BLACK COUNTRY CONSORTIUM LIMITED
- DUDLEY ROAD
DY5 1LW BRIERLEY HILL, WEST MIDLANDS
Phone: +44 (0)845 815 1515
www.blackcountryconsortium.co.uk
Short profile:
Black Country Consortium is the company tasked with spearheading the regeneration of the Black Country over the next 30 years. Its founding partners and guarantee members include Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Sandwell Council, Walsall Council, Wolverhampton City Council, Black Country Business Link and the Black Country Learning and Skills Council.
Detailed description:
Three years ago the Black Country’s political and business leaders recognised the need to consider radical change in the Black Country to counter the processes of decline of the last 30 years. In parallel, the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) placed a stronger emphasis on urban renaissance. In the RSS (then known as RPG) in 2004, the Secretary of State called for an early review of certain aspects of the Strategy, including the need to address the many interconnected issues facing the Black Country
The Black Country Study supports a sub-regional strategy for the Black Country, setting out the priorities for regenerating its physical, environmental, social and economic fabric, and has been prepared by Black Country Consortium. The Consortium has also led the preparation of the Draft RSS Phase One Revision: The Black Country on behalf of the West Midlands Regional Assembly. The Assembly as Regional Planning Body have accepted the Study as a supporting document for the Draft RSS Phase One Revision.
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