National Spatial Framework National Spatial Framework --

a business perspectivea business perspective

Lucinda TurnerLucinda Turner

Head of Infrastructure, CBIHead of Infrastructure, CBI

Key DriversKey Drivers

• need for more joined up approachneed for more joined up approach

• longer-term strategic planninglonger-term strategic planning

• aligning objectives: economic/social/environmentaligning objectives: economic/social/environment

• importance of delivering infrastructureimportance of delivering infrastructure

• key challenges: growth areas, surface access etckey challenges: growth areas, surface access etc

• maximising regional potentialmaximising regional potential

• bottom up as well as top downbottom up as well as top down

• learning from other countries?learning from other countries?

Some potential tensions...Some potential tensions...

• certainty v flexibility / innovationcertainty v flexibility / innovation

• prioritisation v wish listsprioritisation v wish lists

• clear priorities v picking winnersclear priorities v picking winners

• public v private funding (different approach?)public v private funding (different approach?)

• political objectives v second guessing the political objectives v second guessing the market market

• co-ordination v bureaucracy co-ordination v bureaucracy

• catalyst v constraint / pull v pushcatalyst v constraint / pull v push

• tackling inequality v investing in successtackling inequality v investing in success

• balance v anodyne resultbalance v anodyne result

• ambition v ability to deliverambition v ability to deliver

Is it workable?Is it workable?

• format & focus?format & focus?

• level of prescription eg location / project level of prescription eg location / project specific?specific?

• timescales & review?timescales & review?

• who to lead / skills?who to lead / skills?

• link to funding?link to funding?

• involvement of private sector?involvement of private sector?

• evidence base & prioritisation?evidence base & prioritisation?

• securing broad buy-in?securing broad buy-in?

• interaction with other processes - RSS, RES, interaction with other processes - RSS, RES, etc?etc?

• ......delivery, delivery, deliverydelivery, delivery, delivery