Issue - meetings
LEP Functions
Meeting: 12/02/2024 - Cabinet (Item 106)
106 Folding in of LEP functions PDF 159 KB
Additional documents:
- Cabinet report - Folding in of the LEP Functions, item 106
PDF 167 KB
- Integration Plan, item 106
PDF 287 KB
- EIA, item 106
PDF 116 KB
Minutes:
Amanda Ratsey (Head of Economy Enterprise and Employment) introduced the item and highlighted the following points:
a)
A change of Government policy meant LEPs
would not be funded going forward and the functions would be folded
into relevant upper tier authorities;
b) The functions were: the growth board, the economic strategy and the listed projects which were already delivered by the Council.
The Cabinet agreed to:
1.
Approve the proposed Integration Plan
(subject to minor changes) for the Health of the Southwest Local
Enterprise Partnership (HOTSWLEP) and the transfer of the LEP
functions to the Council by 1 April 2024;
2.
Authorise the Strategic Director for
Place to approve the transfer arrangement and agreements with
Somerset, Devon and Torbay Council’s that cover operational
implementation of the LEP functions, and the allocations of LEP
residual funding, resources, and assets to the four
councils;
3. Accept any transition funding and resources for Plymouth from the allocated government funding.