Working positively with rural estates

The Regional Economic Strategy (RES) was prepared by emda but needs to be delivered by many agencies and businesses in the East Midlands. It is a strategy for everyone with an interest in the region’s economy. emda realises that in rural areas, estates make a vital and widespread contribution to local life – not only to employment and the economy, but also to other vital elements of the community, such as affordable housing. And yet there is little knowledge of the nature, extent or potential of this contribution.

Research has been undertaken to fill that gap in our knowledge, and hence inform how emda and other regional and local agencies might work with these estates in the future to achieve the vision of 'A Flourishing Region'. This project aims to understand the contribution that rural estates make to the economy, environment and social fabric of the East Midlands region, to help achieve the RES strategic priorities. It also aims to identify the number and nature of estates in the region.

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Sub-regional policy pro-formas

The programmes below are designed to be used in place of the example provided in Appendix 5 of the full report. They have been updated, and a copy provided which relates to each of the county and unitary local authority areas in which the estates are located.