South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)

The Review of the Regional Economic Strategy 2006-2016

The Regional Economic Strategy (RES) will shape the future economic development of the South East. SEEDA is responsible for progressing the strategy and will oversee its implementation, but the RES is relevant to all who have an interest in the future performance of the regional economy. A Draft Regional Economic Strategy has now been published, which, following the SEEDA Board on 20 July 2006, will be submitted for Ministerial endorsement.

This draft RES follows on from the Consultation Document which was published on 16 November 2005. This was followed by a 12-week public consultation process. Alongside the Consultation Document we published an independent Economic Assessment of the previous RES (2002 -2012), and a comprehensive Interim Evidence Base.

During the Consultation over 320 responses were received. A full index of respondents is available together with an analysis of responses.

As part of the consultation process, a Draft Sustainability Appraisal / Strategic Environmental Assessment (SA/ SEA) was also prepared by consultants ERM, which included an assessment of potential impacts of the policies proposed in the Consultation Document.

ERM have now completed a detailed Sustainability Appraisal / Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Draft RES. The report has been compiled to incorporate the requirements of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive. SEEDA now invites comments on the SA/SEA, its non-technical summary and its annexes, and these will be taken into account in the preparation of the final RES and SA/SEA documents.

• Draft RES as PDF
  (PDF 4.76Mb PDF Help).
• Draft RES as Word file
  (Microsoft Word Document 4.65Mb)
• Summary of RES Consultation Responses as Word file
  (Microsoft Word Document 54Kb).
• RES Consultation Responses as Word file
  (Microsoft Word Document 364Kb).

 

• The Sustainability Appraisal Report as PDF
  (PDF 5.69Mb PDF Help)
• The Sustainability Appraisal Report as Word file
  (Microsoft Word Document 395Kb)
• Non-technical Summary as Word file
  (Microsoft Word Document 116Kb)
• Annex A: Review of Key Plans and Strategies
  (Microsoft Word Document 369Kb)
• Annex B: Review of Baseline Data
  (Microsoft Word Document 6.16Mb)
• Annex C: Detailed Appraisal Outputs
  (Microsoft Word Document 298Kb)
• Annex D: Analysis of Consultation Responses
  (Microsoft Word Document 209Kb)

WARNING: Some of these documents are very large and may take time to download

Previous RES consultation documents and an analysis of the responses can be found below.

Comments on this Draft Regional Economic Strategy and on the accompanying Sustainability Appraisal/ Strategic Environmental Assessment are required by 30 June 2006, and can be submitted by email to res@seeda.co.uk; or in writing, clearly marked, to:

Eileen Armstrong
Assistant Director, Strategy
South East England Development Agency
SEEDA HQ
Cross Lanes
Guildford
Surrey GU1 1YA

Regional Economic Strategy documentation for 2002 - 2012 can be found here.