Three major metropolitan areas are in very different stages of readiness for the powers of devolution, reports Alexander Peace
Thousands of pages of planning documentation are flying around council offices, laying out their plans for devolution and the land and funding they will allocate to make this a reality.
But the various authorities are at very different stages of setting out their objectives.
Birmingham Council just last week released its development plan, while the Greater Manchester area has already created a draft for its spatial strategy encompassing the 10 local authorities in the area.
Developers are becoming increasingly reliant on the plans for funding, policy and land allocation and, with the first mayoral elections less than four months away, are becoming increasingly anxious to know what is being planned.
With devolution passing from buzzword to reality, Estates Gazette takes a look at three key urban areas and where and what their local or regional plans are proposing.
