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12 Oct 2016

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Implicit admission that LEP is mothballed and its Single Economic Plan was not effective and new consultation needed

QUESTION FROM COUNCILLOR VINT
Re: HOTSW and Economic Development Consultation

“When drafting the economic development elements of the Heart Of The South West Devolution Prospectus how were the primary employment, housing and social needs of the region identified, and how were residents and small businesses consulted to help identify these needs?”

REPLY BY COUNCILLOR HART

“On the 19th September 2016, I gave a presentation at a Member Development Session on Devolution which is available on the Councils website at

Devolution

The presentation is clear in setting out the next steps for the partnership.

In respect of further engagement with key stakeholders in the development of our joint economic priorities; this will be undertaken through the development of a Productivity Plan. This plan will replace the current Single Economic Plan developed by the Local Enterprise Partnership and is an opportunity for all local authority partners and stakeholders to fully engage in developing proposals that will deliver greater prosperity across the Heart of the South West.

The Partnership is starting work on this in Autumn and will be engaging with groups through to Spring. Members will have the opportunity to consider the draft Productivity Plan before final approval.”

This presentation also set out a timetable for formal public and stakeholder consultation starting in the early New Year on the creation of a Combined Authority and a draft deal with Government.

At this meeting I did, however, emphasise that this timetable is subject to Government formally engaging with the Partnership.

I can confirm that the Partnership is not actively engaged in formal negotiations with Government and therefore this timeline will be amended.

The Partnership is clear that it will only go to formal public consultation when it has an offer from Government for the public and stakeholders to consider. I will, of course, continue to keep Members updated on progress with Devolution.

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One thought on “Implicit admission that LEP is mothballed and its Single Economic Plan was not effective and new consultation needed”

  1. Hmm …. both DCC links currently unavailable – however I suspect that the last one ( http://democracy.devon.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF ) will never work correctly from here as it is a generic link to a conversion to PDF process behind the scenes (whereas when called from the DCC web site additional information is provided behind the scenes to make it work).

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