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Local government reorganisation in the South West

What LGR means for planning and development in the South West.

What’s inside

  • The two very different models chosen for Devon and Gloucestershire, and the reasoning behind each
  • Four new Devon unitaries built around Exeter, Plymouth, Torbay and a Coast & Countryside council
  • Why Gloucestershire stayed whole, and what that means for the Cheltenham and Gloucester growth corridor
  • The devolution picture — WECA, Cornwall, Wessex, Devon & Torbay, and Swindon as a possible 'devolution island'
  • What changes structurally and politically for planning, and why timing matters before the shadow elections

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

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