Resilience Support During Local Government Reorganisation.
Applied Resilience supports councils and local resilience partnerships through LGR transitions — maintaining emergency planning compliance, business continuity capability, and resilience assurance at every stage.
Currently supporting councils through the Local Government Reorganisation process in Surrey.
Why LGR Creates Resilience Risk
Staff uncertainty and attrition
Experienced emergency planning officers may leave during consultation and transition, creating knowledge gaps at a critical time.
Experienced emergency planning officers may leave during consultation and transition, creating knowledge gaps at a critical time. Applied Resilience eliminates this risk entirely — providing continuity of expertise regardless of what is happening internally.
Plan ownership confusion
As boundaries shift, it becomes unclear which plans apply to which areas and which officer holds which responsibility.
As organisational boundaries shift, it becomes unclear which plans apply to which areas and which officer holds which responsibility. Applied Resilience rationalises and integrates plans from predecessor organisations, developing bespoke, coherent, compliant plans for the new unitary structure.
Compliance continuity and day 1 readiness
CCA duties, NHS EPRR assessments, and LRF obligations continue regardless of transition — and all new organisations must be safe and legal from day 1.
CCA 2004 duties apply throughout the transition period. NHS EPRR assessments and LRF obligations continue regardless of organisational change.
Beyond ongoing compliance, there is a clear government expectation that all newly created unitary authorities are safe and legal from day 1 — meaning resilience arrangements, emergency plans, and business continuity frameworks must be fully operational from the moment the new organisation comes into existence.
How Applied Resilience Supports Organisations Through LGR
Is your council undergoing Local Government Reorganisation? Applied Resilience is currently supporting councils through the Surrey LGR process. Contact us as early as possible — the risk begins when reorganisation is announced.
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Need resilience support through LGR? Applied Resilience is already supporting councils through the Surrey LGR process and can mobilise quickly.
