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Your West Lancashire 2027
Are you interested in what happens in your
local area? Do you want to see a stronger, better West Lancs?
If so, you need to get involved in the Core
Strategy for the area. This is your chance to have your say on
how West Lancashire will develop between now and 2027.
Everyone is being urged to give their views to
help make sure the new homes, jobs and services West Lancashire
needs will be located in the most sustainable places.
West Lancashire Borough Council is sending a
leaflet to every home in the area and is launching pages at
West Lancashire
2027 to encourage people to have their say. There will
also be meetings where residents can find out more during the
six-week consultation period, which runs from 12 May to 24
June.
Councillor Martin Forshaw, portfolio holder
for Planning, said: “West Lancs is facing some really important
issues as we decide how the area will develop over the next 20
years. We need to try to meet the aspirations of residents and
provide the facilities and infrastructure people need, while making
sure that development is sustainable.
“I urge people to get involved because we want
your input into these plans. To find out more, read the leaflet,
visit the website, come to a meeting or look at the documents at
the library. Whatever you choose – make sure you have your
say.”
The Preferred Options
The council has prepared a Preferred Options
paper, which puts forward new policies, which cover:
- Providing housing, including affordable and
specialised housing
- Creating new jobs
- Regenerating Skelmersdale
- Gypsies and travellers
- Edge Hill University
- Green Belt release
- Transport
- Environment
It also gives information on where the council
would prefer development to take place.
A leaflet – Your West Lancashire 2027 – is
being sent to local households and summarises the policies and
gives information about how the public can give their views.
How to find out more and have your say
Consultation runs from Thursday 12 May to
Friday 24 June 2011
- Click onto the website West Lancashire 2027
- Visit
Your West Lancashire 2027 (external link) on Facebook
- Email ldf@westlancs.gov.uk
- Attend one of the consultation events detailed below.
- Read the full Core Strategy at the Council Offices at 52 Derby
Street, Ormskirk; the CSP Skelmersdale, your local library or post
office
- Write to 2027, Planning Policy, West Lancs Borough Council, 52
Derby Street, Ormskirk, L39 2DF
Consultation events
Residents are invited to meet
planning officers to discuss the proposals over the next few weeks.
Exhibitions are open to the public, but places at the forums must
be booked in advance. To reserve a place, call 01695
585171.
Exhibitions
Sat 21 May, Ormskirk Market (by the clock tower)
10.00am–4.00pm
Thurs 2 June, Booths, Hesketh Bank, 2.00pm–7.00pm
Sat 4 June, Burscough Wharf 10.00am–4.00pm
Sat 11 June, The Concourse, Skelmersdale (adjacent to council’s
CSP) 10.00am–4.00pm
Forums
Wed 18 May, Skelmersdale Ecumenical Centre, 7.00pm–9.00pm
Mon 23 May, Burscough Stanley Club, 7.00pm–9.00pm
Thu 26 May, Banks Leisure Centre, 7.00pm–9.00pm
Tue 31 May, Ormskirk Civic Hall, 7.00pm–9.00pm
Notes for editors
The Preferred Options Paper represents the
next milestone in the preparation of the Core Strategy and the
delivery of the West Lancashire Local Development Framework, which
will supersede the existing Replacement Local Plan. It aims
to make sure new homes, jobs and services required by communities
are located in the most sustainable places. It will also deliver
the necessary infrastructure, facilities and other development to
make this possible.
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