§ 75. Mr. Moneyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, in considering the recommendations of the South-East Economic Planning Council, he will give special weight to the urgency of the need for the development and expansion of Ipswich.
§ Mr. Graham PageIn the light of the 1969 decision that there should be no induced growth at Ipswich by the creation of a new town there, the immediate requirement in the area is the accommodation of the almost inevitable natural growth within the shorter term planning.124W I understand that the local planning authorities have these matters well in hand. In commenting recently on the Report of the South-East Joint Planning Team the South-East Economic Planning Council, in proposing the eventual reconsideration of the omission of Ipswich and the Haven ports as a major growth area, were concerned with the longer-term possibilities after other major developments proposed by the team had become well established.