The Government has announced that all Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), including SEEDA, will close by 31 March 2012.
Responsibility for economic development and regeneration in England is being passed onto successor bodies, including Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and central Government departments
Our objective is to ensure a professional and cost effective closure by this date. We have pledged to work closely with our partners, contractors and stakeholders to ensure that the past and future economic benefits of key programmes and assets continue to deliver the greatest economic value for the South East and value for money for the taxpayer.
Please click here for more details about our closure plan, transition arrangements and successor organisations.
Planning
SEEDA aimed to ensure the planning system in the South East supports the delivery of sustainable economic development by:
• Providing advice to local planning authorities to help them develop their economic goals for Local Development Frameworks (LDFs) and to maximise the potential of strategic development sites
• Working closely with planning authorities and private sector developers to deliver high quality and sustainable developments
• Working with local government leaders, through the South East Partnership Board, to develop the new Single Regional Strategy which will replace the current Regional Economic Strategy and Regional Spatial Strategy (South East Plan).
The following Advice Notes (updated December 2009) inform Local Planning Authorities and other interested parties how they should consult with SEEDA as a Statutory Consultee and how SEEDA will respond to Regionally Significant Planning Applications and Local Development Frameworks.
Planning Applications Advice Notice (including Statutory Consultation Criteria)
