Consultation archive 2015

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

We prepared a document, called the CIL Funding Programme, which sets out the options as to how we can spend these monies in 2016/17, and includes a number of shortlisted projects. We asked for your views in October 2015 as to how you thought the monies should be spent. Consultation on the funding programme closed on 30 October 2015.

A summary of the comments we received will be published on our website in the future. We will consider all the comments in preparing our final recommendations. A final decision on how we will spend CIL monies was made by Cabinet in January 2016.

Planning policy consultation exercises

A range of consultation exercises have been carried out. The Planning Policy Consultation page provides information about consultations and how you can get involved.

Gambling Policy

The Gambling Act 2005 requires the Council to review its Policy Statement every three years. To ensure this document reflects the borough of West Lancashire, we sought comments from all parties affected by the act. The deadline for comments was 16 October 2015.

Citizen and Stakeholder Survey 2015

We invited local organisations and residents to give their views on spending priorities and other issues. The consultation ran until 8 March 2015.

Draft disabled adaptations policy for council tenants

This draft policy is to assist disabled tenants or those with long‐term illness who require an adaptation to their home to enable them to live independently or to assist carers in their caring role. The public consultation ended on 1 September 2015.

Call for sites

We carried out a ‘Call for Sites’ exercise as part of our ongoing strategic planning work, and to keep our background information up-to-date.  We would like to hear about sites with potential for uses including housing, business, gypsy and traveller sites, commercial and other uses. The deadline for receipt of details of sites was 24 July 2015.

CCTV consultation

The Council has made money available for additional CCTV cameras in Tanfields and Castlehey, Skelmersdale and Burscough St, Ormskirk and invited people to give their views on the suggested locations.

Ormskirk Town Centre Strategy

West Lancashire Borough Council, along with partners, developed the draft Ormskirk Town Centre Strategy 2015 in order to help co-ordinate the approach of the Council, local retailers and other interested parties.  A public consultation period ran from 18 February until 14 April 2015.

Ormskirk Night Time Economy Survey

We commissioned Lancaster University to conduct independent research to assist us in better understanding the positive and negative impact of the night time economy for those visiting, residing and working in Ormskirk town centre. The consultation period ended on Friday 6 March 2015. Results will be used to help shape future decisions for the town centre.

Economic Development Strategy

We invited comments from local businesses, partners and stakeholders on the Council's draft Economic Development Strategy 2015-2025 which aims to sustain economic growth across the borough over the next 10 years. The consultation was open from 27 January until 25 February 2015.