The East of England Local Government Association (EELGA) is an association of the 52 local authorities in the

East of England The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. This region was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics purposes from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, ...

. It is a regional grouping of the

Local Government Association The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national membership body for local authorities. Its core membership is made up of 339 English councils and the 22 Welsh councils through the Welsh Local Government Association. The LGA is p ...

and the regional employers organisation. It was established in April 2010 following the abolition of the

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History

Regional planning

From April 2010 the East of England Regional Strategy Board of the East of England Local Government Association was responsible, in cooperation with the

East of England Development Agency The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) was a non-departmental public body and the regional development agency for the East of England region of England. It came into operation on 1 April 1999 and assumed the regional powers of English Par ...

, for strategic planning in the region. This role as a local authority leaders' board was established by the

Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The legislation places a duty on local authorities to promote understanding of the functions and democratic arrangements of th ...

. This role ended in 2010 with the abolition of statutory

regional planning in England In England, spatial planning is undertaken at the national level, through the National Planning Policy Framework. The London region is the only one to have a statutory London Plan. Most planning functions are exercised by local authorities, with ne ...

Economic development

In 2011 overlapping local enterprise partnerships were established covering the region: *Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough (including Cambridgeshire and parts of Essex, Hertfordshire and Suffolk) *Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire) *New Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) *South East (including Essex) *South East Midlands (including Bedfordshire)

Membership

There are 50 local authorities in the region, of which 11 are upper tier authorities: *

Bedford Borough Council Bedford Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. The executive of the council is the direc ...

(unitary) *

Cambridgeshire County Council Cambridgeshire County Council is the county council of Cambridgeshire, England. The council consists of 61 councillors, representing 59 electoral divisions. The council is based at New Shire Hall at Alconbury Weald, near Huntingdon. It is a me ...

and 5 district councils * Central Bedfordshire Council (unitary) * Essex County Council and 12 district councils *

Hertfordshire County Council Hertfordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, in England, the United Kingdom. After the 2021 election, it consists of 78 councillors, and is controlled by the Conservative Party, ...

and 10 district councils * Luton Borough Council (unitary) * Norfolk County Council and 7 district councils * Peterborough City Council (unitary) *

Southend-on-Sea City Council Southend-on-Sea City Council is the local authority of the Southend-on-Sea district in Essex, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It is a member of the East of Engl ...

(unitary) *

Suffolk County Council Suffolk County Council is the administrative authority for the county of Suffolk, England. It is run by 75 elected county councillors representing 63 divisions. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association. History Est ...

and 5 district councils *

Thurrock Council Thurrock Borough Council, usually known as simply Thurrock Council, is the local authority for the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. Since 1997, Thurrock has been a unitary authority, combining the functions of a non-metropolitan county ...

(unitary)

References

External links

* * {{Regional planning in England Local government in the East of England 2010 establishments in England Local authority leaders' boards in England Government agencies established in 2010 Local Government Association Regional employers organisations