Decision details

Consideration was given to a report of Interim Strategic Director of Places and Organisational Capacity on the establishment of the Cheshire and Warrington Local Transport Body.

The Department of Transport (DfT) was devolving its decision making function on Local Major Transport Scheme funding from 2015-16 to 2018-19 to Sub National Local Transport Bodies in England based on the geography of the Local Enterprise Partnerships.  

The DfT required each Local Transport Body to submit a Local Assurance Framework by the end of February 2013, which needed to demonstrate to the DfT how it would carry out its role and manage the devolved funding.  Once the DfT had endorsed the Local Assurance Framework, the Cheshire and Warrington Local Transport Body could start formal meetings and make decisions.

A requirement was that one of the constituent local authorities acted as the Accountable Body for the Local Transport Body.  The Cheshire and Warrington Sub Regional Leaders had agreed that Cheshire East would be the Accountable Body.

RESOLVED:

1.         That the Local Assurance Framework be approved as the basis upon which the Cheshire and Warrington Local Transport Body conduct its business and manages the delivery of new major transport infrastructure schemes.

2.         That Cheshire East Borough Council be the Accountable Body for the Cheshire and Warrington Local Transport Body.