Development Management Document - Adopted July 2015

Objective Reference

Core Strategy Objectives

SO1

Deliver employment led regeneration, wealth creation and growth across Essex Thames Gateway sub-region.

SO2

Secure the regeneration of Southend as a cultural and intellectual hub and a centre of education excellence.

SO3

Create and maintain a balance between employment and housing growth in the future.

SO4

Secure sustainable regeneration and growth focused on the urban area.

SO5

Provide for not less than 13,000 net additional jobs in the period 2001 to 2021 within Southend.

SO6

Provide for 6,500 net additional dwellings in the period 2001 to 2021 within Southend.

SO7

Target future dwelling provision to meet the needs of local people including the provision of affordable housing.

SO8

Secure a thriving, vibrant and attractive town centre and network of district and local centres.

SO9

Secure a 'step change' in the provision of transport infrastructure as an essential concomitant to new development.

SO10

Maximise the effectiveness and integration of key transport corridors and interchanges as a principal focus for development in the urban area.

SO11

Secure the regeneration of London Southend Airport to enable it to reach its potential to function as a local regional airport providing for significant new employment opportunities and improved surface access subject to environmental safeguards.

SO12

Secure the sustainable use of the River Thames and its Estuary as an asset for transport, leisure and business.

SO13

Secure the social and physical infrastructure related to improving the health, education, lifelong learning and well-being of all sectors of the community.

SO14

Deliver high quality, well designed and attractive urban and natural environments which are safe, people friendly and distinctive, and which respect and enhance existing character and local amenity.

SO15

Secure effective and efficient sustainable development which prevents or minimises local contributions to, and the impact of, climate change, flood risk and the depletion of non-renewable resources, including the application of sustainable construction and operation in all development through the prudent use of natural resources, energy efficiency and low carbon emissions, and the maximum use of renewable and recycled resources.

SO17

Regenerate and bring back into productive and beneficial long-term use, including where appropriate use for biodiversity or other natural resource value, land which is contaminated or otherwise degraded.

SO18

Contribute to the creation of a 'Green Grid' of high quality, linked and publicly accessible open spaces and landscapes across the sub-region.

SO19

Secure delivery of strategic objectives through all relevant delivery bodies and their strategies.