Population

• Address deprivation
• Reduce inequality
• Reduce social exclusion

NPPF, 2012; Planning Policy for Traveller Sites, 2015; Localism Act, 2011; Suffolk Poverty Strategy: Working together to tackle poverty 2015-2020; Transforming Suffolk Community Strategy 2008-2028; Strategic Housing Market Assessment, 2017.

• Achieving equality, inclusion and social mobility.
• Reducing deprivation.
• Provision of high quality community facilities and services.

Housing

• Ensure housing growth meets demand in the IHMA
• Deliver a mix of high quality housing to meet local needs
• Make appropriate provision for Gypsies, Travellers, Travelling Showpeople and Boat Dwellers.
• Address issues associated with empty homes and second homes
• Address homelessness

NPPF, 2012;  Planning Policy for Traveller Sites, 2015; Housing White Paper: Fixing our Broken Housing Market, 2017, Housing Act, 2004; Lifetime homes, lifetime neighbourhoods – A national strategy for housing in an Ageing Society, 2008; Strategic Housing Market Assessment, 2017.

• Provision of housing to meet local needs.
• Provision of high quality community facilities and services.
• Provision of an adequate supply of land for housing
• Improving the quality of and utilising the existing housing stock.
• Urban regeneration.

Health and Wellbeing

• Promote healthier lifestyles.
• Tackle health inequalities
• Reduce anti-social behaviour and crime (including the fear of crime).
• Ensure that there are appropriate facilities for the physically and mentally disabled and elderly.

NPPF, 2012; Guidance for NHS Commissioners on equality and health inequalities, 2015; Health inequalities, working together to reduce health inequalities 2014-15; NHS Five Year Forward View, 2014; Dementia-friendly Health and Social Care Environments, 2015; Suffolk Walking Strategy 2015-2020; Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Refreshed for 2016 to 2019; Transforming Suffolk Community Strategy 2008-2028 (2008 revision); Hidden Needs, 2016; State of Children in Suffolk Report, 2016; Health effects of climate change in the UK, 2012; Ipswich Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2011-2016

• Provision of health facilities and services;
• Provision of open space and recreational facilities;
• Reduction of crime, the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour.
• Improve health outcomes in relation to specific/disadvantaged demographic groups e.g. the elderly, Gypsies and Travellers.

Education

• Enhance skills in the workforce to reduce unemployment and deprivation.
• Improve educational attainment in the IHMA
• Ensure the appropriate supply of high quality educational and childcare facilities.
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DCLG Planning for schools, 2011; Schools Organisational Review, 2006; Transforming Suffolk Community Strategy 2008-2028 (2008 revision); Department of education, Home to school travel and transport guidance, 2014; Suffolk County Council's Education and Learning Infrastructure Plan version 2.1.

• Raising educational attainment.
• Raising skills levels.
• Adequate provision of childcare, pre-schools, schools, and further and higher education establishments.

Water

• Address the high levels of nitrates in farmland
• Protect and enhance surface and groundwater quality.
• Improve water efficiency.
• Ensure timely investment water services infrastructure to meet demand arising from new development.

Flood and Water Management Act, 2010; Water Act, 2014; Future Water – the governments Water Strategy for England , 2011; NPPF; Water for People and the Environment: Water Resources Strategy Regional Action Plan Anglian Region, 2009; Anglian Water: Water Resources Management Plan, 2014; Anglian River Basin District Management Plans (RBMP), 2015; Anglia Water – Water Resources Management Plan, 2015; Haven Gateway Water Cycle Study, November 2009; Essex and Suffolk Water- Water Resources Management Plan, 2010-2035

• Protection and enhancement of water quality (surface and groundwater).
• Provision of adequate water supply infrastructure to meet demand arising from new development.
• Provision of adequate waste water treatment infrastructure to meet demand arising from new development.
• Addressing pollution via run-off (particularly from farmland).

Air

• Ensure that air quality is maintained or enhanced (e.g. in existing Air Quality Management Areas)
• Reduce emissions to air
• Address health inequalities and public health

Improving air quality: reducing nitrogen dioxide in our towns and cities, 2017; Air Quality Strategy

for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern

Ireland, 2007; National Air Quality Strategy for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland Vol 2, 2011; NPPF, 2012; Suffolk Local Authorities – Air Quality Management and New Development, 2011; Ipswich Borough Council Air Quality Action Plan, 2008.

• Protection and enhancement of air quality.
• Provision of adequate sustainable travel modes.
• Protection of those most at risk of poor health related to poor air quality.

Material Assets (including soil and waste)

• Encourage the use of previously developed (brownfield) land.
• Conserve and enhance soil quality and mineral resources
• Protect/minimise the loss of Best and Most Versatile agricultural land.
• Protect geologically important sites.
• Encourage mixed use development.
• To promote the sustainable management of waste

Safeguarding Our Soils: A Strategy for

England, 2009; NPPF, 2012; National Planning Policy For Waste, 2014; The Geological Conservation Review, ongoing; Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction, 2014; DEFRA waste management plan for England, 2013; National Quality Mark Scheme for Land Contamination Management, January 2017; Suffolk Local Geodiversity Action Plan, 2006; Suffolk Joint Municipal Waste Strategy 2003-2020; Suffolk Minerals Core Strategy, 2008; Suffolk Waste Core Strategy, 2011; Suffolk Minerals and Waste Local Plan, Issues and Options Consultation Document, 2016

• Remediation of contaminated sites and avoidance of further contamination.
• Protection of Best and Most Versatile agricultural land.

• Protection and enhancement of soil quality.
• Promotion of resource efficiency through sustainable design and construction.
• Management of waste arisings in accordance with the waste hierarchy.
• Prioritise development on previously developed land and/or make use of existing buildings and infrastructure.

Climatic Change and Flooding

• Ensure adaptation to the effects of climate change.
• Minimise the effects of climate change e.g. through sustainable construction
• Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that may cause climate change.
• Promote the uptake of renewable energy technologies
• Reduce the risk of flooding arising from new development.
• Protect flood plains

Climate Change Act , 2008; Energy Act, 2013; National Adaptation Programme, 2013; Carbon Plan:

Delivering our Low Carbon Future; UK

Renewable Energy Strategy; NPPF; Climate Change Risk Assessment, 2012; Suffolk Climate Action Plan 2, 2012; Ipswich Strategic Flood risk assessment, May 2011, Developing Adaptation to Climate Change in the East of England, 2011; Suffolk Local Flood Risk Management Strategy, 2012; A summary of Climate Change Risks for the East of England, 2012; The Stour & Orwell Estuaries Management Strategy 2015 – 2020 (draft May 2016)

• Reduction of emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
• Promotion of sustainable construction.
• Promotion of the uptake of renewable energy technologies.
• Protection of flood plains.
• Adaptation to the effects of climate change e.g. extreme weather, sea level rise.
• Promotion of sustainable drainage systems.

The Coast and Estuaries

• Reduce the risk of flooding arising from new development.
• Protect existing properties and other land uses on the coast and estuaries
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UK Marine Policy Statement, 2013; A summary of Climate Change Risks for the East of England, 2012; The Stour & Orwell Estuaries Management Strategy 2015 – 2020 (draft May 2016); The Stour and Orwell Estuaries: scheme of management, and management strategy (Suffolk Coasts and Heaths) (2010) Updated 2013 – 2018; Essex and South Suffolk Shoreline Management Plan (Oct 2010) (Environment

Agency); Habitats Regulations Assessment Recreational Avoidance and Mitigaton Strategy (forthcoming, 2017)

• Managing pressure on protected European Sites and other designated sites.
• Responding to the impacts of climatic change.
• Balancing the economic and environmental needs especially with regard to tourism.

Biodiversity

• Protect and enhance biodiversity including designated sites and ecological networks.
• Protect and enhance green infrastructure.
• Encourage biodiversity net gain
• Increase canopy cover
• Ecosystem services
• Ensure tourism is compatible with protection of biodiversity, landscapes and townscapes

The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act, 2006; Biodiversity 2020: • Biodiversity duty: public authority to have regard to conserving biodiversity, 2014; A Strategy for

England's Wildlife and Ecosystem

Services; UK post 2010 Biodiversity

Framework; NPPF; Accessible Natural Green Space Standards in Towns and Cities: A Review and Toolkit for their Implementation (2003) and Nature Nearby: Accessible Green Space Guidance (2010)

Suffolk Biodiversity Action Plan, 2012; Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB Management Strategy (June 2013-18); Suffolk's Nature Strategy, 2015; Suffolk Tree Strategy (forthcoming).

• Protection and enhancement/creation of new biodiversity/habitat.
• Protection and enhancement/creation of new green infrastructure provision.
• Protection of species at risk.
• Increasing canopy cover.

Cultural Heritage

• Improve the quality of the built environment.
• Incorporate good quality design
• Conserve and enhance cultural heritage assets and their settings.
• Respect, maintain and strengthen local character and distinctiveness.
• Ensure tourism is compatible with protection of biodiversity, landscapes and townscapes

NPPF, 2012; Heritage in Local Plans: How to create a sound plan under the NPPF, 2012; Suffolk Heritage Strategy, 2014

• Conservation and enhancement of the IHMA's cultural heritage.
• Protection/enhancement of the IHMAs designated and non-designated cultural heritage assets and their settings.
• Protection/enhancement of local character and distinctiveness.
• Promotion of high quality design that respects local character.

Landscape

• Protect and enhance the quality and distinctiveness of natural landscapes and townscapes.
• Promote high quality design that respects and enhances local character.
• Ensure tourism is compatible with protection of biodiversity, landscapes and townscapes

Integrated Landscape Character Objectives, Landscape East 2010; Suffolk Countryside Strategy (2000); Touching the Tide Landscape Character Assessment August 2012 (Suffolk County Council Landscape Character Assessment; Suffolk Historic Landscape Characterisation Map 2008

• Conservation and enhancement of the IHMA's landscape character.
• Promotion of high quality design that respects/enhances local character and the quality of urban environments.

Economy

• Ensure that there is an adequate supply of employment land to meet the economic ambition of the IHMA (in rural and urban contexts)
• Attract inward investment in line with the ambition of the Local Economic Partnership.
• Encourage economic diversification including growth in high value, high growth, and high knowledge economic sectors.
• Create local employment opportunities.
• Enhance skills in the workforce to reduce unemployment and deprivation.
• Build upon the IHMA's successes in tourism
• Attract visitors to Ipswich as well as the rest of Suffolk in order to contribute to the vitality of Ipswich

Building our Industrial Strategy: Green Paper, 2017; New Anglia LEP Strategic Economic Plan, 2014; Leading the Way: Green Economy Pathfinder Manifesto 2012-15, New Anglia LEP; New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Towards a Growth Plan, 2013; Suffolk Coast Tourism Strategy 2013-2023; Suffolk's Local Economic Assessment 2011; New Anglia LEP Skills Manifesto (Parts 1 and 2)

• Delivery of employment land that supports economic diversification and the creation of high quality, local jobs.
• Enhancing town centres, district and local centres and villages.
• Improving the viability of Ipswich.
• Supporting the growth and development of existing businesses.
• Providing job opportunities in sustainable locations.
• Ensuring tourism growth is sustainable.
• How tourism can contribute to the vitality and viability of Ipswich.

Transport and Connectivity

• Promote sustainable transport modes, walking and cycling and reduce the need to travel.
• Ensure timely investment in transport infrastructure to accommodate new development.
• Reduce traffic and congestion.
• Improve public transport provision including better integration of modes.
• Enhance accessibility to key community facilities, services and jobs for all (urban and rural)

NPPF; Suffolk's Local Transport Plan, 2011-2031; Suffolk Cycle Strategy, 2014; Ipswich Borough Council's Cycling Strategy Supplementary Planning Document, 2016; Suffolk Walking Strategy 2015-2020; Department of education, Home to School Travel and Transport Guidance, 2014; In Step With Suffolk: Rights of Way Improvement Plan 2006-16

• Reducing the need to travel, particularly by private motor car.
• Promotion of sustainable forms of transport including public transport, walking and cycling.
• Maintaining and enhancing accessibility to key facilities, services and jobs.
• Investment in transport infrastructure to meet future needs.
• Maintaining and enhancing accessibility to key tourist destinations.
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Digital Infrastructure

• Build upon the IHMA's successes in digital industries
• Attract inward investment.
• Create local employment opportunities.
• Enhance digital skills in the workforce to reduce unemployment and deprivation.
• Ensure that the digital infrastructure is used to promote social inclusion and reduce isolation (particularly in rural areas)
• Capitalise on the ability of digital infrastructure to deliver services

Building our Industrial Strategy: Green Paper, 2017; UK Digital Strategy, 2017; Suffolk Local Authorities Draft 5 Year Infrastructure Plan, 2017 – 2022; Suffolk County Council's 'Better Broadband for Suffolk'

• Provision of services through technology.
• Supporting the growth of the (digital) economy.
• Realising opportunities for social inclusion and reducing rural isolation.
• Enhancing the digital skills of the IHMA residents.
• Building upon existing strengths and successes in digital industries.