Welcome to the West of England Partnership website
The West of England Partnership brings together the four unitary authorities - Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council and South Gloucestershire Council - and a range of social, economic and environmental partners. It co-ordinates high level planning to improve the quality of life of its residents and provide for a growing population.
The Partnership was formed to focus on things that are better planned at the West of England level (the sub-region), rather than at the level of the individual council areas. One example is major transport schemes, which have an impact on the sub-region as a whole and which may cross the council boundaries.
The West of England is a prosperous area with an excellent quality of life and a growing national and international profile. However, rapid growth means that the sub-region faces increasing pressure on its infrastructure (such as roads, parks, flood defences and services, eg electricity and telecommunications). In addition, there are too many neighbourhoods which do not share in this prosperity.
We must also adapt the way we live and plan to address the effects of climate change. The Partnership was formed in response to all these opportunities and challenges.
This website tells you more about the Partnership and helps you to keep up to date by downloading reports and papers of meetings and events.
West of England Conference: Meeting the Challenge - Achieving our Ambitions
Held recently, the conference looked at the scope of the Partnership's work and heard from Professor Martin Boddy of the University of the West of England and held workshops covering:
Delivering a sustainable transport system
Investing in skills and employment
Building communities of the future.
See the presentations and read the report of the day
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Taking part in meetings
Penny Bell is the person to contact if you want to know anything about our meetings. Penny will be able to tell you when and where the next meetings of the different committees take place, when the papers are available and how to take part in the Public Forum section of meetings. The Public Forum allows you to ask a question, or submit a statement or petition for the committee members to consider.
You can contact Penny by
Telephone: 0117 903 6865
Email: penny.bell@westofengland.org
Fax: 0117 903 6859
Or by writing to her at West of England Partnership Office, Wilder House, Wilder Street, Bristol BS2 8PH.
