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Planning, building and the environment

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Summary

This document provides guidance on improving the use of economic evidence in preparing Regional Spatial Strategies (RSSs), and the spatial components of Regional Economic Strategies (RESs).

It gives advice on how Regional Planning Bodies (RPBs) and Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) can strengthen the evidence base to enable them to develop and justify more robust and regionally distinctive policies and strategies for regional development. It reflects the importance the Government attaches to the need for plans and policies to be properly based on analysis and evidence.

Note: The above publication was issued by our former department, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). ODPM became Communities and Local Government on 5 May 2006 - all references in the text to ODPM now refer to Communities and Local Government.

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