Local Enterprise Partnerships
Council and business-led local enterprise partnerships were introduced by the coalition to replace regional development agencies
LEPs Latest
Coalition unveils £4.5m city skills fund
13 February 2012Cities minister Greg Clark has unveiled a £4.5 million fund to improve adult skills in the eight largest cities in England outside London and in the capital itself.
Transport cash devolution planned
10 February 2012Business-led local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) could control budget decisions on major local transport schemes under new government plans.
Liverpool eyes mayoral powers
10 February 2012Liverpool City Council has said that a pioneering devolutionary deal with central government will see it handed new powers - including the first mayoral development corporation outside London - if it votes to implement mayoral arrangements.
Bids invited for £23.7 million seaside renewal funding
09 February 2012Social enterprises, charities and local enterprise partnerships have been invited to bid for more than £23.7m of funding available in 2012 from the government's new Coastal Communities Fund, aimed at promoting regeneration in seaside towns.
Membership of London LEP announced
08 February 2012The chairs of health charity the Wellcome Trust and hotel group Travelodge are among the members of a new London-wide local enterprise partnership which will meet for the first time later this month.
Government confirms £1 billion Growing Places and New Homes Bonus allocations
02 February 2012The Government has shifted £10 million of a new infrastructure fund from devolved administrations to English local enterprise partnerships, as it confirmed nearly £1 billion of new funding.
18 schemes in line for Get Britain Building cash
01 February 2012Eighteen projects intended to deliver a total of up to 1,300 new homes are set to become the first to receive cash from a new fund to unlock work on stalled schemes, England's housing and regeneration quango has announced.
Transport cash to be devolved to sub-regional bodies
01 February 2012New sub-regional transport bodies could be handed powers to make decisions on capital funding for local transport schemes, the Department for Transport has announced.
Salford to elect city mayor
27 January 2012Salford will hold elections for a city mayor in May after a referendum yesterday saw 55 per cent of the 18 per cent turnout back the idea.
Cambridgeshire sets up strategic planning unit to develop plan for growth
27 January 2012A joint strategic planning unit has been set up by the six authorities in Cambridgeshire to develop a high-level plan for growth.
East Anglia enterprise zone set to target energy firms
27 January 2012A local enterprise partnership in East Anglia has outlined plans to use simplified planning rules to lure energy and offshore engineering firms to an enterprise zone.
South West partners unveil marine energy ambitions
23 January 2012A regional public-private partnership which aims to up marine energy development throughout the South West has set out its plans for the industry.
Greening criticises Highways Agency's planning 'red tape'
19 January 2012The planning performance of the government agency responsible for England's strategic road network is unsatisfactory, the transport secretary said last night.
Leeds unveils plans to simplify rules for zone
13 January 2012The Leeds city-region local enterprise partnership (LEP) has published details of proposals to simplify the planning rules for sites in its government-designated enterprise zone.
Opinion
In Context - Mayors may not boost leadership
10 February 2012Sir Peter Hall wades into the debate on regional mayors
This is a year for cities to flourish
13 January 20122012 will see localism bed in and cities take charge, says Joanna Averley .
Blogs
Chairmen of the boards
07 April 2011A total of 32 local enterprise partnerships have now been approved, but most have yet to appoint a chair. Sarah Townsend enters the boardroom
Cheerleading for LEPs
09 March 2011A Mipim session chaired by Adam Branson on local enterprise partnerships is music to Eric Pickles' ears
Legal lessons: Why LEPs should be incorporated
07 March 2011Local enterprise partnerships have been issued a stark reminder that their powers would be limited unless they have some sort of legal 'personality', reports Sarah Townsend
Future of LEPs' planning role remains hazy
28 February 2011Sarah Townsend asks if local enterprise partnerships will be able to influence local plan-making to the extent they hope
Potential growth fund bidders in dark over Round 2
01 February 2011Demand for the three-year Regional Growth Fund is far outstripping supply, finds Sarah Townsend
Map: The 24 successful LEP bids
29 October 2010View an interactive map with details of the first wave of local enterprise partnerships
Video
Mark Prisk on the North-South divide
15 October 2010The business and enterprise minister explains why he thinks regional development agencies must be abolished
Grant Shapps on LEP funding
16 July 2010Minister discusses local enterprise partnership funding with Richard Garlick
More LEP news
- Coalition unveils £4.5m city skills fund
- Transport cash devolution planned
- Membership of London LEP announced
- Government confirms £1 billion Growing Places and New Homes Bonus allocations
- Transport cash to be devolved to sub-regional bodies
- East Anglia enterprise zone set to target energy firms
- Leeds unveils plans to simplify rules for zone
- DCLG regional statistics face axe
- Manchester LEP rejects elected mayor plan
- Plans for Staffordshire Jaguar plant approved
- Row erupts over plans for airport in South East
- Regions could lose out on £1.2bn of EU funding, councils warn
- LEPs could get formal role in planning process
- Enterprise zone moves to ease planning rules
Additional Information
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- Town Planner The McLaren Clark Group Competitive, Arundel, West Sussex
- Historic Buildings Officer South Cambridgeshire District Council £27,835 - £34,863 (Job Evaluation pending), South Cambridgeshire
- Conservation Officer London Borough of Waltham Forest £33,510 - £36,306 (PO3), Sycamore House, Forest Road E17 4JF
- Head of Planning, Conservation and Communities Northumberland National Park Authority £40,741 - £45,670 (performance related), Northumberland National Park Authority
- Development Control Planners & Part-time Conservation/Planning Specialist Matchtech £18 - £25/h, Cambridgeshire
- Town Planner The McLaren Clark Group Competitive, Arundel, West Sussex
- DC Planner Randstad £18.50 - £22.50/hr, North London
- Principle Development Control Planner Randstad £21-24/hr, London
- Development Control Planner (Junior Officer) Matchtech £16 - £19 per hour, London
- DC planner Randstad Neg, South West Coast
