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The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on Wednesday 21st May 2008.

GREEN-minded school children from Lancaster have scooped high-tech prizes for their recycling efforts.

EXCITING plans for a new garden and courtyard to be enjoyed by people from Skerton have been unveiled.

ICONIC Lancaster Castle and Lancaster Maritime Museum have joined other prestigious visitor attractions such as Kew Gardens, The London Eye and Castle Howard after being named a Quality Assured Visitor Attraction by Visit Britain - the official site of the British Tourist Authority.

LANCASHIRE County Council Adult Learning will celebrate the start of national ‘Adult Learners Week’ on Saturday 17 May with a full day of FREE ‘taster’ courses at The Adult College, Quarry Road, Lancaster.

I am a member of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which will meet on Tuesday 20th May 2008.

LANCASTER Royal Grammar School has added another trophy to its awards cabinet after winning a 2008 Mathematics Challenge district final.

YELLOW school buses will be a key topic for discussion at the next meeting of Lancashire Local - Lancaster district.

LANCASHIRE County Council's award-winning project 'Get It Loud in Libraries' has announced a spring and summer programme at Lancaster Library that will feature some of the hottest tipped bands in the UK.

18/4/2008 -  Pension Fund Committee 
A meeting of the Pension Fund Committee will be held on the 25th April 2008.

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on Wednesday 16th April 2008.

I am a member of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which will meet on Tuesday 8th April 2008.

HOT new band Royworld has announced a unique Get it Loud in Libraries tour of UK libraries this spring including a performance at Accrington Library on 26 March and Lancaster Library on 12 May.

11/3/2008 -  Pop Down your Local. 
The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Lancaster District will be held in the Banqueting Room, Town Hall, Lancaster on Tuesday 22nd January 2008 at 6.30 pm.

A meeting of the Children’s Services Board will be held on the 14th March 2008.

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on Wednesday 5th March 2008.

I am a member of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which will meet on Wednesday 27th February 2008.

8/2/2008 -  Full Council 
The Full Council will meet on the 14th February 2008.

18/1/2008 -  Pension Fund Committee 
A meeting of the Pension Fund Committee will be held on the 25th January 2008.

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 23rd January 2008.

15/1/2008 -  Pop Down your Local. 
The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Lancaster District will be held in the Banqueting Room, Town Hall, Lancaster on Tuesday 22nd January 2008 at 6.30 pm.

I am a member of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which will meet on Tuesday 15th January 2008.

7/12/2007 -  Children’s Services Board  
A meeting of the Children’s Services Board will be held on the 14th December 2007.

6/12/2007 -  Full Council 
The Full Council will meet on the 13th December 2007

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 12th December 2007.

28/11/2007 -  Pop Down your Local. 
The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Lancaster District will be held at the Melling Institute, Lancaster on Tuesday 4th December 2007 at 6.30 pm.

21/11/2007 -  Pop Down your Local. 
The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Lancaster District will be held at the Victoria Institute, Caton, Lancaster on Monday 26th November 2007 at 4.00 pm.

PROUD Lancastrians will be coming together on Tuesday 27 November to celebrate Lancashire Day.

CLASSICAL music concerts for babies are being rolled out in venues across the county including recitals in December at children's centres Lancaster.

16/11/2007 -  Pension Fund Committee 
A meeting of the Pension Fund Committee will be held on the 23rd November 2007.

I am a member of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which will meet on Tuesday 20th November 2007.

1/11/2007 -  Viva Carnforth! 
Residents in Carnforth basked in some unseasonal Latin American warmth when the Batala Samba Band hit the streets.

31/10/2007 -  Film-makers forge new links 
YOUNG people from Lancaster and Morecambe have united for an innovative film-making project.

24/10/2007 -  Development Control Committee 
The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 31st October 2007.

Older people can now access the services of Age Concern Lancashire thanks to their refurbished office in Lancaster.

LANCASTER'S Judges' Lodgings Museum is hosting a week packed full of family friendly events during October to celebrate Halloween.

9/10/2007 -  Pop Down your Local. 
The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Lancaster District will be held at the Methodist Chapel Hall, Tanhouse Lane, Galgate, Lancaster on Tuesday 16th October 2007 at 1.30 pm.

The consultation over the possible closure of Skerton and Hornby High Schools is due to begin next week.

I am a member of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which will meet on Tuesday 9th October 2007.

27/9/2007 -  Full Council 
The Full Council will meet on the 4th October 2007

20/9/2007 -  Children’s Services Board  
A meeting of the Children’s Services Board will be held on the 28th September 2007.

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 19th September 2007.

LANCASTER district residents have the chance to quiz some of the county's leading politicians later this month.

28/8/2007 -  Pop Down your Local. 
The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Lancaster District will be held at Morecambe High School, Dallam Road, Morecambe on Tuesday 4th September 2007 at 6.30 pm.

I am a member of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which will meet on Tuesday 28th August 2007.

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 8th August 2007.

19/7/2007 -  Pension Fund Committee 
A meeting of the Pension Fund Committee will be held on the 27th July 2007.

19/7/2007 -  Full Council 
The Full Council will meet on the 26th July 2007

17/7/2007 -  Pop Down your Local. 
The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Lancaster District will be held at the Gaskell Hall, Emesgate Lane, Silverdale on Tuesday 24th July 2007 at 1.30 pm.

I am a member of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which will meet on Tuesday 17th July 2007.

COUNCILLORS and other interested people from Lancaster and other parts of Lancashire will be meeting in Chorley on Monday to discuss issues relating to probity in public life, on how local authorities can work together to do so and also to agree questions that need sending in an upward direction to people who understand the issues that may recur elsewhere in the country.

LANCASTER Royal Grammar school has added the Maths Challenge champion’s trophy to their triumphs.

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 4th July 2007.

18/6/2007 -  Children’s Services Board  
A meeting of the Children’s Services Board will be held on the 22nd June 2007.

15/6/2007 -  Pop Down your Local. 
The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Lancaster District will be held at the Victoria Institute, Caton, Lancaster on Tuesday 19th June 2007 at 7.00 pm.

8/3/2007 -  Pop Down your Local. 
The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Lancaster District will be held in the Banqueting Suite, Town Hall, Lancaster on Tuesday 13th March 2007 at 1.30 pm.

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 7th March 2007.

I am a member of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which will meet on Tuesday 6th March 2007.

22/2/2007 -  Children’s Services Board  
A meeting of the Children’s Services Board will be held on the 2nd March 2007.

16/2/2007 -  Full Council 
The Full Council will meet on the 22nd February 2007

26/1/2007 -  Pop Down your Local. 
The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Lancaster District will be held at Skerton Youth & Community Centre, King George Field, Slyne Road, Lancaster on Tuesday 30th January 2007 at 7.00 pm.

22/1/2007 -  Pension Fund Committee 
A meeting of the Pension Fund Committee will be held on the 26th January 2007.

I am a member of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which will meet on the 24th January 2007.

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 24th January 2007.

PEOPLE looking to shed a few pounds following the festive period are urged to board the Bittern Bus - a bargain at just £3 for an all day pass.

RECONSTRUCTION work in the New Year will bring new life to a Lancaster canal bridge.

Lancashire County Council has signed a contract to fully refurbish the footbridge over the Lancaster Canal between Shaw Street and Wolseley Street, approximately 500m north east of the city centre.

A FUNDRAISING Christmas party has raised over £800 for St John’s Hospice on Slyne Road in Lancaster thanks to generous carers, service users and staff.

8/12/2006 -  Full Council 
The Full Council will meet on the 14th December 2006.

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the t 13th December 2006.

I am a member of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which will meet on the 12th December 2006.

27/11/2006 -  Children’s Services Board  
A meeting of the Children’s Services Board will be held on the 1st December 2006.

14/11/2006 -  Pop Down your Local. 
The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Lancaster District will be held at Glasson Dock Village Hall, Bodie Hill, Glasson Dock, Lancaster on the 21st November 2006 at 2.00 pm.

25/10/2006 -  Development Control Committee 
The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 1st November 2006.

The Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee will meet on the 31st October 2006.

28/9/2006 -  Full Council 
The Full Council will meet on the 5th October 2006.

26/9/2006 -  Pop Down your Local. 
The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Lancaster District will be held at Heysham High School (Theatre/Studio), Limes Avenue, Morecambe, on the 3rd October 2006 at 7.00 pm.

PRIMARY school pupils from Lancaster have taken a safe step in the right direction thanks to a leading child pedestrian training programme.

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 21st September 2006.

I am a member of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which will meet on the 19th September 2006.

1/9/2006 -  Pension Fund Committee 
A meeting of the Pension Fund Committee will be held on the 8th September 2006.

29/8/2006 -  Children’s Services Board  
A meeting of the Children’s Services Board will be held on the 1st September 2006.

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 9th August 2006.

I am a member of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee which will meet on the 8th August 2006.

24/7/2006 -  Ragwort 
Destroying this pernicious weed

12/7/2006 -  Pop Down your Local. 
The next scheduled meeting of the Lancashire Local – Lancaster District will be held at the Hornby Institute, Main Street, Hornby, on the 18th July 2006 at 2.15 pm.

FOLKS at a Lancaster day centre celebrated a blooming marvellous result after Prince’s Trust volunteers spruced up their garden.

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 27th June 2006.

12/6/2006 -  Children’s Services Board  
A meeting of the Children’s Services Board will be held on the 16th June 2006.

Lancashire County Council’s economic development department, Lancashire County Developments Ltd, has been working with officers from the Lancashire Rural Recovery Action Plan to really make a difference to the rural economy in the county.

The next meeting of Development Control will take place on Wednesday 17th May.

5/5/2006 -  Pension Fund Committee 
A meeting of the Pension Fund Committee will be held on the 12th May 2006.

4/4/2006 -  COMMUNITY LIBRARY SERVICES 
What to do

The Development Control Committee deals with applications for planning permission for waste disposal and mineral eg. Quarries and for the developments proposed by the County Council such as extensions to schools.

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 1st March 2006

14/2/2006 -  Bus guides available 


HELP is at hand for bus users who need help getting about their area.

13/2/2006 -  Full Council 
The Full Council will meet on the 16th February 2006

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 31st January 2006.

Christmas Day is almost here, but what are you planning do do with the tree, cards and all that wrapping paper afterwards?

16/12/2005 -  Heysham to M6 link 
On Wednesday a planning application for the completion of the Heysham to M6 Link was submitted.

12/12/2005 -  Full Council 
The Full Council will meet on the 15th December 2005

2/12/2005 -  REMADE in Lancashire 
An exciting project in Lancaster is now under construction thanks to the REMADE in Lancashire programme, funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA).

28/11/2005 -  “Ve vant your blood!” 
Strangers prowling the corridors of County Hall, blood being drained from Councillors - what’s going on?

24/11/2005 -  Development Control Committee 
The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the Tuesday 29th November 2005.

24/11/2005 -  Pension Fund 
There will be a meeting of the Pension Fund Committee on the 25th November 2005.

1/11/2005 -  Remember, remember ……. 
As bonfire night approaches here are some handy tips to make sure you enjoy yourself safely

10/10/2005 -  Value for Money? 
The next meeting of the Best Value Overview and Scrutiny Committee will be held on the 12th October 2005.

Local residents aged 55 and over from Lancaster and Morecambe are being invited to have a greater say in how local services are shaped and developed through the creation of a multi-agency partnership board

There will be a meeting of the Development Control Committee on the 5th October 2005.

Lancasters historic Crook O’Lune Bridge has re-opened after an £880,000 restoration.

Information about replacement and rerouting

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 10th August 2005.

1/8/2005 -  Ragwort 
Destroying this pernicious weed.

Yesterday there was a special meeting of the Development Control Committee.

14/7/2005 -  Full Council 
The Full Council will meet later today.

11/7/2005 -  Training 
Time for me to learn a few new tricks

The next meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on the 8th June 2005.

23/5/2005 -  Full Council 
The first meeting of the Full Council after the local government election will be on the 26th May 2005

19/5/2005 -  Spinning my own Web 
Your local County Councillor joins the 21st century on the World Wide Web!