Decision details

Potential County Deal

The Leader referred to webinars she had attended recently with various Government Ministers at which they were inviting County Councils to consider the development of County Deals.  This funding would provide counties and their respective Boroughs/Districts with the tools they needed to pilot new ideas, create jobs, drive growth and improve public services.  The Government had given County Councils the option of either submitting an early Expression of Interest on Friday, 13 August 2021 or waiting until the Levelling Up White Paper was published later in 2021.

The Leader advised that the Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) Leader had contacted the 10 Hertfordshire Borough/District Council Leaders to seek their views concerning HCC’s desire to submit an early Expression of Interest for a County Deal.

The Executive agreed with the Leader’s suggestion that HCC’s Expression of Interest be supported, but with the proviso that SBC would not be supportive of any proposal that promoted significant Local Government reform for Hertfordshire.