The ‘region’ has come to be rejected as the appropriate scale for English planning. Critically evaluate whether subnational institutional arrangements replacing English regional planning, are up to job of meeting contemporary sustainable development challenges in one former English region.

one former English region can be North East 

Your paper must include: an introduction, a review of relevant literature, an analysis and discussion of your empirical findings, a conclusion, and a list of references to include all sources cited in your paper and no others.

You should consider the changing functional relations of cities and regions in a dynamic global context that need to be addressed in English planning.
— You should consider the range of institutions and administrative bodies which are, and/or should be, involved in responding to contemporary