Welcome to PLACE Pennine Lancashire
Pennine Lancashire has a population of over 522,000 and comprises:
The local authorities of Pennine Lancashire have recognised that trying to improve borough areas in isolation is extremely difficult. Authorities should complement each other, bringing out different strengths and tackling weaknesses together whilst still maintaining our own identities. If the area is to prosper authorities cannot afford to make stand alone achievements.
The Pennine Lancashire MAA was signed with central government in January 2009 and gives a clear example of how collaborative working in a large two tier area with a unitary authority and a county council can be successful.
The MAA builds an infrastructure to meet the needs of a modern economy, attract and retain a population which an support economic growth. The government made a commitment to work with the local authorities to allow more flexible devolved funding, improve skills and tackle worklessness, improve transport, economic developmand and spatial planning and housing. The MAA will bring a boost to the local economy in the region of £400m.
To strengthen the commitment to improve Pennine Lancashire, the councils have formed a fully constituted PLACE (Pennine Lancashire) Joint Committee with representation by Leaders from each authority. Decisions are made as a collective to benefit the area as a whole rather than in silo’s. Although each area may have different priorities, by working together the authorities recognise that an individual project that directly benefits one authority can also have a positive impact on its neighbours.
The Chamber of Commerce, Regenerate Pennine Lancashire and East Lancashire PCT also support this partnership and are equally committed to delivering the outcomes the MAA expects.
