Review of plans, policies and

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

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  Develop a vibrant communications sector both as an employer and generator of GVA and as an enabler of productivity and competitiveness for the whole City Region. (CRDP, P12)
  
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  Manchester has the infrastructure and research base to exploit and respond to the ICT demands of financial and professional businesses as the city region offers the only international Internet exchange outside of London and the Second most important telecommunications switch in the country. (MCRDP, p41)
  
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  Support the development of communications as an economic growth accelerator (CRDP, p7.6) (MCRSS Policy W1)
  
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  Ensure the potential benefits of ICT are highlighted through appropriate skills provision. (The ICT Strategy for England’s North West, p4)
  

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  Continue to grow and develop the ICT infrastructure, especially in rural areas (NW RES, p24)
  
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  Support companies to use and harness benefits of ICT and digital technologies, the development of digital content (NW RES, P24)
  

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  Encourage home working and mobile working via ICT usage (NWRES p.24)
  

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  Support the provision of high quality telecommunications networks that support economic growth and social inclusion. (UDP, Para 5.6)
  
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  Telecommunications operators and local planning authorities should carry out annual discussions about rollout plans for each authority's area. (Para 8, PPG 8)
  
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  LPA’s to encourage prospective developers of new housing, office and industrial estates to consider with all relevant telecommunications operators how the telecommunications needs of the occupiers will be met. (Para 32, PPG8)
  
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  Telecommunications development should be located in accordance with the following order of preference:
  
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    The sharing of existing telecommunications sites and installations, including masts, structures and buildings.
    
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    The use of existing buildings and structures where there are no existing telecommunications installations; and
    
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    The use of sites where there are no existing telecommunications installations. (Supplementary Planning Document: Telecommunications, Policy TEL 1)
    

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  Ensure telecom development is delivered sensitively, keeping the impact on the environment to a minimum. (Telecommunications Supplementary Planning Document, Para 3.5) (UDP, Para 15.5)
  
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  Ensure that people have a choice as to who provides their telecommunications service, a wide range of services from which to chose and equitable access to the latest technologies as they become available. (PPG 8, Para 2)
  

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  All telecommunications development to meet all relevant health standards of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) (UDP, Para 15.6)
  
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  LA’s to work with operators to find the optimum environmental and network solution on a case-by-case basis. (PPG8, Para 68)
  
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  Authorities should not seek to prevent competition between different operators and should not question the need for telecommunications systems which the proposed development is to support. (PPG 8, Para 6)
  
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    The provision of wi-fi hotspots within major developments is encouraged, particularly within the regional centre, the rest of the mediacity:uk area, and the town centres. (Supplementary Planning Document, Policy TEL 5)
    
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    Ensure traditional ‘’red’’ telephone boxes within the city are retained. (Draft Supplementary Planning Document, Policy TEL 7)
    
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    In Green Belts, telecommunications development is likely to be inappropriate unless it maintains openness. (PPG8, Para 17)
    

Broadband

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  Digital Britain Objectives:
  

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  Modernising and upgrading our wired, wireless and broadcasting infrastructure to sustain Britain’s position as a leading digital economy;
  
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  Providing a favourable climate for investment and innovation in digital content, applications and services;
  
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  Securing a range of high quality public service content, particularly in news;
  
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  Developing the nations digital skills at all levels; and
  
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  Securing universal access to broadband, increasing its take-up and using broadband to deliver more public services more effectively and more efficiently (Digital Britain p.9)
  
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  The Government aims to have the best superfast broadband network in Europe by 2015, and a functional level of broadband access for everybody, to enable improvements in business productivity and growth, better and more efficient public services, and support new business formation and growth in the technology sector (National Infrastructure Plan 2010 paragraph 1.5)(Britain’s Superfast Broadband Future paragraph 3)
  

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  Secure optimum roll-out of Next Generation Access across the Gateway (Atlantic Gateway p22)
  
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  Develop a clear and funded programme for the Manchester city region to pioneer provision of, and applications for, the next level of Next Generation Broadband (NGB) – aimed at delivering a rapid and wide take up of NGB and incentivising early adopted community to innovate, for example remote service delivery (GM Strategy p.38)
  
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  Create a one-stop shop of all relevant local authority and other agency departments for NGB to be rolled out to the first wave of homes in the city region as quickly and efficiently as possible (GM Strategy p38).
  
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  Develop next generation fibre optic broadband to serve key employment locations (SEDP p56)
  

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