Regional Planning
The following pages provide information on the processes involved in producing the Regional Spatial Strategy for the North West and set out an overview of the process undertaken in preparing the Regional Spatial Strategy and the work involved in implementing and monitoring the strategy...
Transport
The region's transport networks are responsible for moving large numbers of people to and from work and for ensuring that goods and services are distributed throughout the North West, the wider UK and overseas. However, road traffic accounts for around 22% of CO2 emissions in the region, and nationally, transport is the sector where CO2 emissions are increasing...
Housing
The North West is a varied and complex region and the housing issues in the region reflect this. With the greatest levels and concentrations of non-decent and obsolete housing in the country, measures to tackle existing stock in the North West need to be a combination of improvement and clearance...
Review & Scrutiny
Scrutiny is a very important statutory function of the Assembly. It can and does make a difference - influencing the North West Development Agency in the delivery of its Regional Economic Strategy...
Europe
The European agenda is beginning to look forward to 2007-13, the next budgetary period of the European Union. In the current period (2000-06) the North West has been the largest recipient of EU Structural Funds in the UK and the benefits for the region have been remarkable...
Welcome
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The North West Regional Assembly is a partnership that works
to promote the economic, environmental and social well-being of the North
West of England.
It is an inclusive organisation, with representation from local
government, business organisations, public sector agencies, education and
training bodies, trade unions and co-operatives together with the voluntary
and community sector.
Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside
make up the North West of England. More than 6.7m people live in the region.
The North West Regional Assembly seeks to represent the rich diversity of
the region and is working to improve the quality of life of all its citizens.
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