1. ALCA North Somerset: West of England working and devolution
Mike Jackson, Chief Executive, NSC
10th November 2016

2. West of England: A long and continuing track record of joint working:
Planning, housing & environment
Transport
Economic development (through the LEP) incl. employment & skills
A range of shared service arrangements

3. Existing West of England governance
Strategic Leaders Board
LEP Board
Joint Transport Board
Planning, Housing & Communities Committee
West of England Investment Board
Local Transport Body Board
Joint Transport Executive Committee
Joint Scrutiny Committee

4. Images clockwise from top left: Law & Professional Services Academy at Winter Gardens; Weston Villages Strategic Flood Solution; South Bristol Link Road; NSETC; The Hive; Metrowest map.
£700m investment programme – comprising more than 50 schemes
£32m Local Growth Funding –
Metro West Phase 1, Portishead rail reopening (£8.5m)
Future Technology Centre (£2.7m)
Law and Professional Services Academy (£14.9m)
City Deal (£166m)
North South Link (£8m),
North Somerset Enterprise Technical College (£3.7m)
Regional Growth Fund (£55m)
Strategic Flood Solution (£7.5m)
J21 outbound phase 1;
Dolphin Square public realm
South Bristol Link

5. Devolution process
NSC part of initial negotiations, but voted not to accept deal, primarily due to requirement for ‘Metro Mayor’.
Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire proceeding.
Orders to be laid before Parliament this month (Nov).
Expected start of Combined Authority and election of Mayor in May 2017.

6. What does devolution deal include?
New Mayoral Combined Authority for the three areas (not North Somerset).
An additional authority, not a replacement.
Final powers will become clear once Orders set before Parliament.
Infrastructure deal: £30m x 30 years but reviewed every five years.
Potential powers over planning, housing, transport, economic development and skills.

7. Implications for North Somerset
All four authorities fully committed to continued joint work eg JSP and JTP.
West of England Partnership and LEP still needed
working through implications for approval processes

8. West of England governance
Strategic Leaders Board
LEP Board
Joint Transport Board
Planning, Housing & Communities Committee
West of England Investment Board
Local Transport Body Board
Joint Transport Executive Committee
Mayoral
Combined Authority?
Joint Scrutiny Committee

9. Implications for North Somerset
All four authorities fully committed to continued joint work eg JSP and JTP.
West of England Partnership and LEP still needed
working through implications for approval processes
No access ‘by right’ to devo Deal funding, but
City Deal protected
pipeline of projects to deliver
Continue to make joint bids, eg airport access
Development of ‘Local Industrial Strategy’.

10. Implications for Town and Parish Councils
No need to deal with an extra layer of government
But MCA likely to complicate process of decision making for all
Other impacts will depend on effectiveness of continued joint working across West of England
And stance of Central Government
Brexit and ‘devolution everywhere’?