Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Strategic authority and combined authority in England
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is the combined authority for Greater Manchester, England. It consists of 11 members: ten indirectly elected members from each constituent council and the directly elected mayor of Greater Manchester. The GMCA is a strategic authority with powers over public transport, skills, housing, regeneration, waste management, carbon neutrality and planning permission. To guide planning policy in the region, the authority publishes the Greater Manchester Strategy, which was first developed in the 2000s by the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities. Functional executive bodies such as Transport for Greater Manchester deliver some of the GMCA's powers. The GMCA appoints a Chair and Vice-Chairs from among its ten executive members. The authority was established on 1 April 2011, replacing a range of single-purpose joint boards and quangos. It derives most of its powers from the Local Government Act 2000 and Local Democracy, Economic Development...
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