Paragraph 1 Local growth plansI1I2

After section 107K of LDEDCA 2009 insert—

“Mayoral combined authorities: local growth plans

Local growth plans

107L

(1)

A mayoral combined authority must prepare and publish a local growth plan for its area.

(2)

A local growth plan must—

(a)

include an overview of the economic conditions of the area (including the main economic characteristics which are likely to influence current and future economic growth),

(b)

identify priorities for the economic growth of the area that are agreed with the Secretary of State (“shared local growth priorities”), and

(c)

identify key projects for achieving economic growth in the area through private or public investment.

(3)

A mayoral combined authority may revise or replace a local growth plan published under this section.

(4)

The authority must arrange for any local growth plan that is revised or replaced to be published.

(5)

The requirement under subsection (1) may be met by the publication of a local growth plan before this section comes into force.

Secretary of State guidance on local growth plans

107M

(1)

The Secretary of State may issue guidance to mayoral combined authorities in relation to local growth plans under section 107L.

(2)

A mayoral combined authority must have regard to any such guidance in exercising their functions.

(3)

The guidance may include (but is not limited to) guidance about—

(a)

who the authority might consult when preparing or revising the plan;

(b)

information to be included in the plan under section 107L(2) or the plan as revised;

(c)

the process for agreeing priorities for the economic growth of the area with the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 107L(2)(b);

(d)

the circumstances in which the authority may revise or replace the plan;

(e)

the ways in which the authority may have regard to the plan when exercising its other functions.”

After section 107M of LDEDCA 2009 (as inserted by sub-paragraph (1)) insert—

“Public authorities: duty to have regard to shared local growth priorities

107N

(1)

A relevant public authority must have regard to a shared local growth priority of a mayoral combined authority when—

(a)

exercising, at the request of the mayoral combined authority, a function which could reasonably be expected to have an effect on that priority;

(b)

preparing a bid for public funding for an activity the objectives of which align with that priority;

(c)

preparing a statutory plan or strategy which relates to that priority.

(2)

Where a relevant public authority carries out activities in England and anywhere else in the United Kingdom, the duty under subsection (1) only applies in relation to activities that the authority carries out in England.

(3)

A “relevant public authority” means a public authority specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(4)

In this section—

• “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978;

• “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975;

• “public authority” means any public authority other than—

  1. (a)

     the Welsh Ministers;

  2. (b)

     a devolved Welsh authority within the meaning of section 157A of the Government of Wales Act 2006;

• “public funding” means funding from a Minister of the Crown or government department;

• “shared local growth priorities” has the meaning given by section 107L(2)(b);

• “statutory plan or strategy” means a plan or strategy that a public authority is required by an enactment to issue or publish.

(5)

References in this section to an enactment or to provision made under an enactment are to an enactment whenever passed or (as the case may be) to provision whenever the instrument containing it is made.”

After section 32 of LURA 2023 insert—

“Mayoral CCAs: local growth plans

Local growth plans

32A

(1)

A mayoral CCA must prepare and publish a local growth plan for its area.

(2)

A local growth plan must—

(a)

include an overview of the economic conditions of the area (including the main economic characteristics which are likely to influence current and future economic growth),

(b)

identify priorities for the economic growth of the area that are agreed with the Secretary of State (“shared local growth priorities”), and

(c)

identify key projects for achieving economic growth in the area through private or public investment.

(3)

A mayoral CCA may revise or replace a local growth plan published under this section.

(4)

The CCA must arrange for any local growth plan that is revised or replaced to be published.

(5)

The requirement under subsection (1) may be met by the publication of a local growth plan before this section comes into force.

Secretary of State guidance on local growth plans

32B

(1)

The Secretary of State may issue guidance to mayoral CCAs in relation to local growth plans under section 32A.

(2)

A mayoral CCA must have regard to any such guidance in exercising their functions.

(3)

The guidance may include (but is not limited to) guidance about—

(a)

who the CCA might consult when preparing or revising the plan;

(b)

information to be included in the plan under section 32A(2) or the plan as revised;

(c)

the process for agreeing priorities for the economic growth of the area with the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 32A(2)(b);

(d)

the circumstances in which the CCA may revise or replace the plan;

(e)

the ways in which the CCA may have regard to the plan when exercising its other functions.”

After section 32B of LURA 2023 (as inserted by sub-paragraph (3)) insert—

“Public authorities: duty to have regard to shared local growth priorities

32C

(1)

A relevant public authority must have regard to a shared local growth priority of a mayoral CCA when—

(a)

exercising, at the request of the CCA, a function which could reasonably be expected to have an effect on that priority;

(b)

preparing a bid for public funding for an activity the objectives of which align with that priority;

(c)

preparing a statutory plan or strategy which relates to the priority.

(2)

Where a relevant public authority carries out activities in England and anywhere else in the United Kingdom, the duty under subsection (1) only applies in relation to activities that the authority carries out in England.

(3)

A “relevant public authority” means a public authority specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(4)

In this section—

• “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978;

• “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975;

• “public authority” means any public authority other than—

  1. (a)

     the Welsh Ministers;

  2. (b)

     a devolved Welsh authority within the meaning of section 157A of the Government of Wales Act 2006;

• “public funding” means funding from a Minister of the Crown or government department;

• “shared local growth priorities” has the meaning given by section 32A(2)(b);

• “statutory plan or strategy” means a plan or strategy that a public authority is required by an enactment to issue or publish.

(5)

References in this section to an enactment or to provision made under an enactment are to an enactment whenever passed or (as the case may be) to provision whenever the instrument containing it is made.”

In section 252 of LURA 2023 (regulations)—

After section 333F of the GLAA 1999 insert—

“Public authorities: duty to have regard to shared local growth priorities for London

333G

(1)

A relevant public authority must have regard to a shared local growth priority for Greater London when—

(a)

exercising, at the request of the Mayor, a function which could reasonably be expected to have an effect on that priority;

(b)

preparing a bid for public funding for an activity the objectives of which align with that priority;

(c)

preparing a statutory plan or strategy which relates to the priority.

(2)

Where a relevant public authority carries out activities in England and anywhere else in the United Kingdom, the duty under subsection (1) only applies in relation to activities that the authority carries out in England.

(3)

A “shared local growth priority for Greater London” is a priority for the economic growth of Greater London that is—

(a)

agreed between the Mayor and the Secretary of State, and

(b)

published by the Mayor.

(4)

A “relevant public authority” means a public authority specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(5)

In this section—

• “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978;

• “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975;

• “public authority” means any public authority other than—

  1. (a)

     the Welsh Ministers;

  2. (b)

     a devolved Welsh authority within the meaning of section 157A of the Government of Wales Act 2006;

• “public funding” means funding from a Minister of the Crown or government department;

• “statutory plan or strategy” means a plan or strategy that a public authority is required by an enactment to issue or publish.

(6)

References in this section to an enactment or to provision made under an enactment are to an enactment whenever passed or (as the case may be) to provision whenever the instrument containing it is made.”

In section 420 of the GLAA 1999 (regulations and orders), in subsection (7), in the appropriate place, insert “section 333G;”.