Councillor County Fred Cottam
Email: fred.cottam@lancashire.gov.uk
Council: Lancashire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
11 meetings · Page 1 of 3
Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 18th December, 2025 10.00 am
Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 8th December, 2025 10.00 am
Full Council - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 1.00 pm
The Full Council of Lancashire Council is scheduled to meet on 20 November 2025 to discuss local government reorganisation, committee appointments, and updates to the council's constitution. The meeting will also address questions from councillors and consider several notices of motion. Reports from the cabinet and various committees are also scheduled to be noted.
Regulatory Committee - Wednesday, 12th November, 2025 10.30 am
The Lancashire County Council Regulatory Committee met on Wednesday 12 November 2025 to discuss several matters relating to public rights of way. These included the review of the Definitive Map and Statement of Public Rights of Way[^1], and a number of investigations into upgrading, extinguishment, creation and diversion of footpaths.
Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 23rd October, 2025 10.00 am
The Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Scrutiny Committee met to discuss the Transport Asset Management Plan (TAMP), and to consider the committee's work programme for 2025-26. The committee agreed to investigate options for developer contributions to highways improvements, and decided to defer decisions on several in-year requests for the work programme, pending further information.
Decisions from Meetings
72 decisions · Page 7 of 15
Overview and Scrutiny Annual Report 2024-25
From: Full Council - Thursday, 16th October, 2025 1.00 pm - October 16, 2025
...to consider and approve the recommendations within the Overview and Scrutiny Annual Report for 2024/25, which summarized the activities, findings, impacts, and contributions of the scrutiny committees to the council's corporate priorities.
Recommendations Approved
Notice of Intention to Conduct Business in Private
From: Cabinet - Thursday, 9th October, 2025 2.00 pm - October 09, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Public Rights of Way - Processing of Definitive Map Modification Orders
From: Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 11th September, 2025 10.00 am - September 11, 2025
...to approve recommendations regarding the processing of Definitive Map Modification Orders, ensuring issues identified in a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman decision are considered in the committee's annual work planning.
Recommendations Approved
Minutes of the Meeting Held on 17 March 2025
From: Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 11th September, 2025 10.00 am - September 11, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Repairing Our Road Network – Overview of the TAMP
From: Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 11th September, 2025 10.00 am - September 11, 2025
...to approve the recommendations related to the Transport Asset Management approach for repairing Lancashire's road network.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 11
Average per Month: 1.4
Decisions Recorded: 72