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The Blackwater Valley Sub-regional Study Homepage - Download available here

The Blackwater Valley covers the towns of Aldershot, Camberley, Farnborough, Farnham and Fleet and smaller settlements including Ash, Frimley green, Blackwater, Sandhurst and Yateley. The area is covered by nine local authorities: Hampshire and Surrey County Councils; Bracknell Forest and Wokingham unitary councils; and the district councils of Guildford, Hart, Rushmoor, Surrey Heath and Waverley. They have come together as the Blackwater Valley Network.

In 2002 the Network commissioned consultants to undertake a study of Blackwater Valley to consider conceptual options for sustainable economic growth and the land use implications. The Study was published in May 2003, and comments were invited on it from interested individuals and organisations.

The South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA) has commissioned the Blackwater Valley local authorities to undertake a further study during early 2004. This new study will involve a review of the consultants study above, an analysis of the economic and transport linkages to other areas, and an evaluation of the characteristics of the area. Key conclusions will then be drawn.

The study will also help SEERA to decide if a sub-regional strategy needs to be prepared for the Blackwater Valley.

A brief for the new study has been agreed between SEERA and the local authorities

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Appendices - 51 Pages: 803 KB

Maps

Figure 1.1	Study Area Boundary
Figure 2.1	Strategic Context
Figure 2.2	Administrative Areas
Figure 2.3	Population of the Main Settlements
Figure 2.4	Ministry of Defence Land Ownership
Figure 3.1	Settlement Hierarchy
Figure 3.2	See body of report
Figure 3.3	See body of report
Figure 3.4	See body of report
Figure 3.5	Strategic Highway Network
Figure 3.6	Rail Network
Figure 3.7	Environmental Designations
Figure 3.8	Strategic Gaps
Figure 3.9	Floodplains
Figure 9.1	Strategic Transport Framework
Figure 9.2	Spatial Pattern 1 - Building on Key Opportunities
Figure 9.3	Spatial Pattern 2 - Continuity

Contents List

	Description
	Preface / Summary
	Chapter 1: Introduction
	Chapter 2: The Study Area in Context
	Chapter 3: Baseline Assessment
	Chapter 4: SWOT Analysis
	Chapter 5: Development Issues
	Chapter 6: Towards a Sustainable Future
	Chapter 7: Strategic Scenarios for the Blackwater Valley
	Chapter 8: Evaluation of Alternative Scenarios
	Chapter 9: Towards A Spatial Strategy
	Chapter 10: Conclusions and Implications for Future Work
Maps
Figure 1.1	Study Area Boundary
Figure 2.1	Strategic Context
Figure 2.2	Administrative Areas
Figure 2.3	Population of the Main Settlements
Figure 2.4	Ministry of Defence Land Ownership
Figure 3.1	Settlement Hierarchy
Figure 3.2	See body of report
Figure 3.3	See body of report
Figure 3.4	See body of report
Figure 3.5	Strategic Highway Network
Figure 3.6	Rail Network
Figure 3.7	Environmental Designations
Figure 3.8	Strategic Gaps
Figure 3.9	Floodplains
Figure 9.1	Strategic Transport Framework
Figure 9.2	Spatial Pattern 1 - Building on Key Opportunities
Figure 9.3	Spatial Pattern 2 - Continuity
Appendices
Appendix 1	Bibliography
Appendix 2	Glossary
Appendix 3	Employment Structure
Appendix 4	Affordable Housing
Appendix 5	Housing Need
Appendix 6	Urban Intensification
Appendix 7	Further Elements of a Spatial Strategy for the Blackwater Valley
Appendix 8	Review of the North Hampshire and West Surrey Economic Action Plan