Regional Strategies and Plans

This page gives you the lowdown on what's happening in your area. You will find links to key strategies and plans which you can then start to influence.

Find out what's happening in your local area by selecting your region below.

North East England
North West England
Yorkshire and the Humber
East Midlands
West Midlands
East of England
London
South West England
South East England
Wales/Cymru
Northern Ireland

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North East England

Airport Master Plans

The following airports have, or are in the process of developing their Airport Master Plans. Select the airport to download these documents:

Durham Tees Valley Airport
Newcastle International Airport

Regional Transport Strategy

A Regional Transport Strategy is an important document published by the Government Region for your area. It sets out the plans for the future development of the transport system in your region.

The Regional Transport Strategy for the North East is included in the Regional Spatial Strategy.

Local Transport Plans

Select your local authority from the following list to download the Local Transport Plan for your area:

Darlington Borough Council
Durham County Council
Hartlepool Borough Council
Middlesbrough Council
Northumberland County Council
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Sunderland City Council
Tyne and Wear- includes Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland

Additional information

People in Motion which covers the Tyne & Wear area has recently secured £1.7 million from the Department of Transport's ‘Transport Innovation Fund’ to study key aspects of travel and transport in the Tyne & Wear.

For more information on Friends of the Earth's campaigns in the North East, click here.

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North West England

Airport Master Plans

The following airports have, or are in the process of developing their Airport Master Plans. Select the airport to download these documents:

Blackpool International Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Manchester Airport

Regional Transport Strategy

A Regional Transport Strategy is an important document published by the Government Region for your area. It sets out the plans for the future development of the transport system in your region.

The Regional Transport Strategy for the North West forms part of the Regional Spatial Strategy.

Local Transport Plans

Select your local authority from the following list to download the Local Transport Plan for your area:

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Blackpool Council
Cumbria County Council
Greater Manchester - includes the local authorities of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.
Halton Borough Council
Lancashire County Council
Merseyside - includes the local authorities of Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral.
Warrington Borough Council

For more information on Friends of the Earth's campaigns in the North West, click here.

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Yorkshire and the Humber

Airports

The following airports have, or are in the process of developing their Airport Master Plans. Select the airport to download these documents:

Doncaster Robin Hood Airport
Humberside Airport
Leeds Bradford International Airport

Regional Transport Strategy

A Regional Transport Strategy is an important document published by the Government Region for your area. It sets out the plans for the future development of the transport system in your region.

The Regional Transport Strategy for Yorkshire and the Humber is part of the Regional Spatial Strategy.

Local Transport Plans

Select your local authority from the following list to download the Local Transport Plan for your area:

East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Kingston upon Hull City Council
North East Lincolnshire Council
North Lincolnshire Council
North Yorkshire County Council
South Yorkshire - includes the local authorities of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
West Yorkshire - includes the local authorities of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees Leeds and Wakefield.
York City Council

For more information on Friends of the Earth's campaigns in Yorkshire and the Humber, click here.

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East Midlands

Airports

The following airports have, or are in the process of developing their Airport Master Plans. Select the airport to download these documents:

Nottingham East Midlands Airport

Regional Transport Strategy

A Regional Transport Strategy is an important document published by the Government Region for your area. It sets out the plans for the future development of the transport system in your region.

The Regional Transport Strategy for the East Midlands is included in the Regional Spatial Strategy.

Local Transport Plans

Select your local authority from the following list to download the Local Transport Plan for your area:

Central Leicestershire - includes Leicester City Council
Derby Joint LTP - covers the city of Derby and Derbyshire
Derbyshire LTP
Greater Nottingham
Leicestershire County Council
Lincolnshire County Council
Northamptonshire County Council
North Nottinghamshire
Rutland County Council

For more information on Friends of the Earth's campaigns in the East Midlands, click here.

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West Midlands

Airports

The following airports have, or are in the process of developing their Airport Master Plans. Select the airport to download these documents:

Birmingham International Airport
Coventry Airport
Wolverhampton Airport

Regional Transport Strategy

A Regional Transport Strategy is an important document published by the Government Region for your area. It sets out the plans for the future development of the transport system in your region.

The Regional Transport Strategy for the West Midlands has been incorporated the Regional Spatial Strategy.

Local Transport Plans

Select your local authority from the following list to download the Local Transport Plan for your area:

Herefordshire County Council
North Staffordshire - includes Stoke on Trent
Shropshire County Council
Staffordshire County Council
Telford & Wrekin Borough Council
Warwickshire County Council
West Midlands - covers the local authorities of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
Worcestershire County Council

For more information on Friends of the Earth's campaigns in the West Midlands, click here.

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East of England

Airport Master Plans

The following airports have, or are in the process of developing their Airport Master Plans. Select the airport to download these documents:

London Luton Airport
London Southend Airport
Norwich International Airport
Stansted Airport

Regional Transport Strategy

A Regional Transport Strategy is an important document published by the Government Region for your area. It sets out the plans for the future development of the transport system in your region.

The Regional Transport Strategy for the East of England has been incorporated into Chapter 8 of the East of England Plan.

Local Transport Plans

Select your local authority from the following list to download the Local Transport Plan for your area:

Bedfordshire County Council
Cambridgeshire County Council
Essex County Council
Hertfordshire County Council
Luton, Dunstable and Houghton Regis
Norfolk County Council
Peterborough City Council
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Suffolk County Council

For more information on Friends of the Earth's campaigns in the East of England, click here.

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London

Airport Master Plans

The following airports have, or are in the process of developing their Airport Master Plans. Select the airport to download these documents:

London City Airport
London Heathrow Airport

Mayor's Transport Strategy

This document was published by Ken Livingstone and sets out the future direction of transport policy in London. It can be downloaded at: Mayor's Transport Strategy

Local Implementation Plans

The Greater London Authority Act 1999 requires each London Borough to develop Local Implementation Plans. These set out how the Boroughs plan to implement the Mayor's Transport Strategy. To find out about your Local Implementation Plan, select your Borough from the list below:

Barking and Dagenham
Barnet
Bexley
Brent
Camden
Corporation of London
Croydon
Ealing
Enfield
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Haringey
Harrow
Havering
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Kingston-upon-Thames
Lambeth
Lewisham
Merton
Newham
Redbridge
Richmond-upon-Thames
Southwark
Sutton
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Westminster City

For more information on Friends of the Earth's campaigns in London, click here.

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South West

Airport Master Plans

The following airports have, or are in the process of developing their Airport Master Plans. Select the airport to download these documents:

Bournemouth Airport
Bristol International Airport
Exeter International Airport
Newquay Cornwall International Airport
Plymouth City Airport

Regional Transport Strategy

A Regional Transport Strategy is an important document published by the Government Region for your area. It sets out the plans for the future development of the transport system in your region.

The Regional Transport Strategy for the South West was updated in September 2004 and can be found by clicking here.

Local Transport Plans

Select your local authority from the following list to download the Local Transport Plan for your area:

Cornwall County Council
Devon County Council
Gloucestershire County Council
Greater Bristol - includes the local authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Plymouth City Council
Rural Dorset
Somerset County Council
South East Dorset - includes the local authorities of Bournemouth and Poole Borough Councils and Dorset County Council
Swindon Borough Council
Torbay Council
Wiltshire County Council

For more information on Friends of the Earth's campaigns in the South West, click here.

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South East England

Airport Master Plans

The following airports have, or are in the process of developing their Airport Master Plans. Select the airport to download these documents:

Biggin Hill Airport
Gatwick Airport
Southampton Airport

Regional Transport Strategy

A Regional Transport Strategy is an important document published by the Government Region for your area. It sets out the plans for the future development of the transport system in your region.

The Regional Transport Strategy for the South East forms Chapter 9 of the Regional Planning Guidance.

Local Transport Plans

Select your local authority from the following list to download the Local Transport Plan for your area:

Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Brighton & Hove
Buckinghamshire County Council
East Sussex County Council
Hampshire County Council
Isle of Wight County Council
Kent County Council
Medway Council
Milton Keynes Council
Oxfordshire County Council
Portsmouth City Council
Reading Borough Council
Slough Borough Council
Southampton City Council
Surrey County Council
Thurrock Borough Council
West Berkshire Council
West Sussex County Council
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
Wokingham District Council

For more information on Friends of the Earth's campaigns in the South East, click here.

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Wales/Cymru

Airport Master Plans

The following airports have, or are in the process of developing their Airport Master Plans. Select the airport to download these documents:

Cardiff International Airport

Local Transport Plans

In Wales, local transport plans were published by the Regional Consortia.

Friends of the Earth will update these pages as things develop.

For more information on Friends of the Earth's campaigns in Wales, click here.

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Northern Ireland

Airport Master Plans

The following airports have, or are in the process of developing their Airport Master Plans. Select the airport to download these documents:

Belfast City Airport
Belfast International Airport

Local transport

Local transport in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Regional Development.

In 2002 , they produced their Regional Transportation Strategy 2002-2012.

The following transport plans will focus on how the delivery of the Regional Transportation Strategy is to happen:

Belfast Metropolitan Transport Plan
Regional Strategic Transport Network Transport Plan
Sub-regional Transport Plan - this covers local transport planning outside the Belfast Metropolitan Area.

For more information on Friends of the Earth's campaigns in Northern Ireland, click here.

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