The Lancashire Combined County Authority - Overview and Scrutiny Committee are scheduled to meet on Monday 8 December 2025. Items to be discussed include the Local Transport Plan, the Committee's work programme for 2025/26, and an update from Matthew Sidgreaves, Chief Operating Officer, Lancashire County Combined Authority. The meeting is to be held at County Hall, Preston.

Local Transport Plan

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee are scheduled to discuss the progress of the Local Transport Plan. Local Transport Plans set out a local authority’s strategies, policies and investment programme for transport.

Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme 2025/26

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee are scheduled to discuss their work programme for 2025/26. The report pack includes Appendix A, which lists potential topics for future review by the committee. These include:

• Update on Levelling Up
• Climate Change
• SEND ¹ Capital Programme
• Digital Connectivity
• Homelessness
• Health Integration
• Skills
• Cyber Resilience
• Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service - Service Delivery Model

Chief Operating Officer Update

Matthew Sidgreaves, Chief Operating Officer, Lancashire County Combined Authority, is scheduled to provide key updates. The presentation included in the report pack covers a number of topics, including:

• Levelling Up ²
• Strategic Priorities
• Key Enablers

Other Items

The agenda for the meeting includes:

• Apologies for absence.
• Disclosure of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests. Councillors are asked to declare any relevant interests.
• The minutes of the meeting held on 10 October 2025 are to be confirmed. The minutes are included in the report pack.
• To note the date of the next meeting, scheduled for Monday 9 March at 3.00pm in Committee Room C - the Duke of Lancaster Room, County Hall, Preston.
• Urgent business.