CORPORATE STRATEGY 2023 – 26
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WHO WE ARE
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority was created in 2017 after an historic agreement between the UK Government and the seven councils covering our region (Cambridge City Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, Fenland District Council, Huntingdonshire District Council, Peterborough City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council). The aim of the agreement was to devolve decisions away from Westminster so they can be made by the communities they effect.
We have a range of responsibilities including strategic transport, housing and infrastructure, planning, economic growth, skills, employment and climate action.
We are also the accountable body and operational host for the Greater South East Net Zero Hub (GSENZH), which supports the development and financing of local net zero projects across the East and South East of England. We play an important role in developing bold, ambitious plans for the future, advocating for and representing the region to bring in investment and funding to grow the economy for the benefit of all. We firmly believe that together we are greater than the sum of our parts and the people of this region are best placed to determine its future.
We play an important role in developing bold, ambitious plans for the future, advocating for and representing the region to bring in investment and funding to grow the economy for the benefit of all. We firmly believe that together we are greater than the sum of our parts and the people of this region are best placed to determine its future.
The Combined Authority model allows us to make collective decisions and work with our constituent councils and other partners including businesses, universities, health providers and more, to jointly promote our region, and tackle challenges, such as health inequalities and the impact of climate change.
We are held to account by a Mayor, who is voted in by our residents every four years, and representatives from our seven constituent councils.
Our board is the leaders of our constituent councils, and the Chairs of our Business Board, the Police and Crime Commissioner, the Fire Authority, and the NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board.
A message from our Chief Exec, Rob Bridge
As we publish this refresh to our Corporate Strategy, we stand poised to embrace the opportunities for further devolution that have been brought forward by this Government. Opportunities that promise to have a transformational impact on the lives of the people who live and work in our region, unlocking growth, improving access to work and learning, and tackling pressing water and energy challenges.
We have worked hard to get our organisation into great shape. But better never stops, and our culture of continuous improvement will enable us to change and adapt to this evolving landscape.
We are empowered by a new, shared, long-term ambition. By igniting innovation, embracing our diversity, and championing collaboration, we will ensure that Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is globally recognised for our region’s groundbreaking achievements. Working in partnership with Central Government and harnessing the collective strengths of our fast growing cities, historic market towns and productive Fen landscapes, we will advance our equitable, pioneering, connected, and resilient region.
Our Region in Numbers
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is a community of opportunity for all.
We are proud to be a prime location for investment with unrivalled growth opportunities and world renown entrepreneurship, positioned at the heart of multiple corridors and clusters of national and international significance.
Our region has a rich cultural heritage, a unique environment and historic market towns that support the surrounding hinterlands and create thriving rural communities that people are proud to call home. All of this comes together to make Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, a region of choice: somewhere people aspire to live, work, visit, or do business.
