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Local government reorganisation in the North

What LGR means for planning and development in the North

What’s inside

  • The Lancashire decision in full — four new unitaries replacing fifteen councils, and the five options that were on the table
  • Why a judicial review is a real prospect, with three of the four authorities below the 500,000 parameter
  • A political read on each new authority, from a coalition of the left in the North to a straight fight in the West
  • The new mayoralties — Cheshire & Warrington, Greater Manchester, and an anticipated Lancashire contest
  • Where spatial development strategy boundaries already sit, and why the North is better placed than most

Written by the DevComms North team, drawing on the government's announcements, the proposals councils submitted, and the political control picture in each area.

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