From 2009-2010 South East England Councils shared responsibility with SEEDA for preparing a Regional Strategy for the South East. This legal duty was delivered through a South East England Partnership Board. The Board has now been disbanded and no longer meets.

Before 2009, local authorities also had a legal duty to make recommendations on regional planning through a South East England Regional Assembly (1999-2009). The Assembly closed and all associated meetings ended in March 2009.

In summer 2010 the coalition Government abolished regional planning and regional strategies. Meetings of the Partnership Board or Regional Assembly are no longer held and the CLG-funded officer team who previously supported regional planning has been disbanded. 

The websites of both Partnership Board and Regional Assembly's South East Plan have been preserved in the national archives to maintain access to previous technical work and an evidence base, which may help indivisdual councils in preparing local planning documents. Use the links below to access the the websites:

• South East Engalnd Partnership Board
• South East England Regional Assembly's South East Plan

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