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PUSH welcomes second round status of Transport for South Hampshire bid
The Department for Communities and Local Government shortlists south Hampshire transport infrastructure bid...
PUSH considers Government response to South East Plan
The Chairman of the Partnership for Urban South Hampshire (PUSH), Councillor Seán Woodward, and PUSH Managing Director, Stuart Jarvis, are today considering the Government’s comments on the South East Plan and in principle have welcomed them as a firm endorsement of the PUSH strategy for South Hampshire....
PUSH Vision
Our Strategy and Objectives
Our vision is for South Hampshire to be a better place for everyone who lives, works and spends their leisure time here.
Our vision will be achieved by delivering a strategy for economic-led growth over the twenty years 2006-2026, making South Hampshire more prosperous, attractive and sustainable and offering a better quality of life.
Our strategy is based on nine objectives
- Providing a buoyant and diverse economy by making South Hampshire a place where conditions are right for business creation, innovation, location and growth, bringing increased success in globally competitive markets and raising the economic performance of South Hampshire to match the rest of the South East.
- Reducing inequalities and developing skills by investing in skills and learning to help people improve their own life chances and boost prosperity. We will ensure that measures to tackle deprivation and inequality unlock opportunities for people currently excluded from them.
- Securing sustainable communities through regeneration of our existing towns and cities and through the creation of new settlements and urban extensions where sustainability and genuine community are the guiding principles.
- Safeguarding a quality environment by protecting and enhancing treasured landscapes, heritage designated sites and habitats, through the creation of new accessible green spaces, and securing the highest design and environmental standards in new development.
- Providing quality housing for all by increasing the supply and choice of new homes, including affordable housing to help create a more balanced housing market, and through improvements to the condition and management of existing housing stock.
- Improving accessibility by a combination of measures to reduce the need to travel and congestion, improvements in public transport, better management of transport networks and upgrading transport and communications infrastructure (including ICT) to meet existing and growth pressures effectively
- Providing quality cultural, recreational and leisure facilities to strengthen and enhance South Hampshire’s already rich cultural offer at all levels, including the creation of new cultural and sporting assets
- Improving health by ensuring that new development encourages a healthy lifestyle, including access to green spaces, and healthcare provision is well integrated with housing and other key services and keeping pace with the needs of a growing population.
- Maintaining the separation of settlements by consistent and robust planning policies and urban design principles, to enhance identity and individual sense of place.
Our targets
PUSH is working on some challenging targets over the period 2006-2026. These are being refined as PUSH develops its Business Plan.
Economy
- To raise economic performance (annual Gross Value Added, GVA) from around 2.7% in 2006 to 3.5% by 2026
- To raise the annual increase in productivity (GVA per employee) to 2.7% by 2026
- To create 59,000 new jobs, notably in business services, advanced manufacturing, logistics and distribution
- To create nearly two million square metres additional employment space by 2026
Skills & Labour Market
- To increase the number of people achieving NVQ levels 2 to 4 or higher – detailed targets being negotiated
- To increase economic activity in the working age population – detailed targets being negotiated
Housing
- To build an average of 4,000 new homes per year from 2006 to 2026, at least 30% of which should be affordable housing
- To secure decent standards of accommodation across all tenures, with all social housing in PUSH achieving the Decent Homes Standard by 2010
Sustainability
- To achieve the highest standards of environmental sustainability in new homes and commercial buildings, with all new dwellings meeting the Sustainable Buildings Code level 6 by 2016, and commercial buildings meeting the BREEAM Excellent rating by 2012
- To reduce dependence on fossil fuels as a primary source of energy and reduce the carbon footprint of South Hampshire, including providing 10% of energy needs in new developments from renewable sources and generating 100MW from renewable sources by 2026.
- To ensure that new development is located and designed so as to prevent the risk of flooding and to reduce overall flood risk
- To manage efficiently the use of natural resources, minimising waste and ensuring the maximum reuse of materials in new development
- To ensure an adequate supply of water for the needs of the Sub Region and secure an overall reduction in the rate of usage (detailed target to be agreed)
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