West Lancashire Borough Council has put a revised Local Plan out for consultation. The plans show a huge increase in housing and will affect some of the best farming land and green belt in the heart of West Lancashire. The revised thirty year plan proposed by the Labour administration will see swathes of prime farming land turned into housing estates.
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West Lancashire Borough Council is set to consider an innovative new Local Plan at their meeting on 11th September. This is the first draft of this extremely important document to be considered by the Council’s Cabinet. Some of the proposed ideas include a Skelmersdale Rail Link, three new Garden Villages and a Logistics Park near the M58. Cabinet members are
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Christmas is coming up so quickly and soon it will be time for the lights to be switched on. This year Ormskirk will be having more lights than usual after winning a competition to brighten up the town. West Lancs Borough Council have decided to move the Christmas light switch on from the traditional Friday night to a Sunday afternoon.
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Lancashire Police are appealing for any information on a missing teenager from Burscough. Craig Warren, 18, from Burscough was last seen by a family member on Friday 17th August in the Waterloo area of Merseyside. Aside from Lancashire, he has links to Merseyside & North Wales. If you have seen him or can help, please call 01695 566010 urgently.
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The weather may be not so good but the vehicles on display should brighten your day at Motorfest. With over 300 cars including vintage, modern and racing there should be a favourite for everyone. Coronation Park is full of cars and stalls and sadly puddles from the rain but a coat and umbrella will allow you to have some fun.
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A local resident has started a consultation to try to reduce the number of accidents on the County Road/A59 in Ormskirk. The junctions by the Fiveways pub and the Hayfield Pub are well know accident hotspots, whilst the junction by Yew Tree Lane is also problematic. In December 2017 69-year-old John Roberts died after a crash involving a his BMW
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Police are seeking information after a 45-year-old convicted sex offender has gone missing at an address in Clitheroe on August 2. He has also failed to attend probation appointments. Norman Ormerod was convicted of making indecent images of children in 2011 and 2015. Ormerod has links to Lancashire and Cumbria and may have travelled to the North Yorkshire or Humberside
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