The East of England is to receive a huge regeneration boost over the next 20 years, focusing on an increase in housing and jobs while also improving the infrastructure of the region.

The revised Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS), recently published by communities ’ minister, Parmjit Dhanda, offers a plan for ‘continuing growth and spreading prosperity to all communities in the East of England’. The RSS has set out to deliver 508,000 more homes and 452,000 new jobs by 2021. This is in response to figures that new households in the area are expected to grow by 30,500 a year up to 2021.

From Between 2008 - and 2011 , there is expected to be £150m of investment in new developments around the main towns and cities of the East of England, which this will include a minimum of 35% affordable housing, along with funding being available for schools, hospitals, leisure centres and transport links.

Parmjit Dhanda , communities minister, said: “This plan is a big step forward in addressing the demands in the East of England. It will deliver the affordable housing, better transport networks, stronger environmental protections and new jobs that the region needs.”