Regional Spatial Strategy Revision

The Regional Spatial Strategy was published in June 2004. At that time, the Secretary of State supported the principles of the strategy but suggested several issues that needed to be developed further. The Revision process is being undertaken in three phases.

In approving the RSS in June 2004, the Secretary of State identified a number of policy issues that needed to be addressed in future revisions to the document (see para 1.33 of RPG 11).

Given the range of matters to be considered, the volume of work and the long timescales involved, the West Midlands Regional Assembly as the Regional Planning Body (RPB) agreed that the issues raised by the Secretary of State should be looked at in three phases:

• Phase One - Black Country Study.
• Phase Two - Launched in November 2005 covering housing figures, centres, employment land, centres, transport and waste.
• Phase Three - Phase Three of the RSS Revision is looking at critical rural services, culture/recreational provision, various regionally significant environmental issues and the provision of a framework for Gypsy and Traveller sites.

Further details on the overall RSS revision process were set out in the Outline Management Plan - [Latest Version - 22nd October 2007].

If you require further information please contact John Pattinson, Tel: 0121 678 1041 or Stefan Preuss, Tel: 0121 678 1018