Select Committee on Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Written Evidence


Annex A

EXTRACT FROM THE NORTH EAST'S ORIGINAL REGIONAL ECONOMIC STRATEGY, UNLOCKING OUR POTENTIAL

  Theme B6.6—Regenerating Coalfield Communities

  The regeneration of the coalfield communities throughout Northumberland and Durham are a priority . . . The existing strategy for the coalfield areas provides a framework for physical regeneration, identifying the need to strengthen the main settlements, enhance key transport corridors and improve the quality of the environment. In the rural part of the coalfield, the East Northumberland Regeneration Initiative is guiding investment in social and economic projects.

  In County Durham . . . a regeneration framework identifies some key projects. The include: developing sites at Foxcover and Dawdon; servicing the former Seaham and Van Tempest collieries; finalising proposals for the relocation of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company; and constructing a new Dawdon town centre link road and a package of town centre improvements.

EXTRACT FROM THE NORTH EAST'S CURRENT REGIONAL ECONOMIC STRATEGY, REALISING OUR POTENTIAL

  Theme 6.1 Renewing Rural and Urban Communities: Coalfield Communities

  One third of the Region's most deprived wards are in former coalfield communities . . . The closure of the sole major employer in those communities has had a major impact, in terms of employment, health, housing and the environment. Specific Government initiatives are underway in these areas, including the Coalfield Programme, the Coalfields Regeneration Trust and the Coalfield Enterprise Fund. The Region will build upon the valuable work already carried out in former coalmine areas.



 
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