Regional Planning
The East of England Regional Assembly (EERA) was the regional planning body and was responsible for the preparation and implementation of a Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS), known in this region as the East of England Plan.
The East of England Plan set out a strategy to guide the pattern of development for the East of England region to 2021. It identified Stevenage as a key centre for development and change. The plan stated that a minimum of 16,000 new homes should be provided in and around the town between 2001 and 2021. At least 6,400 of these were to be provided within Stevenage and a further 9,600 in new neighbourhoods outside the Borough boundary in North Hertfordshire, to the west and north of the town.
The plan was adopted in May 2008.
On 6th July 2010, the Secretary of State revoked all Regional Spatial Strategies, including the East of England Plan. Please see our Progress Update for the current position of our emerging local development framework.
The Hertfordshire Structure Plan continues to exist and it will have statutory force until the Local Development Frameworks are in place. Under a 2007 direction by the Secretary of State, 11 policies were saved within the Structure Plan. For further information please see the Hertfordshire County Council website.