Proposals for a Tees Valley Combined Authority

The five local councils in the Tees Valley (Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees) are asking for your views on proposals to form a Combined Authority for the Tees Valley.

There is a package of information available on the Tees Valley Unlimited website which includes:

• A consultation document
• Some frequently asked questions
• A draft governance review
• A detailed report which went to the five local authorities
• Press releases
• A short video

Click here for full details
 
This sets out what the Combined Authority would do and what the local councils would continue to do. In summary, the Combined Authority would focus on economic growth and our ambition to create 25,000 new jobs for the Tees Valley and would NOT recreate the former Cleveland County Council.
 
We would like to hear your views on our proposal. So, please complete the online questionnaire by no later than 31^st January 2015. There is space for your own wording too. Click here to complete the online survey.
 
Once the consultation period has closed we will report the conclusions of the consultation to all five councils no later than March 2015. If feedback is supportive, we intend to formally ask each Borough Council to approve our ‘scheme’ in March, which is when we have to submit our proposal to the Secretary of State.
 
The Secretary of State will then carry out further consultation before placing an ‘Order’ before both Houses of Parliament. Because of the General Election in May 2015, this is likely to mean that the earliest chance to have the Order approved before both Houses of Parliament would be Autumn 2015.
 
Yours sincerely