Local transport bodies explained

Local transport bodies are partnerships of local authorities in England outside Greater London. There are 38 local transport bodies. They cover similar areas to local enterprise partnerships, but are not permitted to overlap each other. Decision making for major transport infrastructure spending is devolved to these bodies from the Department for Transport.^[1] They will receive funding from April 2015.^{[2] [3]}

Membership

Membership of local transport bodies include non-metropolitan local transport authorities (county councils and unitary authorities) or combined authorities and integrated transport authorities which cover metropolitan areas. Local enterprise partnerships are also members of local transport bodies.^[4]

List of local transport bodies

NORTH WEST

• Cumbria Local Transport Body
• Transport for Lancashire
• Liverpool City Region Local Transport Body (LCRCA)
• Greater Manchester Local Transport Body (GMCA)
• Cheshire and Warrington Local Transport Body

• Without Halton.

NORTH EAST

• North East Local Transport Body (NECA and NTCA)
• Tees Valley Local Transport Body (TVCA)

YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER

• North Yorkshire Local Transport Body

• Without York, Stockton-on-Tees (part), Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland.
• West Yorkshire and York Local Transport Body

• West Yorkshire and York, in North Yorkshire, and eventually Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, and Craven, Harrogate and Selby, in North Yorkshire.
• Sheffield City Region Local Transport Body

• South Yorkshire, and eventually Bassetlaw, in Nottinghamshire, and Bolsover, Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire, in Derbyshire, without Derbyshire Dales.
• Humber Local Transport Body

• East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.

WEST MIDLANDS

• The Marches Local Transport Body

• Salop and Herefordshire.
• Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire Local Transport Body
• Black Country Strategic Transport Board

• Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley and Sandwell, in West Midlands.
• Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Transport Board

• Birmingham and Solihull, in West Midlands, and eventually East Staffordshire, Cannock Chase, Lichfield and Tamworth, in Staffordshire,
  and Wyre Forest, Bromsgrove and Redditch, in Worcestershire.
• Coventry & Warwickshire Local Transport Body
• Worcestershire Local Transport Body

EAST MIDLANDS

• D2N2 Local Transport Board

• Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

• D2N2: Derby+Derbyshire+Nottingham+Nottinghamshire.
• Leicester and Leicestershire Transport Board
• Lincolnshire Strategic Transport Board

• Without / Eventually North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.
• Northamptonshire Local Transport Body

SOUTH WEST

• Gloucestershire Local Transport Board

• Without South Gloucestershire.
• Swindon and Wiltshire Local Transport Body
• West of England Local Transport Body (WECA)

• Avon or Bristol City Region.

• With North Somerset.
• Dorset Local Transport Body
• Heart of the South West Local Transport Board

• Devon and Somerset, without North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset.
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Transport Board

SOUTH EAST

• Oxfordshire Local Transport Board
• Buckinghamshire Local Transport Body

• Without Milton Keynes.
• Berkshire Local Transport Body
• Enterprise M3 Local Transport Body

• New Forest, Test Valley, Winchester, East Hampshire, Basingstoke and Deane, Hart and Rushmoor, in Hampshire,
  and Waverley, Guildford, Woking, Surrey Heath, Runnymede, Spelthorne and Elmbridge, in Surrey.

• M3 Corridor (Hampshire and Surrey).
• Solent Local Transport Body

• Isle of Wight, and Southampton, Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Portsmouth and Havant, in Hampshire.
• Coast to Capital Local Transport Body

• Mole Valley, Epsom and Ewell, Reigate and Banstead, and Tandridge, in Surrey; West Sussex; Brighton and Hove, in East Sussex,
  and eventually Croydon, in Greater London, and Lewes, in East Sussex.

EAST ENGLAND

• Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough Local Transport Body

• Rutland and Cambridgeshire, and eventually King's Lynn and West Norfolk, in Norfolk, Forest Heath and St Edmundsbury, in Suffolk,
  Uttlesford, in Essex, and North Hertfordshire, in Hertfordshire.
• Norfolk and Suffolk Local Transport Body
• South East Midlands Local Transport Board

• Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, and eventually Aylesbury Vale, in Buckinghamshire, Cherwell, in Oxfordshire,
  and South Northamptonshire, Northampton, Daventry, Kettering and Corby, in Northamptonshire.
• Hertfordshire Local Transport Body

SOUTH EAST & EAST ENGLAND

• South East Local Transport Board

• East Sussex, Kent and Essex, without Brighton and Hove.

LONDON

• None

Notes and References

1. http://bettertransport.org.uk/sites/default/files/research-files/LTB_report_250913_web_FINAL_0.pdf Local Transport Body Report (25-9-2013)
2. Web site: DfT's local transport bodies plan creates inter-council tensions | RUDI - Resource for Urban Development International. rudi.net. 2014-04-05.
3. Web site: Local transport body funding allocations - Written statements to Parliament - GOV.UK. 16 July 2013 . gov.uk. 2014-04-05.
4. Web site: Devolving local major transport schemes: Next steps. 17 September 2012. Department for Transport. 2014-06-28.