Diary of current activities
Choice Based Lettings
We will soon be changing the way we allocate our empty homes.
Following some initial consultation with tenants, a draft Choice
Based Lettings Policy has been prepared and we would welcome your
views - even if you are not actively seeking housing at the moment.
The deadline for comments is Monday 24 May 2010.
Face the People
West Lancashire Community Safety Partnership has
organised a special public meeting on Wednesday 10 March to
engage with residents and give feedback about what they are doing
to fight crime and the fear of crime. The event focuses on young
people.
Dave Guest, BBC North West’s Chief Reporter, will compere the
event at Edge Hill University’s Wilson Centre, St Helens Road,
Ormskirk and will encourage participation from the audience on the
night. It’s a free, ticket-only event with refreshments at 6.30pm
ready for a 7pm start.
Residential Development
Policy
Following changes to regional and
national policy, and in order to maintain a healthy supply of
housing land, the Council proposes to relax its current
housing policy. The revised policy will allow market housing
in many of our rural settlements. It will also seek to secure
a greater number of affordable housing units in the
Borough. People are able to give their views on the proposed
new policy until Thursday 18 March. All comments received will
be taken into account and a report will be presented to the Council
later in the spring. The new policy will not have the same
status as the local plan, but will be an important factor to take
into account when determining planning applications for
housing.
Linear Park Feasibility Study
Consultants Gillespies and Regeneris are
carrying out a feasibility study of the proposal to provide a
linear park alongside the river and canal between Tarleton and
Hesketh Bank. The study began in October 2009 and is due to be
completed in February 2010. The consultants are speaking to a
number of organisations, businesses and landowners to gathers views
before finalising a report setting out proposals for the area
together with costs and possible sources of funding.
Forward Plan
The Forward Plan lists "key" Cabinet decisions
likely to be made over the next four months. These decisions may be
made by the Cabinet or, occasionally, by individual Members or
Officers of the Council acting under delegated authority. The plan
is updated and rolled forward every month. It gives information
about the subject involved and shows who will make the decision and
when it will be made. The Plan also gives information about any
consultation prior to the decision being made and advice on how you
can make representations.
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Planning applications
You can give your views on any planning
application on which a decision has not yet been made.
Planning policy
consultation
A wide range of consultations
are being carried out
on the Council's emerging
Local Development Framework (LDF).
Development Control Customer Satisfaction
Surveys
To monitor the satisfaction of Development Control customers,
surveys are sent monthly to applicants who submitted planning
applications, neighbours who were consulted on planning
applications, and to members of the public who have made complaints
regarding possible breaches of planning control. Results of the
surveys will be published when all data has been collated and
analysed.
Building Control Satisfaction Surveys
Building Control are reintroducing satisfaction surveys for all
customers who receive a completion certificate. Surveys will be
sent out from 1 April 2009 and the results will be published in the
future.
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