Conwy Council offices Bodlondeb..KR261117f. County councillors have savaged what they see as Welsh Government proposals to force local authority “amalgamation by the back door”. Conwy council’s cabinet discussed its response to the proposed North Wales Regional Corporate Joint Committee (CJC), or so-called “super-council”, at its meeting on Wednesday. The new unelected layer of government would sit above all six North Wales local authorities and Snowdonia National Park. The seven authorities’ elected leaders would sit on the new committee with no requirement to run ideas before their respective bodies, nor any opportunity to veto plans that could damage their home organisation.
North Wales super-council plan could mean merger by the back door , critics fear
The Welsh Government s proposed new Regional Corporate Joint Committee would cover all six county council areas and the Snowdonia National Park Authority
05:00, 12 JAN 2021
The Coed Pella offices in Colwyn Bay (Image: Daily Post Wales)
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By Jez Hemming, local democracy reporter
Coed Pella Conwy County Borough Council offices in Colwyn Bay. Picture: Kerry Roberts The Welsh Government is pressing on with plans to create a new regional committee which critics have dubbed a “super-council” for North Wales. Mandarins in Cardiff are consulting with public bodies in the region about a new North Wales Regional Corporate Joint Committee (CJC), which will be discussed by Conwy County Council’s Cabinet on Tuesday. The body will cover all six local authority areas and Snowdonia National Park Authority. The extra tier of bureaucracy will cover the economy, development planning and transport at a regional level and there will be three other CJCs set up in south-east, south-west and mid-Wales from September this year.