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Planning and Transport

The NWDA’s Planning Unit helps to shape and deliver national, regional and local policies for planning, housing, transport and the physical environment, in order to implement the Regional Economic Strategy.

Our work includes:

  • Contributing to the preparation of the Regional Economic Strategy, Regional Spatial Strategy, Regional Transport Strategy and Regional Housing Strategy 
  • Shaping supportive policy for all modes of transport – road, rail, sea and air 
  • Delivering consultation responses on major planning applications in the Agency’s role as a Statutory Consultee 
  • Shaping emerging policy in Local Development Frameworks and Local Transport Plans through consultation processes, as well as research and evidence generation 
  • Providing planning support for the delivery of the Agency’s strategic regional sites 
  • Developing proactive policy frameworks and research studies to take forward a wide range of regeneration and environmental projects 
  • Delivering professional planning and transport planning advice to our Agency colleagues

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