This Multi Area Agreement (MAA) reflects the ambitions for Pennine Lancashire. It’s aim is to increase prosperity to enable everyone to enjoy a better quality of life. Pennine Lancashire’s economy is undergoing a transition and in order to speed this up action from Government is needed in a number of key areas. Pennine Lancashire has real growth potential and with the right support can make an important contribution to the productivity and competitiveness of the region.

Through devolved flexible funding, improved transport links, and more higher education places Pennine Lancashire can be transformed.  The MAA is built on a strong evidence base, years of existing partnership work and informed by a number of key strategy documents. It outlines clearly what Government will get in return for making a commitment to the area. The MAA will allow more impact on important Government PSA Targets, deliver transformational projects much earlier, and attract more private sector investment.

The Pennine Lancashire Economic Strategy (PLES) underpins the MAA and details a number of strategic interventions.

The Pennine Lancashire Housing Strategy (PLHS) has been developed specifically to deliver and regeneration.  The strategy covers a 20 year period and provides a strong long term vision to transforming the housing market in the region to meet the needs and aspirations of the our residents