SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY OVERVIEW
Huw Jenkins,
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
LCR European Structural and
Investment Fund (ESIF) Strategy
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LCR awarded £193m to deliver ESIF Strategy
Covers: ERDF, ESF and Rural Development
All calls focused on delivery of agreed local priorities
DCLG manages the ESIF Programme: appraises
project applications and awards offer letters
ERDF Projects Overview
PA 1 R&D/Innovation
PA 3 SME Competitiveness
PA 4 Transition to Low Carbon
• Sensor City
• LCR 4.0
• Health Enterprise Innovation
Exchange
• Innovate2Succeed
• LCR Activate
• NPIF
• Business Growth Programme
• New Markets 2
• The Enterprise Hub
• Specialist Manufacturing Service
• Place Marketing for Investment
• SME/International Trade
• Thermal Road
• Baltic Creative (Norfolk St)
• NPIF
• Low Carbon EcoInnovatory
• LCR Future Energy
• NPIF
• SUD INVESTMENTS (PA 4 & PA6)
What is a SUD Strategy?
• Part of LCR ERDF allocation
• Government asked Core City Regions to develop SUD Strategies in
2015
• SUD strategies set out integrated actions to tackle challenges
affecting urban areas
• The Combined Authority will have a greater say in project selection
as an Intermediary Body
• The local ESIF Partnership Committee will continue to provide
advice on local strategic fit to the Combined Authority and DCLG
• DCLG appraises and issues contracts to successful projects as
before
Underpinning Strategies
The following strategies have shaped the development of the LCR SUD
Strategy:
• European Structural and Investment Fund Strategy
• LCR Transport Plan for Growth
• Sustainable Energy Action Plan
• Low Carbon Economy Action Plan
• Green Infrastructure Framework
• Liverpool City Region Ecological Network
• Joint Recycling and Waste Management Strategy
LCR SUD Strategy
• Programme value: ca £20m (£10m ERDF & £10m Match)
• Focused on delivering projects related to transport/sustainable
urban mobility and green infrastructure
• Covers 2 ERDF Priority Axes
– PA4 Low Carbon Economy: Promotion of Sustainable Urban Mobility
– PA6 Environment and Resource Efficiency: Green Infrastructure
• SUD covers the entire Liverpool City Region
• ERDF Intervention rate 50%
• Will not invest in major transport infrastructure schemes
Three Strands of Activity
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Strand 1: ERDF budget - £6.619m
– Creating and enhancing connectivity through the development of
green corridors to promote walking and cycling into and between
economic growth priorities, including biodiversity benefits;
Strand 2: ERDF budget - £780k
– Complementary measures that promote and incentivise
sustainable, active and low carbon travel via smart
technologies; i.e. intelligent travel tools such as phone apps, smart
ticketing, and the use of ‘big data’
Strand 3: ERDF budget - £2.34m
– Development of alternative fuels to reduce carbon emissions from
public sector transport services