Partnership Structure

The West of England Partnership brings together four unitary authorities - Bath & North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire - and a range of social, economic and environmental partners.  

The Partnership consists of a Partnership Board, two Joint Committees with executive functions, two Boards and two thematic sub-groups.  The Partnership Board oversees all of the Partnership's activities, and takes charge of any strategic decisions. The Joint Committees have delegated powers to make decisions on behalf of their councils.  The other boards and theme groups offer specialist advice to the Partnership Board, and help to implement its decisions.  In addition, there is a Joint Scrutiny Committee which can scrutinise any of the Partnership’s work.  The Partnership bodies are:

• Partnership Board
• Joint Transport Executive Committee
• Joint Waste Management Committee
• Planning, Housing and Communities Board
• Skills and Competitiveness Board
• Joint Scrutiny Committee

You can also download diagrams of the Partnership structure and the West of England Partnership office structure.