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The North East Assembly is the regional planning body for North East England. We prepare the Regional Spatial Strategy that guides development in the region for the next 20 years and beyond. We also monitor how the strategy is being put into practice and we comment on major planning applications.

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box New RSS for North East England
The revised RSS was issued by the Secretary of State on 15 July 2008. The planning framework for the region sets out the long term strategy for delivering jobs, homes and infrastructure to the region up to 2021. The plan is the culmination of the strong partnership working that exists in the region.
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box Consultation on planning for sustainable economic development.
The NEA has submitted a response to the consultation on a new planning policy statement 4: planning for economic development. The consultation proposes to make amendments to the existing statutory guidance notes on economic development at regional, sub-regional and local levels for both urban and rural areas.
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The NEA has submitted a response to the consultation on a new planning policy statement 4: planning for economic development. The consultation proposes to make amendments to the existing statutory guidance notes on economic development at regional, sub-regional and local levels for both urban and rural areas.
 
 
Find out how the region's planning policies performed in 2006-07. The NEA has produced a short, user friendly version of its Annual Monitoring Report which is also available here.
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Find out how the region's planning policies performed in 2006-07. The NEA has produced a short, user friendly version of its Annual Monitoring Report which is also available here.
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Regional Spatial Strategy 

The RSS is the planning framework for North East England which sets out the long term strategy as to where, when and how development will be encouraged in the region. The plan influences and shapes many of the key decisions to be taken in the region over the next 15-20 years providing a vision to deliver jobs, homes and infrastructure to the region up to 2021. You can read more about the RSS.

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