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Cities should draw up growth strategies within three years, infrastructure report says

Cities must draw up growth strategies within three years that consider housing as well as transport and jobs, a key report has urged.

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Cities, (such as Birmingham pictured), must draw up growth strategies, says NIC (picture: Getty)
Cities, (such as Birmingham pictured), must draw up growth strategies, says NIC (picture: Getty)
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The National Infrastructure Commission recommended that local political leaders put in place integrated plans by 2021.

Established to give impartial advice to ministers, the Sir John Armitt chaired body published its first National Infrastructure Assessment to set a course of action for the next 10 to 30 years this week.

“Housing and infrastructure should be planned together,” said the report. “New housing requires new infrastructure.


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“These integrated strategies should be backed up by stable, substantial, devolved funding. And for the cities that face the most severe capacity constraints, and with the most potential for growth, there should be additional funding to support major upgrade programmes, which would be agreed between the cities and central government.”

The study also called for changes to governance.

“Integration of strategies for transport and housing requires integration of decision making. Currently, leaders in large cities need unanimous approval from individual districts to all aspects of any integrated development plan, limiting the level of ambition. This needs to be addressed to maximise the value from new urban transport infrastructure.”

 

The commission called for cities receiving a boost from big transport schemes to bring forward new housing.

“Cities benefiting from major projects should make commitments on housing delivery and provide at least 25% of funding. Priority cities should be identified by mid-2019, with long-term investment commitments agreed by 2020. Future rounds should take place no more than twice a parliament.”

The report also called for the government to allocate £3.8bn between now and 2030 to deliver energy efficiency improvements in social housing.

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