local roots to growth

Local Roots to GrowthSpeakers:Simon Ridley, Chief Executive, Planning InspectorateRobert Hough, Chair, Liverpool City Region LEPAndrew Carter, Chief Executive, Centre for CitiesChair:Ged Fitzgerald, Chief Executive, Liverpool City Council

Local Plans:Delivering for Local People

Simon Ridley

Chief Executive, The Planning Inspectorate

Presentation to Solace Summit 2014

The NPPF sets out a positive planning framework

• Plan led system

• Presumption in favour of sustainable development

• Duty to cooperate

• Meet objectively assessed needs, in full

• 5 year housing land supply


NPPF puts local plans at the heart of the planning system

“it is highly desirable that local planning authorities should have an up-to-date plan in place” paragraph 12

“proactively drive and support sustainable economic development to deliver the homes, businesses and industrial units, infrastructure and thriving local places that the country needs” paragraph 17

“Significant weight should be placed on the need to support economic growth through the planning system” paragraph 19


Now nearly 60% of strategic local plans are adopted


The Planning Inspectorate has record numbers of plans at examination


A number of issues are critical to successful plans and faster examinations

• Need to meet the current Objectively Assessed Need.

• Identification of 5 year housing land supply, plus 5% or 20% buffer

• Need for a robust Sustainability Appraisal and appropriate public consultation, including on proposed modifications.

• Duty to Cooperate


The Planning Inspectorate is helping local authorities adopt a local plan

• One to one advisory visits

• Procedural guidance

• Working with DCLG and the Planning Advisory Service


“He who fails to plan is planning to fail"

Winston Churchill

Local Roots to Growth

Robert Hough, Chair, Liverpool City Region LEP

Liverpool City Region Growth

Deal

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Roots to local growth...

• Identify your priorities• Based on your asset base, opportunities, & market

proposition• Choose the right projects

•Develop the right structures• Collaboration is key• Engage the private sector

•Make sure you deliver...• Achieve impact in and effective & efficient way• Engender trust

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Identifying our priorities...

What we (collaboratively) are trying to tackle...

Tackle key economic conditions and harness our latent potential

• LCR GVA per head is £15,600, UK it is £20,900 - equates to an £8.2bn gap

• The gap has remained largely unchanged over the last decade

To tackle this gap we need:

• 18,500 businesses to match the UK average business density

• An additional 35,000 individuals to be economically active to match the national average

• An additional 46,200 individuals in employment

• Respond the shortfall of 90,000 jobs in our economy

• Increase household income per head – the deficit is £1,700 per person

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Gross Value Added % change on a year earlier, 2002 - 2012

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Source: LEP analysis of Office for National Statistics, Regional Accounts

Note: UK = UK less Extra Regio, excludes output that cannot be assigned to regions

Continuing momentum...

• Growth in the economy has accelerated over the last 5 years outperforming the national average

• LCR one of only 2 NUTS 2 areas in England to record growth in both years of the downturn

• The City Region has created 12,000 private sector jobs over the last 2 years

• With 4,675 business start-ups recorded in 2012 the gap with the national formation rate has narrowed

Capitalising on our asset base...

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Population Survey

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Our strategy will be delivered by five strategic projects & a series

of enabling elements...

These are our priorities

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The five strategic projects and enabling elements...

A: Liverpool City Centre

B: The Liverpool City Region Freight & Logistics Hub

C: LCR2Energy

D: Access to the Port of Liverpool (and package of corridor improvements)

to enableE: LCR Capital

Investment Fund

• Liverpool City Centre

• The Liverpool City Region Freight & Logistics Hub

• Our 3 Enterprise Zones

• Sites for Big Science

• Sites for business expansion/growth

• Growth enabled via place based economic development (including 3 growth deal programmes), via skills (ongoing delivery of skills for growth) and via business support (supply chains and enterprise strategy) as well as development of an innovation ecosystem...

Strategic Project A: Liverpool City Centre

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Strategic Project A: Liverpool City Centre

• Recognised as a generator of jobs and growth for the entire City Region and beyond• City region has 1.5 million people – serves wider

area of up to 2.3m people

• Key economic asset & Enterprise Zone

• Global ‘brand’ – recognised internationally

• Central to our visitor economy• 43,000 jobs now aiming for 57,000 by 2023

• Expanding conference destination• 2014 International Festival for Business

• Aiming to be ranked 3rd in UK

• Investments ongoing – ACC Liverpool

• Enterprise Zone Delivery Plan• 1,000 new jobs by 2015 & 15,400 by 2038

• Business rate growth of £13.3m per annum

Stanley Dock

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Liverpool City Centre – enabling transport schemes...

City Centre Strand Corridor2017/18 start date£5.35m Major Transport Scheme ask

North Liverpool Key Corridors2016/17 start date£13.25m Major Transport Scheme ask

City Centre Connectivity2017/18 start date£33.0m Major Transport Scheme ask

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Liverpool City Centre – jobs & sites enabled….

Knowledge Quarter projectsBio-Innovation CentreApex (Bio-lab space at University)Materials InnovationCombined: 545 net new jobs

Pall MallGrade A Office Space11,110 net new jobs

Liverpool WatersMajor mixed use development8,300 net new jobs

Kings Dock ExtensionMixed use leisure development686 net new jobs

Port of Liverpool HinterlandSites within the Port & Pumpfields402 net new jobs

Total net new jobs enabled in Liverpool:

22,200

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Future proofing Liverpool City Centre to ‘plug-in’ High Speed Rail

Lime Street as a High Speed 2 Destination2019/20 possible start date

£10m Major Transport Scheme ask for preliminary works (scheme specification required).

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Strategic Project B: LCR Freight & Logistics Hub

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SuperPORT opportunity

• Market facing opportunity

• 90% of imports enter via South of England but 60% consumed North of midlands

• Global (& UK) logistics industry changing – Liverpool ideally placed to take opportunities

• £340m ‘Liverpool 2’ project increases capacity x 3 = private sector investment in opportunity

• However, it needs complementary investment to capture growth/jobs

• Freight network = transport

• Logistics space required = bringing forward land & sites

• Skills for Growth = skills

• Supply chain & export opportunities too = business growth

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Liverpool City Region Local Growth PlanFreight & Logistics Hub

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• Natural Infrastructure – River Mersey• Extensive transport infrastructure

• Port• Rail Network• Motorways• Ship Canal• Airports

• Growth opportunities throughout City Region

• Halton Fields• Knowsley Industrial park• Stonebridge in Liverpool• Parkside in St Helens• Atlantic Park in Sefton• Wirral Waters EZ

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LCR Project: Liverpool City Region Freight & Logistics Hub

Knowsley Industrial Park Access and Connectivity Improvements2015/16 Start date£5.6m Major Transport Scheme Ask

Knowsley Expressway2015/16 Start date£4m Major Transport Scheme Ask

Newton-le-Willows Interchange2015/16 Start date£14.4m Major Transport Scheme Ask

M58 Improvements2017/18 Start date£5.5m Major Transport Scheme AskA570 Link Way2016/17 Start date£3.2m Major Transport Scheme Ask

Wirral Dock Bridges2017/18 Start date£3.4m Major Transport Scheme Ask

Silver Jubilee 2016/17 Start date£3.3m Major Transport Scheme Ask

Windle Island2016/17 Start date£3.2m Major Transport Scheme Ask

Maghull North 2016/17 Start date£6.2m Major Transport Scheme Ask

Halton Curve2015/16 Start date£10.4m Major Transport Scheme Ask

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TRANSPORT MAJOR SCHEME INVESTMENT SOUGHT

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Wirral Waters Minimum immediate Development Value c. £122.7m£5bn long-term programme

ParksideMinimum Development Value c. £24.5m (will be much higher in long-term)

Daresbury Science & Innovation CampusLong-term Enterprise Zone investments of £100ms

Dunningsbridge Rd, Atlantic Park & Senate Business ParkMinimum Development Value c. £24.5m

Knowsley Industrial ParkMinimum Immediate Development Value c. £155.2m

Wirral International Business ParkMinimum Development Value c. £4.9m

Haydock Industrial EstateMinimum Development Value c. £49.1m

3MG & Widnes WaterfrontMinimum Development Value c. £53.5m

The Heath Minimum Development Value c. £2.2m

Total Minimum Development Value to be

Leveraged c. £520m


SCALED DEVELOPEMNT INVESTMENT TO BE ENABLED: LEVERAGE


Wirral Waters Including Advanced Supply Park & International Trade Centre10,500 net new jobs

ParksideLogistics Hub3,750 net new jobs

Daresbury Science & Innovation CampusNew build & expansion617 net new jobs

Dunningsbridge Rd, Atlantic Park & Senate Business ParkSite development1,183 net new jobs

Knowsley Industrial ParkDevelopment & expansion2,000 net new jobs

Wirral International Business ParkDevelopment & expansion1,163 net new jobs

Haydock Industrial EstateDevelopment & expansion500 net new jobs

3MG & Widnes WaterfrontSite development & expansion2,713 net new jobs

The Heath Site development80 net new jobs

Total jobs enabled in Liverpool City Region = 22,500

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JOBS TO BE ENABLED AT KEY SITES

Put in place the right structures (for you)...

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• Every place is different

• Different economic potential = different priorities

• Different path dependency...how did we get to here requires different response?

• Different institutions

• Essential therefore that every place is ‘enabled’ to do what is best for them...

• Government adds to complexity

• National vs local vs supra-local service funding & delivery

• Discretionary funding through ‘initiativitus’

• Local Authorities / Combined Authorities / Mayors

• Transport Authorities and Local Transport Bodies

• LEPs (being strategic or delivering?)

• Cannot easily ‘fix’ the national complexity...

Each local area must find its own ‘institutional fix’ – what is best for you to enable local growth?

Structures are complex...

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Our LEP...working with a CA

• As a Statutory Process the implications of the CA are primarily for Local Authorities but obviously, it needs to include arrangements with other bodies – such as the LEP

• But – joint recognition of need for a collaborative approach with the aim of ‘doing things better’ as a collective in the City Region

Outcomes of the process are:

• LEP is a voting member on the Combined Authority securing the private sector a voice at the top table – this is unique to Liverpool City Region

• This allows Local Transport Body ‘transition’ = simpler structures

• LEP responsibilities from Government remain unchanged; but we work closely with the CA to ensure delivery of more investment, jobs and growth

• LEP recognised via the CA’s own protocols as the lead body for economic development at a strategic level

‘Best in class’ institutional fix? Binding collaborative working in the City Region

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Make sure you deliver...

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Delivery is key

• Effort must be about achieving something...

• Local Investment

• Local Jobs

• Local Growth

• Delivery is therefore essential...

• On time, on budget, well managed

• Achieving an impact – it has to make a change

• We can only expect devolution IF we deliver

• Proof will be in the doing not the rhetoric

• Those who deliver will deserve devolution

• As much as anything else – work with the private sector

Local Roots to Growth

Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, Centre for Cities

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