South East Councils (SEC) is a voluntary association of council leaders from the 70 local authorities in the South East region of England. It is a regional grouping affiliated to the

Local Government Association The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national membership body for local government in England, local authorities in England and Wales. Its core membership is made up of 317 English councils and the 22 Welsh councils through the ...

. It was established following the abolition of the

South East England Regional Assembly South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA) was the regional chamber for the South East England region. Regional Chambers were established by the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 and their function of consultation was shown in Section 8 of ...

in March 2009. From April 2009 to 2010 it had a statutory role in

regional planning Regional planning deals with the efficient placement of land-use activities, infrastructure, and settlement growth across a larger area of land than an individual city or town. Regional planning is related to urban planning as it relates land ...

History

Regional planning

From 2009 the South East England Partnership Board of South East England Councils was responsible, in cooperation with the South East England Development Agency, for strategic planning in the region. This role as a

local authority leaders' board Local authority leaders' boards are voluntary regional associations of council leaders that have been established in England outside of Greater London to replace certain functions of the now abolished regional chambers. The establishment of the bo ...

was established by the

Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), or LDEDCA,Gatehouse ChambersIt’s LDEDCA, not HGCRA – obviously! published 10 February 2012, accessed 26 November 2023 is an Act of Parliament (UK), act of the Parliam ...

. This role ended in 2010 with the abolition of statutory regional planning in England.

References

External links

South East England CouncilsSouth East EmployersSouth East England Partnership Board
{{Regional planning in England Local authority leaders' boards in England 2009 establishments in England Local government in South East England Government agencies established in 2009 Local Government Association