.asp?id=3124&sec_id=364

East of England Development Agency Latest press releases. http://www.eeda.org.uk/monthly_view.asp?sec_id=364

  
 

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Transport

Channel tunnel rail link http://www.ctrl.co.uk/english/introduction/default.htm

Transport links New stations at Ebbsfleet and Stratford http://www.ctrl.co.uk/english/introduction/stratford.htm

Stanstead Airport Expansion plans. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2255775.stm Impact of airport expansion, in general, on villagers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2146779.stm Saffron Walden in particular. http://www.saffire.org.uk/saffire/environ/foe.html Stop Stanstead http://www.stopstanstedexpansion.com/why_campaign.html

Roads Eastern region policy. http://www.roads.dft.gov.uk/roadnetwork/nrpd/hpp/trunk/eastern.htm

  
 

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Government plans Statement from the Deputy Prime Minister on sustainable communities, housing and planning [18 July 2002] New homes in housing hotspots, extra help for key workers, action to tackle low demand in the North and the Midlands, a faster and fairer planning system, and new funding to rebuild the poorest neighbourhoods have been announced. Growth will be concentrated in the Thames Gateway, Ashford in Kent, Milton Keynes and the London-Stansted-Cambridge corridor. http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page5644.asp
  New homes in housing hotspots July 2002 government press release. http://www.ukonline.gov.uk/NewsRoom/NRArticle/0,1169,164480~801b22~fs~en,00.html
  SEEDA "The Government has strongly endorsed the blueprint for sustained economic growth in the South East put forward by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) and acknowledged that the region’s future success is vital to the UK economy." http://www.seeda.co.uk/seeda_news/newsitems-2000/GovernmentWelcomes_S.E.Plan_20.01.00.htm  
  EEDA East of England Development Agency Essex page http://www.eeda.org.uk/overview.asp?sec_id=359  
  Housing London Commuter Belt sub-regional housing strategy for 14 districts of Hertfordshire and Essex (pdf document). http://www.eastherts.gov.uk/committee_reports/overview1/121102/item_7_app_d.pdf  
  Essex and Southsea Structure development plan 1996-2011 - the core strategy (pdf document). http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/esd/planningandenvironment/publications/part2.pdf  
 

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SE Towns

Kent-Thameside Densest cluster of large-scale projects in Europe which includes Ebbsfleet, the Channel rail tunnel link set to open in 2006/7. http://www.kent-thameside.org.uk/kts.htm

Basildon Regeneration plans. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2327433.stm

Ashford Plan to make it a sustainable city. http://www.cihse.co.uk/main/news.php?news_id=97

Towncentric Project to revitalise Gravesend town centre. http://www.towncentric.co.uk/

New towns England http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/d7.htm

Harlow http://www.harlow.gov.uk/harlow_council/index.htm

  
 

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Flood risks Flood risk The Environment Agency, responsible for flood warnings, believes planners are ignoring flood risks. Much of the 'Gateway' area lies within the natural tidal flood plain of the Thames and will become increasingly at risk from flooding in the future. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2207924.stm

Leigh Barrier Eight page pdf document from the Environment Agency on Medway flood defence scheme. http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/105385/126554

Water pollution http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2210243.stm

  
     
Ecological impact Ecological threat to the Kent marshlands. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2145963.stm  
     
 

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