Haven Gateway and Babergh District Council

The Haven Gateway Partnership based in East of England is working together with one of it's core partners, Babergh District Council to deliver the dryport Project and to investigate suitable sites within the Haven Gateway Sub-region that may be able to support the Ports and Logistics Sector locally.  In summary;

The Haven Gateway sub-region

• One of the fastest growing areas in the UK – more than 20,000 homes completed in 2001-2007
• Identified in the East of England Plan as an area with: “the potential to develop further as a major focus for economic development and growth”
• Declared a New Growth Point in 2006 by Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG)
• Named as one of the seven “Engines of Growth” in the draft East of England Regional Economic Strategy (RES) 2007
• Set a target by the East of England Plan (EEP) of providing 65,100 new homes and creating 49,700 new jobs in the 20-year period from 2001 to 2021 (whole districts) 

The Haven Gateway sub-region is based around one of the UK’s most important port clusters, including:

• Felixstowe, the largest container port in the country
• Harwich, a major East Coast ferry and cruise port
• Ipswich, a substantial regional port and the UK’s largest grain exporting point

As such, the growth and infrastructure of the Haven Gateway are of regional, national and international importance, and critical to the UK’s economy.

The Haven Gateway Partnership was created in 2001, to provide a framework through which its partners – from both the public and private sectors – could work together to promote economic opportunities and secure the future prosperity of this international gateway to the UK.

Growth Point status in 2006 and the Partnership’s appointment of a Chief Executive in September 2007 signalled a step-change in the Partnership’s ambitions to deliver its vision, with a strong focus on sustainable growth and a broader remit – no longer centred solely on port expansion.

Contact information
Richard Morton Project Director richard.morton@haven-gateway.org Telephone:  +44 1206 848416 Mobile: +44 7769962554 www.haven-gateway.org www.babergh.gov.uk See link to home page