It is totally clear from the links on these pages:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-plan-for-local-growth
that the government had ” devolution” planned down to almost the last detail as early as 2010 and had absolutely no intention of involving the public in the hijacking of local authorities by Local Enterprise Partnerships.
In 2014 the agenda for our LEP was pretty much cut and dried:
Click to access 16_Heart_of_the_South_West_Growth_Deal.pdf
How many behind closed- doors meetings have taken place since 2010? And not a word to electors or “second division” councillors.
East Devon Watch 
There’s nothing stealthy about it. Dozens of papers, Heseltine’s visionary report, other reports and briefings plus press articles mainly from 2010-13, then reappearing mid last year. For more details I could send you a list.
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