Some of the relevant spatial issues are: High density disadvantaged urban areas with high levels of poverty and poor access to opportunities. These areas have a certain level of infrastructure and services but will require further investment. There are currently a number of informal settlements that do not have the desired level of services and infrastructure. Other key spatial planning issues are the Need to unlock infrastructure capacity for new growth; to address phasing & costs constraints associated with development; the Need to protect viable agricultural land; the Need to grow the County’s rates base; the Need to address the housing & infrastructure backlog; the Need for strategic economic growth and investment; the Need to protect key environmental assets and services; the Need to manage development growth; the Need for an integrated & efficient County structure: the need to curtail urban sprawl and decentralization of commercial and community facilities; the Need for alignment with National strategies and the Need for rural land use management and control. Table 19: Policy Statements Policy Statements, requirements and land use management guidelines required Policy Statements Requirements to achieve Land use management guideline Alignment with policies policy statements Revitalize economic Encourage economic Translation of the County's Taita Taveta County areas of major restructuring and economic Plan into the Schemes as Economic Development significance development in existing and it relates to market trends. Strategy (to be formulated) prioritized economic nodal Updating and Review of the Voi, Taveta, areas and corridors. Schemes to promote emerging land Taita Taveta County Mwatate, Maungu uses. Industrial Spatial Strategy Establish incentive for Ensure quality environments as it businesses to locate in relates to built form. Economic Review and the established areas Industrial Strategy Develop new Enable and encourage the Zone land to continuously promote a economic areas to promotion of a wide range of variety of vibrant land uses that will augment and economic sectors to promote the County's vision and diversify the complement each other quality environments. economic base of Taita Taveta Focus economic growth and job creation through investment nodes and tourism corridors Focus employment Introduce land use policies and Develop spaces to interventions to include the mechanisms that will support the facilitate economic marginalized sectors of the development of small business and activity which population to support allow for location of trading should encompass emerging and informal facilities in established market areas informal trading enterprises Where appropriate ensure that the economy and
Some of the relevant spatial issues are: High density disadvantaged urban areas with high levels of poverty and poor access to opportunities. These areas have a certain level of infrastructure and services but will require further investment. There are currently a number of informal settlements that do not have the desired level of services and infrastructure. Other key spatial planning issues are the Need to unlock infrastructure capacity for new growth; to address phasing & costs constraints associated with development; the Need to protect viable agricultural land; the Need to grow the County’s rates base; the Need to address the housing & infrastructure backlog; the Need for strategic economic growth and investment; the Need to protect key environmental assets and services; the Need to manage development growth; the Need for an integrated & efficient County structure: the need to curtail urban sprawl and decentralization of commercial and community facilities; the Need for alignment with National strategies and the Need for rural land use management and control. Table 19: Policy Statements Policy Statements, requirements and land use management guidelines required Policy Statements Requirements to achieve policy statements Land use management guideline Alignment with policies Revitalize economic areas of major significance Voi, Taveta, Mwatate, Maungu Encourage economic restructuring and development in existing and prioritized economic nodal areas and corridors. Establish incentive for businesses to locate in established areas Translation of the County's economic Plan into the Schemes as it relates to market trends. Updating and Review of the Schemes to promote emerging land uses. Ensure quality environments as it relates to built form. Taita Taveta County Economic Development Strategy (to be formulated) Taita Taveta County Industrial Spatial Strategy Economic Review and the Industrial Strategy Develop new economic areas to augment and diversify the economic base of Taita Taveta Enable and encourage the promotion of a wide range of economic sectors to complement each other Focus economic growth and job creation through investment nodes and tourism corridors Zone land to continuously promote a variety of vibrant land uses that will promote the County's vision and quality environments. Develop spaces to facilitate economic activity which should encompass informal trading economy and Focus employment interventions to include the marginalized sectors of the population to support emerging and informal enterprises Introduce land use policies and mechanisms that will support the development of small business and allow for location of trading facilities in established market areas Where appropriate ensure that the
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