Issue - meetings

Residents of West Lancashire, on giving notice, may address the meeting to make representations on any item on the agenda except where the public and press are to be excluded during consideration of the item.  The deadline for submissions is 10.00am Friday 7 June 2019.

In relation to agenda item 7 (Item referred from Executive Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Called in Item – Local Plan) it was reported that a request to speak form had been completed by a resident.  The resident subsequently advised that he would not be able to attend the meeting.  He asked that his request to speak form (containing a number of representations) be circulated. However, (in accordance with paragraph 3.2 of the Public Speaking Protocol) it was noted that it was inappropriate for the request to speak form to be circulated (and published) due to officer concern as to the potentially defamatory nature of its contents.