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"Our Vision is to create a successful, prosperous and healthy community which offers a good quality of life for all the people of Telford and Wrekin. We want Telford, at the heart of our community, to be known locally , regionally, nationally and internationally as a modern city offering the best balance of social, economic and environmental benefits".
Telford and Wrekin Partnership.
Telford with a population of 131,000 is located west of Birmingham and forms part of the Birmingham, Coventry and Black Country City Region. It faces issues of housing affordability, regeneration challenges posed by some of the new town housing estates, a weak and underdeveloped town centre, and an economy that underperforms. But with large amounts of available development land and good infrastructure there is a tremendous opportunity to transform the city.
Local partners' ambitions for Telford are for a city that:
In supporting Telford as a New Growth Point, the Government is entering into a long-term partnership with the Borough of Telford and Wrekin, recognising their ambitions for growth, subject to the statutory regional and local planning process. For the Borough of Telford and Wrekin housing, employment and population growth are a vital stimulant to meeting these ambitions.
Levels of growth will be subject to comprehensive testing and public consultation through the regional and local planning processes to ensure that individual proposals are sustainable, acceptable environmentally and realistic in terms of infrastructure. For Telford future work will include: using the findings of a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment to inform decisions on locations of growth; close working with Severn Trent Water and the Environment Agency to ensure sufficient investment in water resources and sewerage capacity to accommodate growth; working with the water company to deliver water efficiency savings; completing a Green Infrastructure strategy to integrate green infrastructure into new development and mitigate any adverse impacts; and working with the Department for Transport to assess the impacts of growth proposals on the transport network and to develop sustainable transport solutions.
Achieving these ambitions will depend on a range of public and private funding programmes, including developer contributions. Government is committing to work with local partners to achieve sustainable growth to get the best outcomes from this investment and to help overcome obstacles to delivery. In support of the Borough of Telford and Wrekin's growth ambitions Government is allocating around £200,000 in 2007-08 from the first year's funding pot, subject to detailed negotiation and appraisal. Future funding is dependent upon the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review in 2007.
For further information on proposals for Telford please contact David Morgan at Telford and Wrekin Borough Council on 01952 2023052 or by email david.morgan@telford.gov.uk.
As a new Growth Point Telford and Wrekin Borough Council's aim is to build around 13,000 homes by 2016.
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