Councillor County Joshua Roberts
Email: joshua.roberts@lancashire.gov.uk
Council: Lancashire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
17 meetings · Page 3 of 4
Cabinet - Thursday, 4th September, 2025 2.00 pm
The Lancashire County Council Cabinet met to discuss the county's financial performance, approve transport and highway projects, and update flag policies. The cabinet approved a capital allocation for a new primary school in Preston, accepted transport capital grants, and approved traffic regulation orders for the Accessible Nelson project. They also approved an updated flag policy and discussed the management of residual waste in East Lancashire.
Lancashire Combined County Authority - Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 28th July, 2025 3.00 pm
The Lancashire Combined County Authority (LCCA) Overview and Scrutiny Committee met to discuss its role and responsibilities, and to agree on a definition and threshold for key decisions. The committee approved the proposed definition of a key decision and set the financial threshold at £500,000, with a commitment to review the threshold at the next meeting. Members also discussed potential areas for scrutiny, including the Lancashire Growth Plan, skills agenda, and transport.
Full Council - Thursday, 17th July, 2025 1.00 pm
Lancashire County Council's Full Council met on 17 July 2025, and among other things, approved the Lancashire Child and Youth Justice Plan 2025-26, and agreed to review its policy on flying flags over council property, prioritising the Union Flag, the Flag of England, the Lancashire Flag, royal flags, and military flags and ensigns. The council also discussed the financial challenges it faces, and heard questions from councillors and members of the public.
Cabinet - Thursday, 10th July, 2025 2.00 pm
Lancashire County Council's Cabinet met on 10 July 2025, and approved a new set of focus areas for the coming year, the Lancashire Child and Youth Justice Plan 2025-26, and the Lancashire's Children in Our Care Sufficiency Strategy 2025-2028. They also agreed to increase parking charges at Preston Bus Station and made some changes to the way they collect contributions from developers.
Lancashire Local Access Forum - Tuesday, 8th July, 2025 2.00 pm
The Lancashire Local Access Forum met on Tuesday 8 July 2025 to discuss coastal path updates, forum membership, and a new peat map for England, among other items. The forum was also scheduled to discuss drones, local government reorganisation, and the Rights of Way Improvement Plan. The next meeting dates were scheduled to be agreed.
Decisions from Meetings
68 decisions · Page 1 of 14
Minutes of the Meeting held on 27 November 2025
From: Cabinet - Thursday, 22nd January, 2026 2.00 pm - January 22, 2026
Recommendations Approved
Urgent Decisions taken by the Leader of the County Council and the relevant Cabinet Member(s)
From: Cabinet - Thursday, 22nd January, 2026 2.00 pm - January 22, 2026
Recommendations Approved
The Overview and Scrutiny Committees
From: Full Council - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 1.00 pm - November 20, 2025
...to note the report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committees, encompassing the Children, Families and Skills Committee meeting of 22 October 2025 and the Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Committee meeting of 23 October 2025, and to approve the recommendations made within those committees.
Recommendations Approved
Committee Appointment
From: Full Council - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 1.00 pm - November 20, 2025
...to replace County Councillor Ella Worthington, they approved the appointment of County Councillor Alice Jones as the new Deputy Chair of the Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Scrutiny Committee for the remainder of the 2025/26 municipal year.
Recommendations Approved
Local Government Reorganisation
From: Full Council - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 1.00 pm - November 20, 2025
...that Cabinet endorses the proposal for two unitary councils for Lancashire, as set out in Appendix A, at its meeting on 27 November 2025, supporting a preferred proposal for Local Government Reorganisation to be submitted to the Government.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 17
Average per Month: 1.7
Decisions Recorded: 68