The Regional Spatial Strategy for the East Midlands (also known as the Regional Plan) sets out a broad development strategy for the Region for the next 15 to 20 years. It identifies the scale and distribution of new housing and priorities for the environment, transport, infrastructure, economic development, agriculture, energy, minerals, and waste treatment and disposal.

The main role of the Regional Plan is to provide a strategy within which the land use planning documents and local transport plans of local authorities can be prepared. The Regional Plan also provides the longer term planning framework for the Regional Economic Strategy (RES) prepared by the East Midlands Development Agency (emda), and for relevant non-land use strategies and programmes within the Region.

Although the Regional Plan is ultimately a Government document, the responsibility for keeping it up to date falls to the Regional Planning Body (East Midlands Regional Assembly) designated by the Government under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

On 12 March 2009, the current East Midlands Regional Plan was published.

From this section of the website you can find out everything you need to know about the East Midlands Regional Plan, including the current Regional Plan (published March 2009), Partial Review that commenced in October 2008 and the review that commenced in 2006 of the version adopted by the Secretary of State in 2005.

Use the links below or on the left hand side to navigate though this section:

• Regional Spatial Strategy 2009
•  Regional Spatial Strategy Partial Review 2008 - 11
  • News and Events
  • Key Documents 
  • Supporting Documents
  • Timetable
• Regional Spatial Strategy Review 2006
  • Documents
• Regional Spatial Strategy 2005