Partners
Thurrock sits within the South Essex corridor of the Thames
Gateway. Each of these sub-regions and regions has a number of
organisations with responsibilities that integrate and complement
our own. We work in partnership with them and within the overall
framework set by the East of England Plan.
Thurrock Council
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Thurrock is a unitary authority and the borough of Thurrock has
its own council. While we have the goal of bringing economic
benefit, jobs and houses to Thurrock, the Council has wider
responsibilities to the local community, providing services and
information. It is also responsible for planning applications below
a certain size.
Thurrock Council also sets development strategy and has its own
plan for the area, the Thurrock Borough Local
Plan, adopted in 1997. This will be replaced by
the Local Development Framework.
Communities and Local
Government (CLG) and Central Government (new
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At a national level the department to which we report is
Communities and Local Government, responsible for a wide range of
aspects of regeneration. A key publication for us is the
Sustainable Communities Plan published in 2003. This sets out a
long-term programme of action for housing in the South East,
looking also more widely at how to create places which will prosper
long term and in which people want to live.
East of England Development
Agency (EEDA) (new window)
The East of England Development
Agency drives development in the region and is
responsible for the delivery of the regional strategy. It is one of
a number of regional development agencies. We also work with SEEDA,
the South East of England Development
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EEDA focuses on economic growth, working with partners and
investing in large projects that will make a difference.
Homes and
Communities Agency (HCA) (new window)
The Homes and Communities Agency is the
national housing and regeneration delivery agency for England. Its
priorities are to create thriving communities and affordable homes
across the country. Therefore it has an important influence on our
work and the way in which we operate. The HCA was set up in
December 2008 to work with local authorities across all their
housing and regeneration needs. The HCA replaced three previous
organisations: English Partnerships, the Housing
Corporation’s investment arm and the Academy for Sustainable
Communities.
Thames Gateway South Essex
Partnership (new window)
The Thames Gateway South Essex Partnership is one of three
development bodies in the Thames Gateway, together with the London
and the Kent Thames Gateway Partnerships. All the authorities and
agencies in the region support an annual Forum event, which aims to
attract inward investors.
The Thames Gateway as a region is sponsored by the Department of
Communities and Local Government: A plan for the area – the Thames
Gateway Delivery Plan – was published in 2007.