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| Thames Gateway South Essex | 18th Sep '07 |
What's happening to the Thames Gateway within South Essex?
A progress report from the Church of England's Thames Gateway Officer - September 2007
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So what's going on?
The last of these progress reports was published in March 2006 and much water has passed under the bridge since then, but if you were to ask around South Essex the general opinion would probably be that nothing has happened. However in practice decisions are being made that will effect the area for generations. In the autumn of 2006, following a government reorganisation which created the Deptartment for Communities and Local Government, a Chief Executive for the Thames Gateway was appointed (Judith Armitt, the wife of John, who heads the Olympic delivery body!) and an Interim Plan was published. This endorsed and developed the existing plans. Local Authorities and delivery organisations were then asked for input and this has now been submitted. We await the final plan or at least an update to the Interim! Since the Interim Plan we have had a change of Prime Minister and recently an announcement of a further increase in house building fom 1.8 to 3 million new homes. How many of the additional homes could be in the Thames Gateway is unknown. |
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