Only weeks after residents have rejected a Mayor for Bath & North East Somerset Council we find that the Conservative leader of Bath and North East Somerset council has signed a draft agreement with the other 3 leaders of the Former Avon area for a Metro Mayor.
In an agreement with the Conservative government it seems that the creation of Avon but this time with only one person in charge is being set up with little input from local councils that can be overullued.
Residents will be horrified to find the vast powers that are Being handed to a Metro Mayor that undermine the fabric of local decision making particularly in the areas of planning transport and economic growth.
This so called devolution will have serious implications on house building and where houses can be built in our area, we could find ourselves on the wrong end of having to be a dormitory area for Bristol and having many thousands of houses having to be built in vulnerable areas just to meet Bristols needs on top of our own.
The document is below if like me you have concerns then write to you local Councillor and MP letting them know what you think. A link to councillors contact details is also below.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/508112/160315_West_of_England_Devolution_Agreement_Draft_-_FINAL.pdf
https://democracy.bathnes.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?bcr=1
http://www.jacobreesmogg.com/
http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/ben-howlett/4445
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