Time for a property change: The new Relational Partnering Commission

摘要

Plans to develop an independent commission study into the benefits of a new hybrid private public partnership option called Relational Partnering were set in motion at a Debate Day at the House of Lords in June 2017. Representatives from local authorities, the private sector, the wider public sector and politics attended the Debate Day held to discuss content for the forthcoming Commission. There are 21 limited liability partnerships using the Relational Partnering model to deliver a broad range of land and property ventures. These councils, which have formed themselves into the Local Government Council Consortium Group (LG-CCG) decided last November 2016 to launch a Commission 'to investigate further the benefits that can be achieved through the broader use and application of the model across the UK.' The Commission launched in January 2017 with the aim of looking at the key aspects of Relational Partnering, namely legal, financial, political and commercial as well as its application against a backdrop of austerity, procurement issues and corporate culture.