Sam Gorton
Council: Lancashire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
17 meetings · Page 1 of 4
Development Control Committee - Thursday, 4th December, 2025 10.30 am
The Lancashire County Council Development Control Committee convened to discuss planning applications and related matters. The agenda included decisions on applications in Fylde and South Ribble Borough, as well as an update on decisions taken by the Director of Environment and Planning.
Corporate Parenting Board - Wednesday, 19th November, 2025 6.00 pm
The Corporate Parenting Board of Lancashire Council met on Wednesday 19 November 2025. According to the agenda, the board was scheduled to discuss updates from the Participation Team, PayPoint, and the District Team, as well as the Corporate Parenting Strategy 2026-2030 and the Peer Review of Leaving Care. The meeting was also scheduled to include a review of the calendar of meetings for 2026/27.
Development Control Committee - Wednesday, 15th October, 2025 9.30 am
The Lancashire County Council Development Control Committee met to discuss several planning applications, including a proposal for sand and gravel extraction in Preesall, a waste processing building in Hillhouse International Business Park, and a residential development in South Ribble. The committee refused the application for sand and gravel extraction, but approved the other two applications, subject to conditions.
Development Control Committee - Wednesday, 3rd September, 2025 10.30 am
The Lancashire County Council's Development Control Committee met to discuss planning applications, ultimately deferring a decision on a new primary school in Preston and approving conditions for another. The committee also noted the withdrawal of an application concerning land at Round O Quarry in West Lancashire.
Development Control Committee - Wednesday, 16th July, 2025 10.30 am
The Development Control Committee met to discuss planning applications for an energy recovery centre, a quarry, and a generation station. The committee approved the energy recovery centre, but deferred a decision on the quarry to allow for a review of drainage. They approved the continued use of the generation station.
Decisions from Meetings
24 decisions · Page 4 of 5
West Lancashire Borough: LCC/2022/0014 Amendment of Condition 6 of planning permission 8/10/0241 to allow approval of amended restoration contours together with the submission of a restoration and aftercare scheme to comply with Conditions 29 and 31
From: Development Control Committee - Wednesday, 15th January, 2025 10.30 am - January 15, 2025
...they approved recommendations to grant planning permission, subject to conditions, for the amendment of Condition 6 of planning permission 8/10/0241, allowing approval of amended restoration contours and the submission of a restoration and aftercare scheme to comply with Conditions 29 and 31 for Round O Quarry.
Recommendations Approved
South Ribble Borough Council: LCC/2023/0027/3 Compliance with Condition 35 of planning permission LCC/2023/0027 (revised landscaping scheme). Land at Woodcock Estate, Stanifield Lane, Farington
From: Development Control Committee - Wednesday, 15th January, 2025 10.30 am - January 15, 2025
...the revised landscaping scheme submitted to comply with Condition 35 of planning permission LCC/2023/0027 for the new cricket facility at Woodcock Estate, Farington, was approved.
Recommendations Approved
West Lancashire Borough: LCC/2024/0035 Retrospective Application for the change of use of land to site for processing of inert waste to produce recycled aggregates. Former Haulage Yard, Simonswood Industrial Park, Stopgate Lane, Simonswood Planning
From: Development Control Committee - Wednesday, 15th January, 2025 10.30 am - January 15, 2025
...to grant planning permission, subject to conditions, for the retrospective application for the change of use of land to a site for processing of inert waste to produce recycled aggregates at the Former Haulage Yard, Simonswood Industrial Park, Stopgate Lane, Simonswood.
Recommendations Approved
West Lancashire Borough: LCC/2024/0036, Erection of a portal framed soil storage building, Newbridge Farm, Stopgate Lane, Simonswood
From: Development Control Committee - Wednesday, 15th January, 2025 10.30 am - January 15, 2025
...to approve the recommendations for planning application LCC/2024/0036, allowing the erection of a portal framed soil storage building at Newbridge Farm, Stopgate Lane, Simonswood, subject to conditions controlling time limits, working programme, building materials, and hours of construction.
Recommendations Approved
Minutes of the last meeting held on 4 September 2024
From: Development Control Committee - Wednesday, 15th January, 2025 10.30 am - January 15, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 17
Average per Month: 0.8
Decisions Recorded: 24