South East England Councils (SEEC) is a voluntary association of council leaders from the 74 local authorities in the

South East The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...

region of England. It is a regional grouping of the

Local Government Association The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national membership body for local authorities. Its core membership is made up of 339 English councils and the 22 Welsh councils through the Welsh Local Government Association. The LGA is p ...

. It was established following the abolition of the

South East England Regional Assembly South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA) was the regional chamber for the South East England region. Regional Chambers were established by the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 and their function of consultation was shown in Section 8 of t ...

in March 2009. From April 2009 to 2010 it had a statutory role in

regional planning Regional planning deals with the efficient placement of land-use activities, infrastructure, and settlement growth across a larger area of land than an individual city or town. Regional planning is related to urban planning as it relates land ...

History

Regional planning

From 2009 the South East England Partnership Board of South East England Councils was responsible, in cooperation with the

South East England Development Agency The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), was one of a number of regional development agencies in England. It was set up as a non-departmental public body in 1999 to promote the region and to enable a number of more difficult regeneration ...

, for strategic planning in the region. This role as a

local authority leaders' board Local authority leaders' boards are voluntary regional associations of council leaders that have been established in England outside of Greater London to replace certain functions of the now abolished regional chambers. The establishment of the boa ...

was established by the

Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The legislation places a duty on local authorities to promote understanding of the functions and democratic arrangements of th ...

. This role ended in 2010 with the abolition of statutory

regional planning in England In England, spatial planning is undertaken at the national level, through the National Planning Policy Framework. The London region is the only one to have a statutory London Plan. Most planning functions are exercised by local authorities, with ne ...

References

External links

South East England CouncilsSouth East England Partnership Board
{{Regional planning in England Local authority leaders' boards in England 2009 establishments in England Local government in South East England Government agencies established in 2009 Local Government Association