Councillor County Liam Thomson
Email: liam.thomson@lancashire.gov.uk
Council: Lancashire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
14 meetings · Page 3 of 3
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.
Regulatory Committee - Wednesday, 18th June, 2025 10.30 am
The Regulatory Committee of Lancashire County Council met on 18 June 2025, and among other items, the committee approved the making of a Definitive Map Modification Order to record a public bridleway along Sandyhall Lane in Barrowford, and agreed to appoint an independent inspector to determine an application to register land known as 'The Hellicliffes' as a town or village green. The committee also approved the making of an order to add a footpath at Chorley Road, Withnell, and approved a diversion to a footpath at Wood End, Silverdale.
Development Control Committee - Wednesday, 11th June, 2025 10.30 am
Annual General Meeting, Full Council - Thursday, 22nd May, 2025 1.00 pm
At the Full Council meeting on 22 May 2025, Lancashire County Council elected Councillor Alf Clempson as Chairman and Councillor Lee Hutchinson as Vice-Chairman. The council also re-elected Councillor Stephen Atkinson as Leader of the County Council, who then announced his cabinet. Councillors approved the Constitution of the County Council for 2025/26 and the membership of various committees, as well as appointments to outside bodies including the Lancashire Combined Fire Authority.
Decisions from Meetings
85 decisions · Page 1 of 17
Minutes of the last meeting held on 15 October 2025
From: Development Control Committee - Thursday, 4th December, 2025 10.30 am - December 04, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Fylde Borough: LCC/2025/0018, Land at Preston New Road Exploration Site, Off Preston New Road, Little Plumpton
From: Development Control Committee - Thursday, 4th December, 2025 10.30 am - December 04, 2025
...to extend the time limit for completion of restoration works at the Preston New Road Exploration Site until 30th June 2027 was refused.
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: 14
Average per Month: 1.6
Decisions Recorded: 85