East of England Local Government Association

East of England Local Government Association
Abbreviation	EELGA
Predecessor	East of England Regional Assembly
Formation	April 2010
Headquarters	West Suffolk House
Location	Bury St Edmunds;
Region served	East of England
Parent organisation	Local Government Association
Website	www.eelga.gov.uk

The East of England Local Government Association (EELGA) is an association of the 52 local authorities in the East of England. It is a regional grouping of the Local Government Association and the regional employers organisation. It was established in April 2010 following the abolition of the East of England Regional Assembly.^[1]

History

From April 2010 the East of England Regional Strategy Board of the East of England Local Government Association was responsible, in cooperation with the East of England Development Agency, for strategic planning in the region. This role as a local authority leaders' board was established by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. This role ended in 2010 with the abolition of statutory regional planning in England.

In 2011 overlapping local enterprise partnerships were established covering the region:

Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough (including Cambridgeshire and parts of Essex, Hertfordshire and Suffolk)
Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire)
New Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk)
South East (including Essex)
South East Midlands (including Bedfordshire)

There are 50 local authorities in the region,^[2] of which 11 are upper tier authorities: