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PUSH Growth Fund Changes for 2010/11

The Partnership for Urban South Hampshire is dismayed at the Government's response to its recent consultation on cuts in the Growth Fund. The 44% cut in PUSH’s capital, grant announced this week, will mean that PUSH will not be able to support some key projects in 2010-11 and puts at risk other investment in projects that rely on PUSH funding. ...

Consultation with Stakeholders on the PUSH Green Infrastructure Strategy

Maximising the potential of local green space is another critical environmental priority for PUSH. ...

Multi Agency Task Force for Employment and Skills

Multi Agency Task Force(MATF)for Employment and Skills brings together expertise from many parts of the public sector and partner agencies to improve services to residents in Urban South Hampshire to give them the skills to gain and remain in employment....

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What we do

The ultimate aim of the South Hampshire sub-regional strategy is to improve the quality of life of everyone who lives, works and spends their leisure time in the South Hampshire area. It is therefore critical to ensure that the full range of infrastructure is delivered alongside the planned development. Often the focus for infrastructure planning is on transport, but sustainable and prosperous communities need much more, including:

Sustainable and efficient water, gas and electricity supplies
Sound flood defences
Health and social care facilities (GP surgeries, dentists, hospitals, health centres, care homes and so on)
Nurseries, schools, colleges and universities
Recycling and waste disposal facilities
A comprehensive and accessible leisure and cultural offer, including “green spaces”
Community and voluntary sector facilities
Effective emergency services and criminal justice system (courts, prisons etc)

Working closely with partners across sectors, we aim to develop a clear understanding of the requirements for these areas of infrastructure and service provision in South Hampshire over the next 20 years (including bringing together work from other themes). We will then try to match existing funding to the identified needs (including “mainstream” funding from Government Departments). Where there any funding gaps we will lobby the Government to secure funding to bridge those gaps and prepare funding proposals as and when necessary.

Preliminary estimates of the implications of growth for public services and other social and community infrastructure were made in December 2005 and revised with some additional material in November 2006. These form the baseline for further engagement with service providers about planning for sustainable growth.

We intend using the analysis developed through this work to inform the development of a possible tariff approach to developer contributions in South Hampshire.

Links

Sub-Regional Strategy Background Document 4 - Critical Other Infrastructure – December 2005.pdf

Sub-Regional Strategy Background report - Critical other infrastructure – November 2006.pdf

Details of progress and achievements